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THE DAILY MISSOURIAN COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 14, 1916. NINTH YEAR NUMBER 64 BRTfisiTWILL RETAIN AW1ERICANBLACKLIST - Reply to U. S. Note Claims ' England Has Right to Re strict Its Trade. WILL LIST LEADERS Individual Applications for Removal of Names to Be Investigated. By United Trcs WASHINGTON. Nov. 14. England insists she has the right to limit the trade ol her subjects. This is the tenor of the British reply to the American note on the blacklist main tained by that country, it was learned late this afternoon. The reply will be made public by the British foreign office and the State Department to- Y It is understood that England will make known a list of British dealers purchasing goods from Americans, which may have some connection with the blacklist. The British government is also expected to say it will investi gate the merits of Individual applica tions for removal from the blacklist. SAY1TAK PHIZES ARE AWARDED Tliela. and Trl-Delts Sell Most An nnal Subscriptions. After a record sale of Savitar sub scriptions on the recent tag days, the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority has won the first prize of $10, for selling 18G subscriptions to the annual. The to tal number of subscriptions sold en the two days was about 800. The Delta Delta Delta sorority with 110 subscriptions won the second prize for organizations. Miss Miriam Glan don sold the most individual subscrip tions, her total number being 156. liss Glandon was awarded $10, the first prize for individuals, and Ralph Dodson, a member of the Sophomore Board of the Savitar, won the second prize, a check for $5, selling fifty-six subscriptions, the second largest num ter so".d by any individual. The personal canvass for Savitar subscriptions, to be in charge of John Keirsey, is to start the last part of this week. The 1917 Savitar Board hopes to make this year's issue of the annual a record breaker, for the num ber of subscriptions sold. TO EXTERTAIX "LEFT-AT-IIOMES" T. 31. C. A. Is Planning Program for Students During Holidays. The Y. M. C. A. is already laying plans for the entertainment of stu dents who remain in Columbia during the holidays at Thanksgiving and Christmas. For the evening of November 21. an open house will be gi.xn at -he Y. M. C A. Building, to which all students, both men and women, will bo invited. On Thanksgiving Day a dinner will be given at the Virginia Grill for the men who remain in Columbia. The largest feature at Christmas time is the dinner given by resident students to the out-of-town students who remain in Columbia during the holidays. This dinner will be given at the Y. M. C. A. Building December 27. Bredel!e Jesse is chairman of the committee to arrange for the dinner, and he will have associated with him twenty-five men and women. Last year there were u141 guests, representing 21 different states and 7 nations. All students who know that they will be In Columbia during the holidays are requested to notify the secretary of the Y. M. C. A. at the Y. M. C. A. Building. OFFICIAL YOTE IS COMPILED Absentee Vote in Boone County Makes Little Change in Result. The comp'.ete official vote of Boone County has been compiled at the coun ty clerk's office with no marked chang es In the results. The only big dif ference shown by the official vote is that made by the absentee vote of the county, which amounted to about 70 Kites. About 90 per cent of these were Democratic ballots, so that there Is little change in the majorities given toe different candidates. I A. Pope's Grandfather Dies. Langdon A. Pope, a freshman in the College of Arts and Science, received a message Sunday that his grandfath er. W. H. Langdon, was dead as a resu'.t t injuries received in an automobile accident in Dallas, Tex., Saturday. Mr. langdon was thrown from the car and bis head struck the curb. He did not regain consciousness. THE CALENDAR 14. The Columbia Clioral Society In the studio of Prof. V. II. Poinnier. I.". Prof. John XI. Coulter of the University of Chicago will lecture on "The Ideals of the Sclent Ut" at S:15 . m. In the Agricultural Au ditorium. 10. Prof. John M. Coulter will lee ture on "Inheritance and Ite sponse" at 10 a. m. In the Physics lecture Itoom. Ifi. Dean I'ldon It. James will lec ture on "The I.iyer and Ills Op portunity" at 7:13 p. iu. In the Nov. Nov. university Auditorium. Nov. 17. 17. The Play reading Club will meet at Pemberton Hall in the after noon. IS. Ilazar of the Mothers' Club of the Kenton School. 21. ".Mrs. Jarley's Wax Works" by the Collegiate Alumnae Association at 8 p. m. In the University Audi torium. 2G-2S. Annual meeting Missouri Con ference for Social Welfare lu Uni versity Auditorium. SO to Dec. --Thanksgiving Holi days. Not. Nov. Nov. Nov. COLUMBIA'S POOR ARE IX SEED I). E. Major of Charity Societj Wants Clothes for Sufferers. An old man, more than 50 years old, wearing a ragged overcoat and cov ered with the grime of the coal mines, was one of the visitors at the office of the Columbia Charity Organization in the Nowell Building this afternoon. He was asking for clothes. His wife and children were at home forced to stay in bed because they had no clothes warm enough for such weath er as this and no fuel to keep their room warm. This family is only one of the many in Columbia who are destitute. "Cloth ing is the thing asked for in most cases," said D. E. Major, field secre tary tfor the Organization, "but they all need fuel as well. There are twenty-five families on the waiting list now and we have no clothes for them. Our only source of supply is from donations and they have not been near large enough as yet. The laboring class are in a much worse condition this year than last, and are less prepared, almost wholly unpre pared, for winter. The excessive cost of everything together with the fact that wages have not been increased proportionately has prevented the poorer class from laying by anything for winter. There are many children in Columbia -who will bejinable to attend school on account of this lack of clothing." S-HOUR SUITS CLOG COURTS 500 Cases Filed on Ailamson Law To Determine Constitutionality. By United Press CHICAGO, Nov. 14. Litigation over the Adamson eight-hour law is begin ning to pile on court dockets through out the Middle West. Within two weeks 500 suits and petitions of in junction will be filed. Every railway is planning to bring action in every state in which it operates. Attorney General Gregory will probably select some suit and make. a test case.. Prominent railroad counsel said here today that the cases were to de termine the constitutionality of the law. Pending such action the roads are seeking injunctions against the United States District Attorney to re strain them from forcing the law. In forcing the law to test the railroads not only question the constitutionality but the practicability of the measure. One man, high in railroad circles, said here today that the railroads were at a loss to find a practical way of applying the law. Luncheon at State Teachers' Meeting. The alumni and active members of the Pi Lamba Theta, honorary educa tional sorority, will give a luncheon Saturday at the American Annex in St. Louis, during the State Teachers'! Association meeting. Miss Gertrude Blodget, who was graduated from the University last year and who is now teaching in the McKinley High School of St. Louis, is in charge. iXo Honey for Entomology Class. Prof. Leonard Haseman of the ento mology department and twelve short course students felled a large bee tree near McBaine last Sunday. To their disappaointment the fifteen pounds of honey found was sour. "A study of the bees was the object of the trip but the honey would have sweetened the labor," said one of the men. Another trip will be made next week. Stephens President Attends Luncheon. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wood went to Kansas City today to attend the lunch eon of the Stephens College Alumnae to be held at the Hotel Muehlebach Wednesday. They will he the guests of Miss Frances Conkling of Kansas City, a former student in Stephens College. Xegro Kansans Play Here Tomorrow. The Columbia Athletics will play the football team of the Western Univer sity of Quindaro, Kansas, at the fair grounds tomorrow afternoon. RECALL OF PERSHiG EXPECTED IN A WEEK Commissioners Purpose to Reach Border Agreement Within Short Time. MEETING NEARS END Carranza Government Will "Complete the Hunt for the Villista Bandits. I!y United Press ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Nov. 14. General Pershing's column may be or dered out of Mexico within the next week. The American and Mexican commissioners purpose to reach a bor der agreement before the end of the week. With the presidential election past, the commissioners have h gi n the task of completing their confer ence. The border agreement will, it is ex pected, call for a gradual retirement of General Pershing's army. In the meantime, Carranza will be instruct ed to establish his ability to govern Mexico by continuing his hunt for Vil la. It is understood a hunt for Villa and his bandits will be Instituted with General Murguia as leader. ARE READY TO LAY STONE Masons Will Soon Begin Work on Walls of Daniel Boone Tavern. With half a day's work the concrete structure of the Daniel Boone Tavern will be completed, the ceiling of the top floor will be started and, with the ceiling, the enclosing of the frame work of what promises to be Central Missouri's finest hotel will begin. The cut stone which will make up the first floor walls has been shipped and upon its arrival, weather permit ting, will be set in place by twenty masons. "The four walls will go up together," said C. L. Torbitt of the Dumas Construction Company this uorning, "for this will allow the plas terers and carpenters to follow the masonsnmd' complete the bulMirig by stories. "If the weather does not hold us back, we will have the brick work, which is to be of rough bricks wide set in natural mortar, completed by Christmas. The plastering and par tition setting will be completed short ly after this. We hope to live up to our promise of a usable building by March 1." MERCHANTS TO AID CRESSET Association, in Unofficial Session, Dis cusses License on Itinerant Agents. Without a quorum last night, the Retail Merchants Association trans acted only unofficial business. Rep resentatives of the Cresset, the Co lumbia high school annual, asked for financial aid. The merchants decided, unofficially, to support the publica tion. High Baker, president of the Boone County 'Poultry Association, asked the merchants to co-operate in putting on the annual show in Colum bia the second week of January. Ac tion to be taken against agents who do not pay the required itinerant merchant license was informally dis cussed. POULTRY SHOW IX JANUARY More Than $600 in Premiums Offered in Annual Event. The annual poultry show of th'! Boone County Poultry Association will be held the second week of January. Usually premiums totaling $600 arc given. This year the largest pre mium list yet offered will be pre sented, says Hugh Baker, president of the association. The Retail Merchants Association has offered a special list of prizes in addition to the regular premiums. The ratalogue.of the poul try show will be out in two or tare weeks. FOOD INSPECTOR AT WORK HERE W. L. Barnard Investigates Condition in Columbia. W. L. Barnard of Kirksville, Mo., a state food and drug inspector, is in Columbia making an inspection of restaurants, meat markets, bakeries, etc, to ascertain if the pure food and drug laws are being enforced. These inspections are made each year. To Hare Chicago Stock Show SpeciaL An excursion will be run to Chicago during the International Live Stock Show, December 2 to 9, for the bene fit of Boone County people and students. 1ST POINT PLACES ARE OPEN TO CADETS - University of Missouri May ' Get Benefit From New Preparedness Law. IS AN HONOR SCHOOL Twenty Graduates of Institu tions are Eligible to Be Appointed. Students in the University of Mis souri are eligible to be appointed by the President of the United States as candidates for West Point, as a result ot a law passed by Congress May 4, 1916. The law, accompanying the Na tional Defense Act, provides that twenty of the eighty appointments made by the President from the coun try at large shall be 'from honor grad uates of educational institutions hav ing officers of the regular army de tailed as professors of Military Sci ence and Tactics and designated as "honor schools" at the last annual in spection by the War Department. The University of Missouri was se lected as one of the Class C honor (schools in the annual inspection last spring. The other Schools winning this disUnction are Cornell, Kansas State Agricultural College and the universities of California, Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. University President Recommends. The appointments are made upon the recommendation of the president of the University. In addition to these SO candidates, the President is au thorized by the new law to appoint 180 cadets from enlisted men of the regular army and the National Guard. These candidates must have seen at least one year's service and must be between the ages ot 19 and 22. Those appointed from the National Guard are recommended by the governors of their respective states, and those ap pointed from the regular army are recommended by the commanding gen eral of the War Department "The increase in the number ot ap pointments to West Point wflTbe dls-" tributed over the next four years," said Major Charles W. Castle, com mandant ot cadets in the University. "The large increase in the regular ar my provided for by the National De fense Act made an increase in the number of West Point graduates ne cessary to supply the necessary offi cers." Members of Congress Appoint. At present, each congressman can make two appointments from his dis trict, and each United States Senator can appoint four cadets from his state at large. A competitive examination is held. Three appointments are made for each anticipated vacancy, the ap pointee having first chance at the va cancy being known as the principal and the other two candidates being the first and second alternates, in or der of precedence. Students in the University between 17 and 22 years are eligible for appointment. The failure of the principal to qualify in the examination eliminates him and gives the first alternate the prefer ence. In some classes of candidates, the entrance examinations are com petitive among all those having ap pointments. Entrance examinations are regularly held the third Tuesday in March of each year, when candidates report for mental and physical examination be fore boards of army officers at West Point or army posts designated by the War Department. The posts nearest Columbia are Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and Jefferson Barracks, near St Louis. The academic board will consider cer tificates from colleges and schools ac credited by the United States Military Academy, in place of the mental ex amination, if the requirements ot the board are complied with. All Cadets Take Same Courses. The subjects in mental examination are: Algebra, plane geometry, En glish grammar, English composition and literature, geography. United States and European history. All ca dets take the same courses of study. Those found deficient in any depart ment at a semi-annual examination are discharged from the service. The subjects most important for candi dates to have knowledge of are mathe matics, engineering, natural sciences, French and Spanish. Any candidate for appointment, up on presentation ot a letter of condi tional appointment or a letter from a member of Congress stating that he is a prospective cadet, can take bis phys ical examination In advance of the specified date. The physical examlna- Uon is rigid. "The only expense involved in be- THE WEATHER For Columbia and Vicinity: Filr with slowly rislns temperature tonlgbt and Wednesday. Lowest tonight about 20 de grees; and above the freezing point Wed nesday afternoon. For Missouri: Fair tonlgbt and Wed nesday; rising temperature Wednesday and west and central portions tonight. Weather Conditions. The cold wave has overspread all of the country except the East Uulf and South Atlantic states. Clear skies, and the low est temperatures thus far of the season. oniaiu iu nil gecuons west or tne Mis sissippi IUver. The freezing line of K de grees skirts the Texas coast, crossing the Itlo Grande Into Mexico. In the Northern Itocky Mountain states however, as a re sult of compression, temperatures are about 10 degrees higher this morning than they were at the same time yesterday; and the cold wave Is giving advanced signals of disintegration. I'reclpltatlon In the form of sleet, snow, and rain, the last falling In the south eastern states, has been general from and Including eastern Texas northward up the Mississippi Valley to the Lake region, and eastward to New England. The weather In Columbia will steadily moderate during the next two or three days with mostly fair skies, but tempera ture will probablv no rise above the freez ing point until Wednesday afternoon. Local Data. The highest temperature In Columbia yesterday was 29. and the lowest last night was 11; precipitation. 0.00; relative humidity 2 p. m. yesterday, fifl per cent. A year ago yesterday the highest tempera ture was DO, and the lowest 31; precipita tion, .00. The Almanac. Sun rose today, C:51 a. in. Sun sets, 4:5ft p. m. Moon rises, 8:54 p. m. The Temperatures Today. 7 a. in. 11 11 a. m. 19 8 a. m. 12 12 m. 21 9 a. m. 14 1 p. m. 23 10 a. m. 17 2 p. m. 23 coming a cadet are transportation to West Point and a deposit of $100 to cover the cost of the first outfit of uniforms," said Major Castle. ."After admission, traveling expenses are credited to the cadet's account, and be receives a total allowance of $709.50 a year. Upon graduation he receives a commission as 'second lieutenant In the army, with pay of $141.67 a month." $30 IX APPARATUS IS MISSIXG Thief In Geology Department Over looks Such Platinum. MISSING Three pairs of platinum tipped forceps $20.00 Three hammers Platinum wire Two blow pipes Incidentals 2.00 2J50 2.00 About $30 worth of apparatus was stolen from the "geology laboratory some time between Friday afternoon and Monday morning. The thief seemed to have a poor idea of values or else a keen appreciation of the beauty of the figure "3." There were many more pairs of forceps which he might have stolen but he was evident ly bent upon securing three sets of things. The chemistry department said that no platinum had been stolen from that department but that attempts had been made. This is not the first time that the geology department has been robbed. Last spring about $30 or $40 worth of books and materials were stolen. LIFE MEMBERS X0W TO PAY $50 Missouri Union Ratifies Popular Amendment to Constitution. Life membership In the Missouri Union may now be obtained for $50, according to the new amendment to Section 3 of the constitution. The amendment was unanimously ratified last night. The amendment also pro vides that persons not eligible to life membership may become members upon approval of two-thirds of the board of directors and the payment of $50. That more than twice as many life members could be obtained at a payment of $50 than at the former rate was the reason given for the change. Miss Mildred Bell to Xew York. Miss Mildred Bell, A. B. '12 and A. M. 14, who has been with the Lasky Film Company in California, has Just gone to New York where she .will be private secretary and assistant to Wil liam C. de Mille, author of the play, "Strongheart" and manager of the scenario department of the Lasky company. Miss Bell has written a number of scenarios that have been accepted. Sob of Former Inspector Marries. Lieutenant Hoge, who recently mar ried a Baltimore, Md., girl was a for mer football star at Wentworth Mili tary Academy and was captain of West Point two years ago. He is at present assistant coach of the Army team. His father. Colonel Hoge, was Inspector of schools for the University from 1900 to 1904. Chicago U. Professor Will Lecture. Prof. John M. Coulter of the Uni versity ot Chicago will lecture on "The Ideals of the Scientist" in the Agricultural Auditorium at S:15 o' clock tomorrow night WILSON GAINS VOTES IN OFFICIAL COUNTING Twelve Out of 58 California Counties Add 291 to the President's Total. HUGHES' LEAD IS CUT Republican Candidate Ahead in Minnesota Now by Mar gin of Only 123. "t United Press SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14. Presi dent Wilson Is maintaining his unof ficial lead In California returns on the face of unofficial figures gathered by the United Press at 1 o'clock today. At that hour twenty-one of the fifty eight counties had completed official counts. At that time the United Press unofficial table gave Wilson a plurality In California ot 3,613. The official canvass of the vote is progressing rapidly in all parts of the state, and President Wilson has re ceived a net gain of 190 votes so far, on the face of the returns received by the United Press. Twelve of the fifty-eight counties in the state had completed their official' count early today. In' four of them Hughes showed a gain of 101 over the unofficial count. .In the eight others, Wilson showed a gain of 291, giving him a net gain of 190. ri - Hughes Leads by 123 In Minnesota. By United Press ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 14. With ten precincts in Minnesota still missing, the vote in the presidential race shows Hughes leading Wilson at noon today by only 123 votes. Hughes at that time had 179,463 to Wilson's 179,340. The soldier vote did not make the difference in the count that was ex pected. In 40 out of 71 precincts in which there were soldier votes Wilson received 898 to Hughes' 833. Only 301 more soldier votes remain to be counted. WILL EXAMIXE CAMPAIGX BOOKS Senate to Investigate and Make Public Methods of All Parties. Dy United Presj WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. A federal investigation of the campaign expen ses of all parties will be made at the coming session of the United States Senate, it was announced today. The investigation will be made to satisfy Republicans as to the re-election of President Wilson and to make public the methods used by all parties in the national campaign. It is claimed that reports from all parts of the country indicate that un precedented sums were spent in the doubtful states by the Republican Na tional Committee. One report is that $15,000 has been spent in Long Branch, N. J., a town of 6,000, where President Wilson has his summer home. The campaign books of both big parties will be laid before the Sen ate. COLLEGE STUDEXTS IX ACCIDEXT 19 William Jewell Men In Falling Ele vator 2 Badly Hurt. By United Press KANSAS CITY. Nov. 14. An eleva tor in the Kansas City Railway Com pany Building here fell today with nineteen William Jewell college stu dents. The elevator fell four stories, and at least two students were carried from the building on stretchers. Oth ers are believed to have been injured. University Graduate Wins In Race John V. Goodson of New Cambria, who was graduated from the School of Law in 1908,iwas elected prosecut ing attorney of Macon County on the Democratic ticket in the recent elec tion. His opponent, Warner B. Hagan, is a former student of the University. Mr. Goodson was business manager of the 1905 Savitar and manager of the University Glee Club while in the Uni versity. He is a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. Mr. Goodson's brother, Walter C. Goodson of Macon, Mo., LL.B., 99, was re-elected to the state senate from Macon and Shelby Counties. 4,000 Germans Taken at Beaucourt. By United Press LONDON, Nov. 14. The war office reported that 4,000 Germans had been taken prisoners in the fighting at Beaucourt today. Bitter fighting was continuing in the outskirts of the town at noon. The announcement is made that a new advance at Beaucourt and the storming of Beaumont-Hamel have been successfuL 4 a1j .ib i r m j! m -3j M ' 1 1 M SiaSiSLtoiSAiiiSss&ij ts dte36sWHPBfiisSiisfiS"BsB'