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f u ' 1 ACE SDC- THE COLUMBIA EVENING MISSOURIAN. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 2. 1920 -iH l ft If 1.5 m I in. KNOW NOTHING PARTY WAS A SECRET ORDER PnTiiirtwl f-n.:..4r 17 . ! -"""" wiguiiizauuti ruriucu in 1850 to Combat Lax Naturalization Laws. HAD NATIONAL POWER .Constitution, Ritual and Other Secret Papers in State Historical Library. If you don't know the history of the Know Notbinc Part), you might le pardoned for thinking it an apt title for the politi)sl aggregation t fclnch you do nut belong. On the contrary, this party had, daring it Lrief esislencc, a distinct;..! ii its ovn. It ias the only political party that as ever organized as a secret society. Just prior to 1850 there vas much agitation about the lai immigration law and the part foreign born citirens were playing; in politics. Several secret so cieties were organized at that lime viliich were called natitist societies and had for their purpose the exclusion from of fice of citizens not natiie ! Amrrira. In some manner not quite clear there grew from these societies apoerful; organization that for a few years was ajiu mctling fr tonignt. T(m. n, mt. of office I Ur. It is a fact tliat alxmi 1850 the laws of immigration were lax and therfl was a great deal of fraudulent naturaliza- lion. Corrupt politiruns used the for- tignbom element to swing elections. o itr.ig ran the feeling against this i'wv.kc tut in.ti. j M--r wkihj viiosc puriM .s to rvinkit jjuifju; is iu rvntuji 11 iuu ( ...... .. . .. - - I - . I.I I-...KX1. itiiiiutui uiriuuxriMUU nu i-e-rt. .. . , .-. e -nj mine w uir uranuaiHn a wrrrt. MtmUrrn rrr forbuWrn to ad- mi, uiat mm,, a sociei) evistci ,.r tt-t national iower m the selection ot ..nice';.. ;n i i,i.i ., o : ,i v uw -..,..S". ...... ...in, asr.i auoLl-j,,,,,, ,,!,, ffl.e br ,!,. aJ It, a roemlr alwa). replied, -I know pa!d hi, lIn!Iar- 0n the license hook his nothing about it. From this the party iir a trtafM as gray; his eyrs blue; rame to be known as the Know Nothing ,i. age, 83: and his name, R. a Price. Party. Later it was also called the He signed the book unaided by eye-glass-American part). The real name was e. Mr. Price is the olde-t man in thU the Supreme Order of the Star-spangled tount) to take out a hunters' license, crease of only 353 since 1913-191 L This llanner. jl!rant Hall. 81 )ears ..Id, is next oldest. mall rate of growth dtirin the war The meetings of tlie local council-, aid For the place of youngs hunter, period Imlds down the estimated enroll ed the ptale and national councils were three hovs, each II vears old. are contest-' ment for 1930 as compared with oilier kept secret At first candidates wtre wt. They arc: James Weldon and IL cli.ils ..f imir size. Tlie I'niversitv selected secretly from those nominated ' R- Iiohinon. Jr, of llallcnlle ard ' of K'an'i, had an enrollment of 3.509, an by the other iw-ies. Bv lhrowin? their vo.es in this way it was hoped to gain tlie balance of power. This strategy was quite Nicces-fcd but the party soon be. came strong enough to put forth n own candidates with a chance of electins . innn in iris -!. ui.a . iu.i . wvsw- -s ... acn v.,tlMVIIH v IU1 UC Mivtachuvrts and Dclawirc and polled 120,000 vuies :.. v, v jl i ioee .t. . M oew lorlt. In 1855 thev crc fruc-.. cestui , Uir.-.Vw Engbnd ite. J v. rjavis. count) clerk. Such weather earned New York. Kentucky and Call-,,, j for ,IacU forma. The part), strength was due' Flhrtn fUt anrt w toun,y ,;nw largely to the dissolution of the Uhigs. fcet, iHued dBring lhr f, n( October. ( -When the slavery question Wame loo The total number issued for the )ear ro .n.lent to be ignored, the Know Noth- far i, C62. However, the two cUys pre ing tried to supersede It with their fight ceding the opening of the bird season, against aliens. In order not to antago- November 8 and 9, will see the greatest nize either North or South they tried to I sales. There are a number of quail shoot Straddle the slavery question, but this crs in Columbia which include E. Sid inove was fatal, for the slaver) question ' tey Stephens, K. H. Price, iu C C obscured evrry other issue and many of 'Bowling, John N. Ta)lor. F. E. Higbee, the Know Nothings joined the ranks of Fred C Brown ami Homer HeibcL Tbc tbe newly formed Republicans. With it cause a dead issue, the part) could not live and by 1860 it liad disapreared. In tho State Historical Library' there are copies of the constitution, ritual and other papers of the order. The principles of the society were intensely patriotic. The motto was: "Americans only shall rule America." In some copies of the ritual the secret words and signs are left out and in ?me they are printed in -.j- I There were three degrees of the ritual, which was comparatively simple and was patterned after those of oilier secret so cieties. In the charge of the third de ject is briefly tbi: to perfect an organi gree the purpose is stated: "Our ob aation, modeled after that of the Con- fttitulion of the United Stales, and co extensive with the confederacy. Its oli jeets and principle in all matter of national concern to be uniform and identical, whilst in all local matters the component parts sliall remain independ ent and sovereign within their respective limit. The result, lo be obtained the only one which can secure a perfect guarantee of our future is union: perm- .anent, enduring, fraternal union." The secret codes used were of two kinds. Tbe national organization sent -out communications and publications with fhe important wards in numbers. Tbe "jstrm was so simple that when a "person gured one or two words and put the number opposite the letters.'?" "e,UM" - I -""" lu"' -' the code system could easily be worked I1"8' durins lhe "' out. The e,t half of the alphabet was represented by the odd numbers from l'to 23, thus B was represented by 3 and i C by 5. The last lull were in like man ner represented b) the even numbers ' from 2 lis 2(i. The state council for Missouri made use of a rode but little more diffimlt of ' .dution. A cipher disk, which i two alphabets arranged in ritcles mi that any letter may In- placed ...we jBy i.ttier, had to be usuj in enciphering and i deciphering the words. There is one. id , these disks in the Horical Lilian i rdlectlou. Like lhe number cipher tuis' syslesa is easily snlred. It is uot difficult ' 6 guesa some of the word, and from these th. ,r- ,-. rv-j. r, s..iei mined. hich gives the meaninf id lall the enciphered words. To become a member, a man hid to , I be a believer in the one true Cod and .win required to be a Protestant. By a Mmnlr Lut imnressive cererannr the can. I Jidate a impressed with the principles i jof the order and a then mien the pin. ijuMitwu rfiui uimicm un. idc na lional fljR pbjol an important part in tlie ceremony. I.!- MEETINGS i- Columbia. The board of the Women's Council of llie Christian Church will meet at church tomorrow at 2:30 o'clock. The Christian College Club will met at 2 JO o'clock Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. .V D. tuns on Fulton, Oravet. University. The regular meeting of the French dub will be held at the Delta Cjmma house. WJl Providence road, at 7:30 oVhick tonight. Tlie Chautauqua Club will not meet .Wednesday evening on account of the (conflict uith other meetings on that date. .Instead, the meeting kill be Friday even ing in the Y. M, C A. Duilding. The meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers was postponed until tonight because of the Engineering Club meeting laot night. The Jophn dub vtill meet at the Uni versity Library at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Plans for a' part) to be given in IS'ovcm- I1"' M "Pipleted. The Universil)-Ad Qub has postponed !I. C A. auditorium, at 8 o'clock. At prt.nt. forty count) representatives l,e rermrted. According to Louis D. letter, chairman of the Cub. man) more cuntv clubs have Ihtii organized, hut luve fjile.1 l.i ai(H.mt a delegate to the Ad Uub. -., -,,, Ik. . Ilk!-- 111. -T I 1.11. IT..- -TI-j . 1 , rij,. .. r :. T r. .- !-. 11 i.fiucsi .iiiiu in Munr I.UUDIY iu T . n . nun;n. pPmt T , . ,,fr, 1..."r..:- ;ffM ,,,;, JMr nrUlIy ,fpp, in0 ,h(. Thomas Rndhouse of Columbia. In speaking of hunting. Mr. Price said, "' am now in mv 'h year and have oevCT f-lfd ,0 tAe "" hunting licene tach "r "nce ,he hunting license law H." 'n",ed; 'me 1,un!H 7" -.-- - ... . .... . .-. -. . . , . 11 inttnd to make the feiihcr-i fly aain thi- fall. iwmy iiaj irnnincn ine 111 01 nuni- t. ..i . . - juiny ila). Irnftthen the lit of hunt- average hunter, however, hunts rabbit: All the money received by tbe state from hunting licenses is ued for the hunting preserves and to the benefit of hunter. In all, 882 licenses have been is-ued this fill. TO SEEK RANCHES TO ENGLISH Ranchers Will Organize Syndicates to Buy Oregon Tracts. Bv RtarnoCAL Jirws Service Lomkiv, October 15 (by mail). Hen ry Lyman Norton, of Missouri, Mont, lias arrived in London for the purpose of selling Oregon ranch lan.L Among oth er tracts for sale Mr. Norton ha two great sheep ranches of which he is pre pared to sell for $SOO,000. He repre sents a Seattle bank. "This trip is an idea of mine," ex plained Mr. .Norton. "During the war 1 was an ambulance driver, and occasion ally got into the British zone where I met young English officers. They all seemed eager to move to the United States, particularly to the open west, where they would have outdoor work and plcnl) of room for eipanion. I am here now to organize them into syndicate to buy these ranches as going concerns. The English seem lo have been the most sue cesjful sheep ranchers in the world. This is a great opportunity for them. "I am not disguising my interest in the proposition but the percentage I make DR. O'BRYAN Chiropractor 16 Elvira Bldg. For Insurance That Insures SEE SMITH & CATRON -REALTY CO. Phone 27 ESTIMATE M. U. WTT T T?NROT T 8,497 IN 1950 Literary Digest Contains Re ports Upon 210 Col. leges'and Uni versities. . . .. . . . . ,,.-, the.". J. ifttljIi jflArt InLt Enrollment in All Save 14 Schools Has Increased During Last Six Years. " cities after they become of age. There automobile parts that cannot be welded The University of -Missouri will have tilcJ. sre at a jlttj,antege because they i in other wa)s often results in a great an enrollment of 8.-W7 students in 1950, a1e training; or trade and are forced saving of time and money, according to the estimate contained in a M become day laborers. The school wei Onrral meclianics is a training report base.) upon returns from 210 col- ore opening gives tliem the opportunity the mechanic in the general repair shop leges and universities to Julius II. Barnes, j0 go luck to their home community and jof the small town. It includes work in djirman of the Institute for Public St- I practice the trade they have learned, or the blaiksmitli shop, machine shop, pipe vice, which is published in part in the'to go to the city with the assurance they J fitting, sheet metal and repair of ma- current issue of the Literary Digest. During the last six. years the enroll ment in these institutions has increased from 187.000 to 294,000. A proportionate increase during the next thirty jeara will mean an enrollment of 1.133JXX) in 195a The enrollment statistics for 1919 1920 are Jjven in the rert for each school, together with the increase over 1913-1914 and the predicted numbers lfi A Ag regular session, excluding summer se- ion and extension students. Only U of the 210 schools have h.-t in the last six years, their total decrease being rnl UA students. Tweuiyighl institutions more than doubled their per- 'rentage ol gn.wtlu llir Univerit) of California, with 113 students enrolled last year, an in- ereao- in sir years ..f fi2S, is the larg, i'"'j ury-iurii iiiiiumoii. 4i UK f.a. At a .I.il. T. -T 1 . 1 "-" !- i i'-rm it cutinuinru. inc enroll men t in I'M) Jk.uIU AZSj&. rv.t 1 i i i i ",,,rr "--"S .uuui sutponru cm..m a,r CulKpc i.f the Qt of .NW York, hk- in imij -i .iiiiuj;jn( me -.nncri-iij of Illinois the Univrrsitv of Minnesota. the tnir-rsily of Wi i.n.in and Ohio Stale I" J versily. Tlie I niversity of Missouri, accwrding j Uiis rejiort. had an enrollment of 422 m uir regular session Jast year, an in- increase of 132 over 1S13-1914. The largest privale'y supported uni versity is Columbia University, with 9,114, an increase of approximately 200. Harvard's enrollment is riven as 5.373- an increase of about 1,000 in six years, i laic ranks below- Missouri in size, with an enrollment of 3,157. a decrease of 81 student since 1913-1914. cjivtui.? i-s-... " "SIXTEEN RECEIVE IiEfiBEF Local I. O. O. F. Led,. Raiws Mm-' Dcrshlp Drive to 600. The third degree was conferred on a cla--i of sixteen candidates at the Ode" Fellows' Hall ht night. A large number ' of Odd Fellows were present at the meet ing. Tlie Columbia lodge, which is the see onci largest i-vage -n t0e staje, is putlina CrtTtil A.-. Mttmt L- .!. . . , " .-.".. i" i me izrgesi loogc s it the beginning of the next vear. U'lih I the aprb'callons voted favorable last night j ' the membership in the local lodge will number 490. Tlie lodge expects lo reach ' .!. eon .l i. .-.. r . - ., . . i -.re sw U'Sl. U) CUC lirSC Ol UIC )C3r, ZUt in view of the fact that the Geor-eiown lodge at St. Joseph, which now rank as the largest I. O. O. F. lodgeln tbe State, and lodge ?Vo. 5 of St. Louis ate nuthinr ahead th-ir enrollment, the local lodge has raised its goal to 600. A man for man drive for November was launched last night, in which every member is pledged to bring in one application dur ing tliat month. At last night's meeting J. .L Baker. w'hj ha been a member of the lodge for forty-nine years, waj present. In Janu ary he will have completed fifty contin uous year of odd fellowship. To Attend Northern Convention. Tlie Rev. J. II. Ceorge wilLaltend the Northern Convention at Hannibal Tues day to Thursday this week. Mrs. Frank Derring will be the delegate to this con vention from the Woman's Auxiliary. Say it with Flowers Fresh roses cu' every morn ing. Also all other flow ers in season, always right from our eleven modern greenhouses. We are members of lhe florist telegraphic associa tion and can have orders filled in any part of Ameri ica within an hour. All kinds of Palms, Ferns and other decorative plants. Remember .always fresh flowers when ordering Irom the ColumbiaFloralCo. SVPSSh find Pr-vnrlu.-!l'ef lEngineering Short Practical The aim of the new engineering short course, uliich begun here today is jto provide speedy but adequate training Lcn. elcling. blacksmithing and . for those men who are mechanically in-' general mechanics. To enter these cour clined but vilio base had no " specialized es the Indent must be at least 16 year training nor other education than 'that, old. physically strong autl well developed, of a grade ftliocl. Wotkjne in a machine or automobile re- "In the cities there Is opportunity in trade schools and trades In receive train.. inc for practical work." said It. V. Sel- ijge. vi ho is in charge of the correspond- wjt fnr lh rmrf fmirCii ! "In the smaller tons and . M JMWISS V ..- S,VIUStiy cmincis mere is nine enancr lor tne .mechanically inclined boy to serve aa snnrenticeshin or eo to a trade seluiol. As a result many prefer to go to the! can get a better position tlian lliat of common laboier. Our plan is to bene - fit the industrial life of the state." Enrollment in the course this term is not eipected to lie large, owing to the late start in advertising it. Manv of tre students will probabl) arrive late, ac - rordicg to Dean t J. .McLaustland ol the equipped Willi coHege-trainccl men, it me -clmol of Engineering. A large iumber. ' course in blacksmithing is taken advant 1 owevcr. are eipected to 'enter the second . age of. This course deals with the work . I T 1IM1 1 !r ! .. Llaistrasvitlli n.l ill SIM. M- C A. is looking after the housing,. problem for the new students, hih is a serious one. Thus far about eight) ooms have been listed. Together with,t th- students ,n the SWt G.urse in A-ri- CHICAGO WOMEN UNCOVER culture. alout Tift' are etpectcd. Tt ...!... -f . :.... :.. .1 ;, m,ul ,,f(r-ent tlunlu oilier of ...-,.. j.. ... ............ ........ ;,., ftrfl ,j . s!eil of rjigineeriiig. 11c. lotdnig to Mr. hije. The HuJenl Jevotes his rnlire lime .. die trade lu- -fioo--". i iniT vcn n arr-Hp;cmfni I . !!. ." - .... I. CC can ritnipicic ui iijiniii ni iioiirr Jme tiian U uiul. "Our roal building courv U of il imporlam f at llii lunr." xl Mr. .itnuf,-. .... i-- ....s. .... .s- ., lutomobiles in the rountry an.l the dr- cand for better r.ads as a consequence. aecall lor men skilled in roan buildiu - tnd maintenance has increased. There re few trained men in this line of work. " the road bond iue carries thp demand r skilled men will be still larger. , "V.'itli skilled men," he continued, Money will Ik- more wi'el) expended ji.l a hftlcr quaht) of roads will be built with the same monej. It would pa) ev - ... ...... .... rry count) in the state to send its road ' j iipervisors to th- Dnive-rsity for this ighl weeks" courre in roadbuilding. Tbe plan at prerent is to continue the work in a course made up of four eight-week erms. This will run through two years." In the course in roadbuuuing the stu- Icnts will have the opportunity of using -ountv and city machinery. The course ill deal with such practical problems a drainage, earth roads, gravel and bruk- :n ro:"1s foundations bridges, culverts, ..: t ,,l - ..f c,;.,s i:,l. f Ji' s:mp'e tnl' "f "I"U,S mlVing PIPE'S l lii. thin? with ii V D C Tines nten tcbx, !i S 1 ---a-J-e II .v.nys ; i niiim- cxF'wm ! aiaR-f Ufll II; agBfg Vi ck HL I Tlu riliiniliin ma- "xjili II I III f IRHII Hi chine is tlie best that one HHHBH R9vT7a9l H II I II! can buy.v J lillfl H Its superior tone, qua- HH U lity, and workmanship K '"'"jj BP make it stand out aBove lfcH "j F II all others. It lias the an- J I , - I I tninntii ctrvn v I It I til I" SS M 111 , , Scott's Book Shop ,. . I ggpB-i i) nil twi i Sfex i kt h&'r v 1 . fl :'7; . t I , g 2Hy J WTTFWl 1 HEsPy' v ' Lmsv f !9 I'M V ! l"ho specially teason".! t;eniiioe Fteurh briar breaks in sweet md mcllnw. It ut!l not met or burn thtoufeh. The WDCTningle on cne bgwl u jour guatamee. AV any good dealer. WM. DEMUTH & CO.. N,WYORK WORLO'S LARO CT M A Course to Give Help to Untrained repotls and reading specifications and .drawings. I pair shop todav is an art requiring no small amount of technical knowledge as veil as practical kill. The course in joiy-acetylene weldiag ill be especially valuable to men vtho vaisb to engage n general repair work, according to Mr. Selvidge. bince every' small town has a shop equipped vtitli an oxy-acetylene welding of castings and machine and outfit, it should have a large field. The chiiiet). The student is given tlie oppor- 1 tunity to specialize in any branch of this line of work he feels the greatest need. i The blacksmith shop, which is such an I essential and inevitable part of every 'farming town and stopping-off place in J Mi" souri. will in the future, in part, be, us problem, he mVt meet in the repair , of farm machinery and equipment. .,.,,. p...,,:,,;, ,!, Tn. to 11 Mndrstv Forbid the Top to Shown For a While. rhi.ar. men lilay are able to see a i , (lf ffIn;mill, tUPy lu,rn't gazed ur.n 1 1 a 1, n :mr a kuiuia rar-4. They are sluwing "em here now all but a little hit of the top. Mme. Uiuise. a heautifier, tidd an inter viewer flu! women generally were un-1 veiling a bit of their cars. ' "It would lie loo immmlest and shock- inc to slum the wliole car, she said. 1 .- t,r apper p,,-.;.,,. yi rrmain a m)- trrv fr a ..hife," i)n ,he 0br f , jjn p;,. ,ar ,he tg;ti rr aJdJp,- a Itttle dash of rouge tc tn,alre it pinker. Mme. LouUe said. , -t ,,Is charm anil a subtle suggction f m ,i,4cit)," the madame explained. ,, 1 - ". That Waste Material has Money in it We pay Highest Prices Chicago Iron and Metal Company Call 653 men. fj'ed brains are reliesed. K CR SsOF' FINS .P I - C $ H i HO ti;F.;-: JPI li 1 1 in Under the spell of I Mil OCCURRENCES OF OLD EXPLAIN PECULIARITIES OF CLOCK AT PRESENT Did you ever notice that all officially painted signt of clock in front of iewelers' shoDS and all picture of watches in catalogs were set at exactly seventeen minute past eight? Did you ever wonder why some of them wcrcn t siileen or ghteen minute after that hour or whv the supposedly witching hour of midnight was not the iavored timer A. J. Johnson of the Lindsey Jewelry Store tells that this time was the hour and minute that the curtain in a theater in Washington raised and President Abra' ham Lincoln was assassinated. AH properly regulated signs, according to Mr. Johnson, have since that time symbolically represented that the death of the great man stopped time to grieve. In a certain old town in England, N, V. Lindsey relates, there is a clock used for government employes to go to work by. The worker were often late at noon and they attributed it to the fact that they did not always heac the one short stroke. The employer then pad a special clock arranged that struck thirteen times instead of one for the bour-ihey returned to work. This was over a half century ago, but the clock still runs and still strike thirteen times at 1 o'clock. Do you know why the four on clock is written IIII instead of using the usual Roman numeral IV?, Jewelers say that a rather igrorant watchmaker once made a watch for a king that was very beautiful and perfect jn workmanship. The king. liowever, objected to the four being writ ten IV and insisted he would not look at it until it was changed to till. Since that time watches luve alwavt been made with four I for the hour of four. All this goes to sliow that mystery and romance are found in other things in a jeweler shop beside hourglasses. t The purpose of Ae Red Cross ser vice is to make Roonc County a better place to live. adv. The Best Bet Isn't art election bet it's tliat Special Lunch at Diel's. You can't lose. The odds are a hundred to one that you'll get the best lunch you ever tasted. ,.J g5-P-Bgg-5 I General Admission Tickets for "Hoop-La" For Tonight's Show go on sale at 7 o'clock, when the doors will open. Unreserved seats are to be ob tained at box office on south side. III No Matter Who Many election Lets will be paid off with Chocolate Shop Candy and Tavern Drug Shop Drinks. We know tin's because any one who can pick the election winner will be able to pick the winner among Co lumbia confectioners! when the) col lect their bets. Tavern "Kitty" Lightner We are ! Present Conditions by Offering Kuppenheimer Suits and Overcoats AND- everything else in the store at 20 Reduction Don't Wait Get Yours Now! Be sure and watch the date on your ticket See' if your ticket is for Tues day Wednesday, o r Thursday night. s Curtain Rises at 8:15 Wins Drug Shop Earl King Meeting ffl$$&& i iJi a 11 I :l t m m ii 3S .''hone 366 iWsr; 1 'i.,.