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VOLUME XVI
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UBED VITRIOL INTO
THE CON GON MEETIN
The Farm Bureau News Bitterly Attacks the Con
vention In a Withering Editorial
Says That It Should Have Been Personal About
the Waste of Time and Money
JEFFERSON CITY, Aug. 23. A
bitter attack was made on the Mis
souri constitutional convention by the
Missouri Farm Bureau News today,
one hundred days after the conven
tion was first called to order. The
News, which Is printed here, calls on
farm organizations to adopt resolu
tions requesting the delegates to ad
journ and go home.
"As was stated, the News has never
been personal In any of Its articles,"
the farm paper says. "But some of
the delegates who play golf and others
who play poker, and several who havo
not yet made any noticeable effort to
Bet the world on fire with work, seem
to feel the articles appearing In the
Missouri Farm Bureau News were di
rected at them. The articles were not,
but they should have been."
The fact that the convention Is
practically devoid of "dirt farmers"
has caused some resentment among
the farmers. It Is said.
"A Constructive Criticism"
The News presents the following
"constructive criticism" under the
caption of "The Truth About the Con
Con." "Delegates say, 'This Is not tho
time to rewrite the constitution.
Times are too unsettled and the stato
of the public mind Is too suspicious.'
And they aro right. Therefore, why
saddle on the taxpayers the addition
al burden of $1,250 a day or so that
it costs every day the convention stays
In session?
"And why saddle on the state treas
ury the cost of advertising and pub
lishing any proposed amendments
that might be adopted? And xwhy
saddle on the taxpayers the huge cost
of a special election that will be neces
sary If the convention adopts any pro
posals?" "Farmers have not yet forgotten
they had practically no -voice In nam
ing the delegates. Farmers have not
forgotten who named the slate of
delcgates-at-large.
"Farmers have not forgotten that
virtually all matters of a rural nature,
such as rural schools, rural taxes and
nival roads were referred to commit
tees that cannot by any stretch of the
Imagination be called farmer minds,
ralher than to tho committee on agri
culture. "Cut Off tho Deadheads"
"Cut off tho small army of 'dead
heads' now on the convention payroll.
"Cut off all the relatives of dele
gates who now arc drawing (6 a day
or thereabouts In addition to the $10
a day that each delegate draws.
"Pay tho delegates only for tho
days they actually work Instead of for
seven days each week, whether they
work or not.
"Meet at least six hours a day and
do tho committee work at night if
that is necessary. The legislature docs
that nnd the members of the general
assembly draw only SS a day.
"Limit debate of every proposal.
(Speeches mado by lawyers to law
yers, are not going to change any
votes),
"Order the committees that have
not yet reported to do go at once, and
fix a time limit on them, too.
"Let the school system alone If
nothing better Is to bo offered than
'political control.'
"Work out a way to reduco taxes
by working out a system for tho re
duction of tho expenses of running
the government.
"But let the taxation system alone If
all that is to be offered is a scheme for
shifting Xha burden Instead, of mak
ing it lighter on the farmer, who la
paying almost four-fifths of it now.
"Firo the press agent, whoso salary
Is paid with stato funds for the pur
pose of creating public sentiment In
favor of the work of tho convention.
Let the work of J.ho convention stand
or fall on its merits."
UISSLER BEATEN J1V STRIKERS
J, B. Rlssler, an employo at the
Orand Island shops, was followed
from the shops by five men on Thurs
day evening, and when near the west
end of the bridge was badly beaten
by them. "
Louis Wellington paid 115 In police
court Tuesday for policy writing.
'va-wa.'wvtv
A $200,000 BLAZE
Tho Woofworth stores Arc ftiittt-ri by
An Early Thurftdny Morning
Fire.
"What was on Wednesday one of the
neatest, best, and largest 5 and 10 cent
stores In St. Joseph was on Thursday
morning nothing but a smouldering
mass of ruins. It Is true the walls still
stand, but Nos. 617-619 Felix as a
store proposition must be entirely re
built before It will be of any practical
purpose.
Night watchman Thornton first dls.
covered the blaze at 12:40 Thursday
morning. Great billows of flame were
then coming oiit of the alley windows,
and when the first firemen got there,
the entire basement was a raging tor
rent of flame. All of the goods In the
stores and all stored In the basements
were either destroyed by fire or wa
ter. The Pennant Cafe over the stores
was badly wrecked and it will be some
time before It will be able to resume.
The largest loss Is to the Woolworth
stores which is around $100,000 fully
covered by Insurance.
Next door east was the Derge
Bodenhausen Clothing Co., which suf
fered a big loss from smoke and from
water damage. Their entire basement
was crowded with boxen and bales of
new goods which awaited unpacking
for the fall and winter trade. As there
was over six feet of water pumped
into this basement, it can readily be
seen what condition these goods are
In. Smoke which came through the
firo walls also did great damage. The
firm estimates the damage at JE0.00O,
covered by insurance. The Pennant
Cafe one of the best In the West
was damaged to the extent of $15,000.
The damage to the building and to
the Derge-Bodenhausen building will
amount to about 150.000, all of which
Is covered by Insurance. The blaze
was not finally subdued until about
noon Thursday.
A noticeable feature of the big fire
was that with half a dozen fully
equipped fire fighting machines all
being now here to be Fold to tho city in
the new motorization plan not one of
them was hauled' there and tested at
Just the kind of fire to test them thor
oughly.
TOO MANY ACCIDENTS
Sunday Turned Out Too Largo n Grist
of Motor Vehlclo Catas-
troplUef".
There were so many motor vehicle
accidents Sunday, that It Is almost
Impossible to enumerate them tho
outstanding fact being that there are
entirely too many.
Harry C. Moore was killed near tho
Atchison Intersection of tho "St. Jos
eph-Atchison highway; Vlscenta
Rodrlgues, a Mexican girl, was hit by
II. Ball at Sixth and Walnut and se
verely hurt; Frances. J.year-old
daughter of Major Bcntley of 2533
Bartlett, was run down and badly
hurt; Alex Siherman and Morris Max
were run Into and hurt by Leo S.
Levin at Tenth and Olive; Arthur
Hanna's ond Ben Polsky's cars col
lided at Sixth and Locust and playod
havoc with tho machines; Ed Wise-
man's coupe was shattered by an un
known two miles south of the city,
and nalph Lee, Byrlo Warner, Clara
Boyd, Curtis Ilobertson, Ed Lewis,
V. G, Shipley. H. H. MrDnntr.1., in.i
B. P. Wheat had accidents of more
or less importance.
IKE ROSITZKY TIIAVELING ITJAT
Probably one of the most remarka
ble traveling feats of tho year was
performed by Ike Rosltzky this week.
Monday night he went to the Union
(station and you remember It was
hotternhel that night paid his two
fifty for a berth In tho Burlington
sleeper for Omaha disrobed' and
sweat and bled and died all night
and awoke In the morning Just
where he started. That sleeper did
not move that night.
' II. M. Johnson, a truck driver, was
overcome by heat Thursday, and was
taken to a hospital.
DROWNED IN BIG LAKE
Henry s. Wcnrin Lose Life Trjlnjr te
Snio Sister When Otcrloadcd
Boat Tunis,
When Ttobcrt Jackson camo up
Sunday from tho bottom of Big Lako
with a body In his grasp, tho witnesses
gasped out in .astonishment, "It's n
man" nnd it was for It was the dead
body of Henry 8. Wendn, 30 years of
ago, of 1923 South Twentieth street,
this city, who was foreman of tho
book bindery of tho Nclson-IIanno
Printing Co., and not his sister, Mrs.
Gertrude Brooks, 20 years of age, of
614 South Ninth street, whom Jack
son had dived after, she having saiTk
a short time previous when an over
loaded boat with eight grown people
and tho nlneteen-months-old daugh
ter of Mrs. Brooks, the drowned worn
otn, Bank fifty feet from the Iden danco
pavllllon where tho party -had em
barked. It was ten minutes beforo the crowd
in its astonishment over the finding
of a man Instead of the body of Mrs.
Brooks again thought of Mrs. Brooks,
but when It did tho body was quickly
recovered. Iludo efforts at resuscita
tion failed and tho bodies were sent
to Mound City to an undertaker's and
then brought to this city whero they
were burled Tuesday and two more
victims of tho idiocy of loading a four
party boat with nlno people were laid
In early graves.
It Is supposed that when the boat
sank that Wenda, who was swimming
near, went to the help of his sister
and she having gone down, dived for
her was caught and held by her and
died, In the excitement no one notic
ing him, which accounted for the shock
occasioned when Jackson camo up
with his body Instead of that of Mrs.
Brooks after which he had dived.
The boat put off from the pavllllon
so heavily loaded that not over two
Inches of the hull was above water.
When one of the occupants moved It
filled with water and went down. No
one was to blame except those in the
boat.
PHILLIP STROP CALLED
One of the City's Best Known Fonncr
Business Men nnil Citizens Is
Summoned.
It was a sad home coming to Judirn
Charles F. Strop when he reached here
yesterday to find that his father,
Phillip-Strop, one of St. Joseph's 'old
est and best business men, had been
suddenly called away. He had not
been In robust health for the past two
years but had only been serious for
three days prior to his death. Ho
passed awav at Judge Strop's home on
Noyes and Frederick boulevards where
he made his home, at 10:05 Thursday
forenoon. Judge Strop, his only son,
at tho time was motoring home from
a vacation spent at Alexandria, Minn.,
and It was a hard matter to locate
him.
Phillip Strop was born In Louisville.
Ky.. Sept. 17. 1840. and camo to St.
Joseph when he was but sixteen years
of age. At that time overland freight
ing between this point and the West
was a standard avocation and he en
tered Into It owning a number of ox
teams nnd wagons with which ho
freighted, and with which he had
many exciting adventures with In
dians, the details of which delighted
his many friends In later years. In
1870 he began the manufacture of
brick on the Strop homestead, eon-
ducting a brick yard at Twenty-fourth
and Penn whero many of tho brick
that now make up some of St. Joseph's
best houses were made by him. In
1900 he retired from all business, and
passed his late years happily with his
son and his many friends. He made
and kept friends and was In every
respect a true and honorable citizen
whose loss is to be deplored.
MRS. EDWARD COCHRAN IS
DEAD
Mrs. Edward Cochran of 6103
Brown street, tho largest woman St.
Joseph has ever had the credit of
claiming, as she was born here and
hero sho lived all of her life, died at
her home of heart disease Thursday
night. She had been ill for several
months and had wasted from 540
pounds, her normal weight, to ann
pounds at her death. She Is survived
by her husband, one son, four broth
era and one sister.
WALLER FELL TO HIS DEATH
Robert M. Waller, who lived on his
farm near Lake Contrary creek, south
of tho city, on Sunday fell from a
pump platform which extended over
Contrary Creek and to the buttom
thirty feet below, breaking his neck
and dying a short time later. He
leaves a wife and three sons. He was
sixty-nine years of age.
ST. JOSEPH, MO., SATtRDx V, AUGUST 26, 1922
IT ALMOST ASSUR 3
DEMOCRATIC SUCCESS
AND T1IV3 ELECTION OP A CON
GRESSIONAL MAJORITY
THIS FALL
INCLUSION OF' FLEXIBLE
TARIFF PROVISION
ror It Will Thus Make It So Tliat
Any Amount or Tnx May be Laid
UK)n tho Nation Without People
Having Any Knowledge of It or
Wliat Is Coming Until the Measure
In All of Its Power Is Shoved
Squarely Into tlio Fnces or Tliosc
Who Put Up Uic Revenue for tho
Government.
WASHINGTON, Auff. 24. (Special
Correspondence.) Assurance of Dem
ocratic success In the forthcoming
congressional elections havo been
greatly increased by the Inclusion in
the Fordney-McCumber tariff bill of
a provision giving the- president au
thority to Increase or decrease tariff
rates, according to Democrats who
havo studied the reaction that has
followed tho Senate's grant of legisla
tive power to tho executive.
Theso Democratic observers believo
that the Fordney-McCumber bill, al
ready highly unpopular Mith a largo
section of the Republican press and
eieetors, has been made much more
obnoxious to the people of all parties
by this attempt to transfer the powers
nnd responsibility of Congress to tho
President. The result "to the Republi
cans, say Demoernt8l is sure to be
hurtful to their chances at the polls
on November 7.
Republican papers and interests
which are now opposing the Fordney
McCumber bill because'ot Its prohibi
tive and piofltcering features will
view this abdication of Congress in
favor of tho executive as r victory for
thu advocates of still higher rates.
These champions of a practical em
bargo on Imports wilj Jn their turn, It
Is believed, fear that President Hard-
Continueil on Tag 8)
MEADE WAS KILLED
Droic On the Santa Fc Tracks
Banker Crossing and Iwt
Ills Life. '
at
Driving in hs motor car on tho
tracks of the Santa Fo at the Banker
crossing near Kenmoor and where tho
tracks arc straight, clear of weeds
and a person has an Unobstructed
view for halt a mllo In either direc
tion, J. L. Meade, a well known farm
er who lives near Ho'rscshoo Lake.
five miles south of this city, is dead.
ns the result of being hit by a Santa
Fe freight, his son, Lester, 80 years
old, was badly bruised, and the two-year-old
daughter of Lester Meade
i3 Injured internally. After tho accl-
dent all of tho family were brought
to this city. Meade lived for about
fcur hours after being btruck but
ncer regained consciousness. Meado
h.td been hard hit as his skull was
fractured, his right arm so badly
mangled that had ho lived amputation
would have been neccssiry, and ho
had a compound fracture of the right
leg. Ho was a widower and leaves
two sons and five daughters.
How the Ford camo to stop on the
crossing will probjably never bo
known, neither will, Jt, be known how
It was possible with atperfectly clear
mile of track and the crossing about
the center of ho mite why young
Meade who was doing the driving
should put the car on tho track In
the faco of the fast approaching and
clearly to-be-seen train.
SUED THE KENT'S
Kansas City Firm AIlcco That the
Kent Commission Co. Acted
Unfairly.
A suit for 150,283.3V was filed In
circuit court Tuesday by Moffett
Bros. & Andrews Commission Co, of
Kansas City, against Luther A. Kent.
Frank R. Kent and Charles G. Kent,
comprising tho Kent Commission Co.
at the St. Joseph stock yards. Ran
dolph & Randolph of .this city filed
the petition. -'
The petition alleges that the Kent
Commission Co. wrongfully converted
to Its use cattle valued a( over 150,000
placed In their hands by S. .A. D
Lair of the Kansas City commission
firm, and that the power of disposal
rested In them Instead of the Kent
Commission Co. which acted to the
contrary.
Russell WoodscuSjrtrt J. J. Johnson
were fined 12 eactuTucsday for drunk.
l 1
OHt OH! THIS NORMALCY!
George A. Heath, an Andrew
county farmer, filed a voluntary
petition In bankruptcy In the fed
eral court here Thursday, listing
his liabilities at (38,082.04 and
Ills assets at $4,140.
The Addlngton Grain Company
of St. Joseph filed n voluntary
petition in bankruptcy In the fed
eral court Saturday, listing lia
bilities at J27.9C5.64 nnd assets at
US, 301 El.
MANY ARE SUGGESTED
FOR STATE CHAIRMAN
TO BE SELECTED I1V THE BEMOC-
JUICY AT THE EXCELSIOR
SPRINGS MEETING
A SECRETARY MUST
ALSO BE CHOSEN
Tlio Platform Will bo a Clear Ringing
Democratic Bums Upon Wliich Ecry
Ileal Democrat In Missouri Can
Bland With Both I'eet and Whoo
Dccl.u-ntioiis Will Swing tlio Party
IiTCHlstablo Onward to a Complete
Victory In Noeniber.
JEFFERSON CITY, Aug. 22.
(Correspondence.) When tho Demo,
cratlc gladiators who weathered the
storm on primary day and became tho
party nominees for the fall election,
gather In Excelsior Springs at noon,
the second Tuesday In September to
conclave, one of tho first Important
movts is to name a chairman of the
new Democratic stato committee.
Plenty of good material exists in the
rank and file of democracy and that
tho selection will be ti live-wire who
will pilot the ticket to an overwhelm
ing victory on Tuesday, November 7,
ia a cinched certainty. Any democrat
Is eligible to the chairmanship.
Among those who havo been sug
gested for tho place is Ed. A. Glenn
of Louisiana, who was campaign man
ager for Senator James A. Reed in the
recent initial skirmish and who prov
ed his efficiency and ability by land
ing the big nomination for that war
horse, Then there Is Attorney Sam
W. Fordyco of St. Louis, who also
played a prime part in tho big demo
cratic senatorial tournament which
has now gono down in history as tho
hardest fought primary tilt ever pull
ed off In Missouri. Former Congress
man William L. Igoe of St. Louis, and
Joseph A. Shannon of Kansas City,
who held tho honor a few years ago,
are also mentioned for tho place, not
overlooking Thomas J. Pendergast of
Kansas City; William II., probably
better known as "Billy" Hughes of
St. Louis; former Attorney-General
John T. Barker of Kansas City; for
mer Senator Frank II. Farris of Rolla:
Attorney Willis H. Meredith of Poplar
Bluff; Stato Senator Michael Kinney
of St. Louis; Steve Hunter of Cape
Girardeau; Stato Senator Michael
Carey of Kansas City; former Secre
tary of State" Sam B. Cook, tho Jef
ferson City banker; Attorney Charles
II. Mayer of St. Joseph; and Col. Ruby
Garrett, the Kansas City lawyer nnd
doughboy man who entered the na
tional guards of Missouri as n private,
was mustered Into service nnd hurried
to France with his company, and who
emerged from tho World War as a
real "colonel." Judge Danlrl n Tn.
lor of St. Louis, who Is a delegate-at-
largo in the constitutional convention
now in session, might, with hard pres
sure, bo lured Into accepting the stren
uous honor but the chances are
against It. Sam Lazarus of St. Lnuia
has also been mentioned, but. llko
Tom Tendcrgast of Kansas City, and
Judge Taylor of St. Louis, he would
probably decline because of his exten
sive business affiliations which fully
occupy his whole time.
Scerctnry of tho Stnto Committee
A position which will bo hard to
flit Is that of secretary of the new
state committee Thomaa B. Fisher
of Marshall holds the post now and
he may be retained on account of his
proficiency and adaptability. Then
Frank Armstrong, a Cass county news
paperman who worked day and night
In west Missouri to bring about the
renomtnatlon of Senator Reed, may
have the honor thrust upon him. He
was publicity man for tho Democratic
state committee in 1920, working over
time during that campaign against
unutua! odds, to elect the ticket. Jos.
epa A. Goldman, editor and publisher
of the Democrat-Tribuno of Jefferson
City, who labored hard and long with,
out recompense to carry Colo county
on primary day for Senator Reed with
success crowning his efforts, has
(ContUutd on ri Five.)
MULCTS THE CONSUMER
OUT OF 100 MILLIONS
WHICH GOES INTO THE TREAS
URY 1 PAY THE EXPENSES
OF GOVERNMENT
THEN TAKES ANOTHER
BIG SLICE FOR BARONS
'o Whom the Senate l,y i, Action on
Sugar Presented With i:t;hly .Mil
lions for to Lino Their Capacious
Pocket Which Neer Seem to he
Tilled No Matter How l'nt or In
Wliat Quantities the Gold Is
Slunclcd Into Them by u Generous
Gop Congress.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. (Special
News Correspondence.) The Senate,
by its action on sugar, has definitely
raised tho cost of all sugar to Ameri
can consumers by about two cents per
pound. Hero are the basic facts about
sugar: Tho United States refineries
receive and refine for domestic con
sumption about 4 4 tons of raw sugar
in a year. About 1 million tons of
this are produced In the United States
proper; about 1 million other tons
come to us from our Island holdings
Hawaii, Porto Rico and thophllli
plnes. Tho other 2 4 millions come
from Cuba. It is alleged that Senator
Smoot, representing both tho beet
sugar people nnd the Republican ma
jority in the Senate, proposed to the
Cuban sugar growers that the import
tariff on their raw sugar would be
held down to 2 cents If they would
agree to limit sugar shipments to the
United States to 2 4 millions of tons
per annum. The effect would be to
give this country Just barely enough
for its needs, thus enabling the sugar
refiners to get a better price for their
product and to more closely control
tho price. In other words, sugar
would never be plentiful, and In the
courso of a few years, or at any time
thero should happen to be a short
crop here at home, our supply would
not be sufficient for our needs, owing
to tho steadily increasing population.
Puts Up n Protection WhII
The 2-eent tariff means that the
consuming public will pay one hun
dred millions per year into the treas
ury as tax on the sugar coming In
from Cuba; that Is not so bad, in a
way, as It helps pay tho enormous
bills of tho government, but this tax
puts up a wall of protection for tho
benefit of the sugar growers here at
home, in Hawaii, Porto Rico nnd the
Phllllpines, enabling them to charge
two cents more per pound for their
raw sugar. This takes eighty millions
additional from tho pockets of the
sugar users and placts it in tho pock,
ots of the sugar growers. This Is typl.
cal of tho Republican position on the
tariff; it is to assess the general pub
lic to enrich special favored interests,
which In turn can bo counted upon to
pay a portion of their artificial gains
Into tho Republican campaign chest
in order to enablo this party of the
few to continue to exploit the many.
It is tho samo old practice of the
despotic kings who sold privileges to
friends at court. All Republican tariff
bills revolvo nround the manufactur
ing groups of the big Industrial cen
ters. Tho Democratic view of the
tariff Is that It should produce reve
nuo to run tho government, econom
Icaily administered, while laying the
lightest possible burden on the con.
sumer. Of course, anv inriff t. ,.,.,.
to carry with It some Incidental pro
tection to tho American manufactur
cr. Ono Chopping: iu()ok to x,,,,,,,
One chopping block of the high
tariff Republican senators Is Ger
many; they picture the danger to tho
home market from the manufnrt,.,i
goods of the Vaterland. If they ac-
compnsn their desires Germany will
remain for generations fln.nun..
helpless and debt-ridden. Even now
they sell to us a fraction of wh. ,v
sell them, but If they sell us nothing.
now can they continue to buy? in
1921 wo sold them 1400.000.nnn r
goods and bought from them 180.-
uuu.uuu worth. Every tariff h..,.i-
scorns aimed at the ruin of Germany.
"me naa tnought that the war l
over.
WALLACE BASSrORD.
EDITOR nERDELL'S NEW DE
PARTURE Editor Berdell of the Rushvllle
News and the DeKalb Trihnn h.
started out on a new Uck In his Rush
vllle News. He Is printing a serle. f
artiolea showing how Senator Reed
voted and what he had to say on dif
ferent measures. This paper Is free
to confers that It cannot fathom Edl
tor Bet-dell's Idea.
NUMBER 52.
ERNEST F. HARTWIG
A Well KnOv.il CHIen In Strfekcn
WitJl An Attack tf
Apoplexy.
When ho did not come from his
room at the Rolildoux M 10 o'clock
Monday morning. M1m Caroline Hart
wig, one of his daughters who also
make- her home at the came hotel,
investigated. She found her father,
Ernen Frederick llartwlg, one of St.
Joseph's beet known retired business
mtn, lying on the floor of his room
where he had fallen. Thero was a
slight cut over his left ear where hH
head had struck a piece of furniture
as he fell from an apoplectic itroke.
He had not moved after he fell. Dr.
Timerman, coroner, decided the esse
was plain and no Inquest will be held.
The deceased was married In 1608 to
Miss Emma Frederick, who died some
years ago, leaving the decent-ed and
four daughters: Mrs. William Smoke,
Wichita; Mrs. Reginald Slater, Ham
mond, Ind.; Mrs Cavan . Wyatt nnd
Miss Caroline Hartwig, the two latter
of this city.
Tho deceased was a good business
man, a kind father and a splendid clt
Izen. He came here from Hesien,
Germany, in 1862 and began life here
as a bookkeeper, later becoming In
terfiled in the wholesale liquor busi
ness with his brother, the late Major
II. R. W. Hartwig. Several je-ars ago
he retired and hns since looked after
only his personal interests.
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN HOLD
MEETING
A largely attended meeting of the
Ninth and Tenth ward Democratic
women's clubs was held at the homo
of Mrs. G. W. Hlckerson, 6054 Prjor
Avenue, Tuesday afternoon, at which
time addresses were made by Mrs. J.
E Curtis and Mrs. Hlqkerson, a com
mittee made up of Mrs. Anna Byrd,
Mrs. J. M. Phillips, Mrs. J. E. Curtis,
Mrs. P K Lolll.s nnd Mrs. C A. Clerry
was appointed to solicit new members
and Mrs. Illckerton was elected dele
gate to the conference of women's
Democratic clubs at Excelsior Springs
Sept. 6,
WILL ADDRESS THE FARMERS'
CONVENTION
Several thousand farmers arc ex
pected to attend the Missouri Farmers
Association convention whlth will
convene here Augut 29 for a three
days session. A big parade will be a
feature of Wednesday. The sessions
will be held In the Auditorium and the
women v.111 meet in the Lyceum.
Among the many speakers will be J.
M. Anderson of St. Paul, Mllo Reno
of Iowa, John Tromble of Sallna,
Kns., Henri- J. Waters of Kan&as City.
William Hirth of Columbia. C. L.
Moody of Macon, and many others.
NEIL CUNNINGHAM IS CALLED
Noil, the seventeen-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Cunningham.
of 1312 North Third street, passed
iway In a local hop!tal Tuesday
night after he had submitted to an
operation. The young man Is sur
vived by his father nnd mother and
two sisters. Mary and Gertrude. His
father Is a valued employe at the post
office. Nell was n bright and Indus
trlous young man nnd highly esteem
ed by all who knew him. The funeral
occurred yesterday from St. Mary's
and was largely attended.
TREES FOR THE TtT7VRY
HIGHWAY
Fred V. Worden. L. C. Gabbert,
John J. Goodrich. John Albus and
D. E. Cunningham, compoeln2 tho
Victory Highway, committee of the
Advertising Club, and Judges Mc-
Clanahnn, Brendel and Sampson made
a tour of Inspection over the highway
Monday afternoon, and made an estl-
ma'o of how many trees would bo re
quired and how they should be ar
ranged. Tho first trees will be set
out with appropriate ceremonies on
Sunday, Sept. IS.
FEDERAL AGENTS ON RAIDING
WORK
Federal court will convene here
next month and a big docket will
greet the Judge, as a federal raiding
squad is now at w.ork here. Tuesday
night they made six different raids
and gathered In Neal MeDrmott.
Theodore Lemons, Ben and Mvrtle
Ruwrll. Robt. R. Smith. J. M. Slay-
DAUgh and Otto Bennett, all of whom
conduct soft drink places and all of
whom were placed under bond to ap
pear at federal court.
HARRY C. MOORE INSTANTLY
KIL1J-.D
When his motor car while irMng at
a high rate of speod turned turtle on
the St. Joseph-AtchIon nnvo.1 rrt
near the Atchison Intersection, Harry
C. Moore, 38, of near Bean Lake, xrss
caught beneath the car nd his neck
broken Monday. He died Instantly.
