Scott County kicker., August 19, 1916, Image 2

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SCOTT COUNTY KTCKF.t?. BENTON. MISSOURI.
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NEWS OF THEWEEK
FROM OVER WORLD
HAPPENINGS IN OUR OWN AND
OTHER COUNTRIES HERE
ARE BRIEFLY TOLD.
SHORT ITEMS FOR BUSY KEN
Condensation of Week's News R4
viewed Without Comment All
Nations Find Something to
Edify and Instruct.
Twelve men are known to be dead
and several are missing us the result
of an exploiter. In a mine In British
Columbia.
J. I". Malono. former superintendent
of school? of Cottou county, Ok., shot
and killed himself and his daughter,
kavinne. 7 years old. at Walter. Ok.,
and wounded another daughter, Juan
ita. It.
The Globe Salesman." a St Louis
publication printed in five languages
English. Frencn. German. Spanish and
Italian has Just been issued
I Jamos Augustus 1'ecos. last eurvi-
A negro who attempted to ataok the j vor of tBe Pecos Indians, who in 1841
16 year-cid daughter of L. Whitman ! abandoned the Pecos Puebla near
at Stutgar, Ark., was taken from the j Santa Fe and went to Juarez to live,
Hewitt jail and hanged to a telephone ' 1K dcad
Ple' ... Tbe Arkansas state farmers' eon-
The Portuguese Congress was ap ?ntion has adopted a resolution en
prised that England would loan sums I dorsing the state-wide prohibition act
sufficient to cover the cost of panic:- i ,lut wa passed by the last lejlsla
pation In the war. i ture-
m . s
The famous bells from Salzburg
cathtdral have been melted down for
war munitions.
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Six thousand Cltlsens hare com
pleted their course cf military instruc
tion at Platts burg, sa b receiving his
discharge.
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A. B. SUckney, founder of the Chi- I
en so Great Western, and constructor
of other lines, is d ad after an illness
of four weeks, j
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v , , r - ' i
half feet loss and weigh!:..- 226 pounds
-uuatu aiiu suoi in lue uaiaing :
center of ROC ka Way Beach.
Commander Leigh C Palmer was
nominated by President w;:.-on to be
chief of the navigation bureau with
rank of rear admiral
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Fighting between Chinese rebels and
the loyal government troops again has
broken out in Canton.
The president has recently signed a ;
hill annrnnHtittn. Sissrwin ,, i. !
the ellm.'aatlon Of Infantile paralysis.
i
Dr Charles Davis, 60. of Selmn, Ala..
& dentist, became so anraged when
Leita Patrick, 14. refused to marry
lii:n. that he slew the child and 'hen
committed suicide.
ijeneral Callarts, Greek minister of
war. has resigned.
Burton Harris, a laborer of Los An- I
gtlts, Cal., received a message that a '
Wealthy uncle had M't him 1800,000, j
Without debate the senate agreed to
the roriT'prpneA r,.r,,,rt tr tt,L n
w .. .i' (......, a im
propriation bill earning 1367,007,000
A battery of the Massachusetts na
tional guard, known as the "millionaire
ba-tery," has declined the war depart
ment's offer to muster it out.
Germany has prohibited the impor
tation of raw tobacco on account of
the gr at -iocks alreadv in the mult.
ses
Postponement from Oct. 1 to Nov. 1
Of the opening of the mounted sirvice
school was announ'-ed by the war de-
parttnent.
All of the ships '4 the Atlantic fleet
OXcept the tender Vkton are engaged
In maneuvers oft' the southern New
England coast.
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Vice Admiral HlkonojO Kannmura of
the Japanese navy is dead.
A terrific -.vrjlosion of gas partly
wrecked tie Woodraw colliery of the ; Robert E. Peary, the explorer. Helge
Dtlaware, Lackawana & Western Coal ten claims the discovery of the north
t o at Edwardsville, Pa. pole bv Pearv has been disproved.
An e.pio.-ion of ammunition which
was about to be shiptv-d from Koer.lgs- !
b'-rg, Prussia, caused the death of 3u
in-n and Ho women.
One death and much damage was
caused by a storm which swept over
Pittsburg anu Allegheny county, Pa. j
Profits on war contracts to the l
amount of $750,000 have been volun- j
taftly returned to the British treasury
by E. W. Eaillie of Hamilton, Oni..
president of the Canadian Cartridge 1
Co.
e .
What la said to be the first u::ion
Ol letter carriers in the United States I
has bttn organized in Chicago with
ovtr 200 members.
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Senate end house conferees have j
agreed on the military academy ap-
proprlatlon bill, making the building i
allowance approximately $1,125,000
lor West Point.
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George Daly, an oil contractor was
burned to uc 'th in the t' j.hlr.v; i . i eld,
near Tulsa, Ok., In r. Are at do of
tho wells.
six hundred girls, o to u rears old,
attended a party given by George W.
Williams, Chanutc's (Kan.) black
smith, in honor cf his seventy-third
birthday.
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Admiral Blue has resigned as chief
Ol navigation and will be assigned to
command the battleship Texas.
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The Arkansas national guard. 1,500
strong, was ordered' to proceed to Dem
lng, N. M. Col. C. D. James, command
tag, said the men would go the end of
this week.
TV. D. Kills, sheriff of Baylor county,
Texas, was knocked down by a blow :
from the handcuffed fists of Steven
Brown, a negro whom he had under
arrest, and then slain with his own
revolver. A mob shot Brown to death.
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Frank Beck, living on the Murphy 1
farm, a little west of Litchfield, 111.,
killed himself with a shotgun In a
corn field.
The senate and house conferees on
the naval bill have voted to report a
disagreement of the building and
personnel sections.
"Undiluted Americanism" waa
adopted as Us own by the convention
of the Central Germau-Auierlcaa Alli
ance at Erie. 1'a.
.
The ear's naval war game will em
brace nearly half of the Atlantic
coast, and will be staged commencing
I Aug. 2$.
About 18,0(JO Austrian prisoners.
taken by the Servians ami transport
ed from the Adriatic to the Island of
Auasara, have been taken to France,
s e s
Ralph Olr.ey. 82; Beatrice Whitney,
j IT, and Edna Whitney, IS. were
j drowned at Ced:ir Rapids, la., in the
Cedar river, when a canoe was upset.
Miss Flora Sanders, a sergeant in
the Servian army, has arrived at Tou
lon on her way to her regiment after
B holiday in Ireland.
LuthW Hultt was arrested iu Cartor
county and lodged in Jail at Center
villc. Mo., by Sheriff Parks, charged
With the murder of a young man whose
skeleton was found in the woods near
Bunker , in August, 1S;.'
; Twenty-five persons were killed and
.til .Ifhrrfl n ru ivltfi'n l.-i .anl, rt
m a, v -...-. mm HI IMHI, wl
a cloudburst in Barren Valley, C'lal-
bourne county, Tenn.
All officers and men dispatched the
0-l of last week on recruiting duty
for th national guard were
recalled by Adjt. Uen. Dickson, who
-Hiviv,.H nrH.ir -,, t.,
Gen. Thom
as Barr .
Gloom has .-preud over Um army
.amp at El Fasc. Tex., with the news
that watermelons have leen banned
b the authorities because the rinds
draw files.
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The Farmers' State Bank of Flor-
aci . a suburb of Omaha, was robbed
of about 11,000 by automobile bandits.
1 w? m,n "fc u'" -nk m a
n"-',,J rear shortly after noon. One re-
! mained in the car on guard while the
1 ether made the cashier turn over all
available cash and currency.
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The convention of the National A.-
; sociation of Organists, being held in
Springfield, Mass.. voted to send
President Wilson their resolution that
"The Star Spangled Banner" remain
the o::e and only national anthem.
Fred Kru.-e, 07 years old. killed
mmseii with a revolver In tht pres
ence of his wlft in St. Louis.
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Qeorgi Ashmore, who lost both
armi When fighting ir. France, has
been married to a Miss Pitspaint.
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Louis Dabri ra, president : Ignacio
Eonnilla? and Alberto Pant have been
named by Carrat.za as members of
the settlement commission.
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A Gorman paper says: "We are
waging no war on Americans, and all
American? caught with cuns on their
arms should be shot."
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Johnnie Dundee, a pugilist, was ar-
res'.ed on a charge of homicide after
an auto which he was driving had
killed a 18-ytar-Old hoy in New York.
Republican Leader Mann obtained
the unanimous consent for printing
Charles E. Hughes' acceptance ad
dress in the- Congressional Record,
s
Representative Henry T. Helgesen
cf North Dakota is trying to have
eoncress withdraw its recognition of
The Servian government has de
cided to convoke the Servian parlia
ment on the Isle of Corfu.
Wilbur H. Brgley of Muncit, Ind.,
ha.- ended an endurance piano playing
contest of 50 hours and five minutes.
Three persons arc dead and three
more in a critical condition as the re
suit of an automobile accident at Al
gona when a Kewanee and Western
railroad train hit the automobile in
which 'he par'y was riding at a cross
ing. The senate has passed a bill ap
propriating 11.095, a year's salary, to
the widow of Joseph Sitters, kill. a
i May 1&15, by -Mexican bandits in
! Presidio county, Texas.
; Maj. M. c. Butler, Ehot to death by
I H. C. Sprnnel of Alpine, Tex., July 20,
WM held by the senate to have tiled a
' lieutenant Colonel,
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The long battle between Vernon and
North Vernon, Ind., for tho courthouso
of the county will be fought out Una,,
ly at tht- polls S. pt. 26.
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S?crctary McAdoo sent to congress
estimates of $2S0,0u0 and 1258,000, re
spectively, for deficiency la 1914 and
1916 to pay railroads for mail trans
portation. s t s
Miss Kate Gordon, president of the
Southern States Woman Suffrage con
ference, has issued a statement prais
ing President Wilson.
Capt. Lewis H. Morey, the enly sur
viving officer of tho Carrlzal fight,
leturned to his regiment after being
on the sick list.
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the ff
intitry
i-lt'iin-lookliig British buttery, rattling over the dirt rood and crossing
ml to re-enforee the i mops along the British line and to do its share in
ihown in the photograph is typical of much of that to the rear of the
ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS ON WESTERN FRONT
An offlclnl photogmpli howltig the blvouuc of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers on the western front.
NAVAL MILITIA LEARN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
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That
ig from
'. inter.
the men i
aeroplane
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in section
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WOUNDED IN THE TRENCHES;
An offlclnl liotogruph from the vest
.ru fruiit mudt iiuriug the advance
ii the allies on tht Teuton lines, show
ng wounded British defenders of one
f the trenches, Soti the mnehrooui
reel helmets worn by the men.
Gettirg a Goat.
a wi.oio plutoon of English Midlers
vote that the bravest thing they saw in
the fighting lint was the taking In. by
i s:i-:ii. of a regimental wont that had
wandered out Into tilt open and whs
de n turgei ,.t uy the .,':
:a.,U. Cheer greet, i! tie return Ol
i tiit t gout I" safety. Indeed, it miglii
hove been the Inwb Which, hud strayed
uwny from the ninety and nine I jrinu
in the safety of the fold.
Average Mao's View.
Ka matter f.ow much u uuin's sue-
gesi may amnio him, he always re
ignlni Ws stlf-poes salon in time to
i nut on before Others the glr of one
who feels ihut his m :'U have merely
I received their one reword, and is.
therefore taking what lias come to him
I us a mutter Of course.
What Are You Earninc,?
Are you making .. living wage?
iluslnOM methods will at least tell you
ibis; besides allowing you where the
dmin comes hardest,
BRITISH BATTERY HURRYING TO THE FRONT
of New Voek'ti UAvnl mlllfln nrti
photograph of tht "book" of Sexton Island,
II. Harris, commander of the section.
SUBMARINE CREW
line room mklui
ihlff of fresh
B!TS CF -MFGRMATtON
Japan In inlnlng ground on England
in the manufacture and ogle of loye,
Tin re are about 1.000 different kinds
of mosquitoes, but you can't tell the
difference when they bite you.
One acre planted to bananas s said
to produce ua much food value as 40
BPrcS of potatoes or Ittt) acres of wheat.
it is generally agreed that, at the
lowest estimate wheat l as been a
faithful servant of mankind for C.tXK)
years.
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in i
further
fighting
iiitry .-t
iDg the
lines.
renin,
great
I- IUUK
British
Itlg lis way
drive. The
sin-oossfullv ItuiPnina
the art of photograph
jv, mndo by one of the
Great South b
GETTING THE AIR
ineu from the
ulr uud a cigarette.
Tor every electric automobile mnilo
in 11)13 there were 120 gasoline cars, j
IlusslA londa tha worl.l in rv... ,1,..
duction of t!:ix fiber and Argentina of
Its seed.
It Is said thut a single drop oi
nl mine will kill a rabbi I In three and
a hall' minutes,
With care there Is timber enough In
the (Jnifed States to Inst 444 years, ac
cording to a gov, rnment expert,
Tho snowy top of Mount Kvvrest In
India Is plainly visible to the unaided
eye from points 107 miles distant,
PLAN PROTECTION
FOR UIR
AFTER-WAR CONDITIONS AGI
TATE SENATE DEMOCRATS
HOLD CAUCUS.
NO DISCRIMINATION ALLOWED
Propose Mew Section to Revenue
Measure Recommend Increase
Tax on Dye Effective When
President So Proclaims.
Washington. Although the caucus
of the senate Democrats took no ac
tion on any phase of ihe revenue
' question, the majority of the senate
i Must. nAMmlltM nffr..rl on :i ii im
portant recommendation for retalia
tory legislation to be used in the
event any country discriminates
against the products Of the United
States after the end of the war in
Europe.
j After a fruitless discussion of the
inconu? tax section of the revenue
bill, with incidental debate on the
proposed munitions tax. the caucus
adjourned pending the completion of
the bill in the finance committee.
To Protect American Trade.
The Democrats of the finance com-
1 mittee decided to add a new section
i to the house general revenue bill,
this addition being to protert Ameri
can trade against discriminatory
agreements among foreign powers.
The proposed new section reads:
"That whenever any country, de
pendency or colony shall prohibit
! the Importation of any article the
product of the soli or industry of
the United States, and not injurious
to health or moral:, the president in
his discrition shall have the power
to prohibit, during the prrlod such
prohibition is in force, the import a-
i tion into the United States of similar
articles the product of such country,
i dependency or colony. And the sec
retary of the treasury, with the ap
proval of the president, shall make
such rules and regulations as are
' necessary for the execution of the
' provisions of this section."
I The Democrat? of the finance com
mittee also voted to recommend that
the increased duties on dyestutfs, as
provided for In the house bill, shall
not become effective until after the
European war. They are then to be-
i conic effective upon proclamation of
the president,
LEAPS 42 FLOORS TO DEATH
Jurrps Frcm Tower and Body Lands
on Other Side of Broadway
After Hitting Coping.
New York. Albert Goldman of
Brooklyn Jumped from the forty-second
floor in the tower of the Singer
building, 600 feet. Hundreds heard
his body strike the coping on the
thirteenth tloor and saw him crushed
to death. The body, after glancing
off the coping, landed on the opposite
side of tht street.
A letter from the Montefiore Home
for Consumptives and an unsigned
will found In Goldman's pockets made
clear that his act was deliberate.
He paid 50 cents to go to the tower.
Then when the attendant left him he
Jumped into space.
Women's Party Conference.
Colorado Springs, Colo Leaders
t'f the National Women's party are
here for a three-day conference on
equal suffrage. Miss Annie Martin
' of Nevada, chairman of the party,
and Miss Mab"l Vernon of Washing
ton, D. C, national secretary, have
been here for some time directing pre
liminary arrangements.
lllinoisan Supreme Chancellor.
Portland, Ore. Knights of Pythias
brought to a close their supreme con
vention here after sessions extending
10 days. John J. Brown of Vandalia,
111., was installed as supreme chancel
lor. French Poet Killed at Front.
Paris. Andre Godin, the Egyptolo
gist and poet, has been killed at the
front by an aerial torpedo as he was
leaving a communication trench at
the back of the French lines. He
had been serving as a private.
Lassen Park Bill Signnd.
Washington, President Wilson has
Just signed the act of congress creat
ing the Lassen Volcanic National
Park in California. The new park
Contains Sl'.RSO acres.
Castro in Porto Rico.
Pan Juan, Porto Rico Gen. Ciprl
ano Castro, former president of Ven
ezuela, has arrived here from New
York.
Pershing Asks for Screens.
Sm Antonio, Tex. Brigadier Gen
eral Pershing, commander of the
American troops in Mexico, wants
screened mess rooms and kitchens.
Similar provision! are made for the
troop-, on border duty.
Teetotalicm Coming, Says Daniels.
Washington. Secretary Daniels, in
an adtlress at the annual meeting of
the Catholic Total Abstinence So
ciety of America, expressed tho belief
that "the day Is coming when to'al
abstinence will prevail In America."
France Replacis 17 Generals.
Paris. Scvi ntern Brigadier GenPr
als bfJre been placed cn the reserve
section of the army by order of min
ister of war. Their places will be
filled by promotion of an eq'ial num
ber of colonels.
Two for Illinois Governor Cult.
Springfield, 111. Mayor Edward N
Woodruff of Peoria and Sheriff John
A. Wheeler of Sangamon county have
withdrawn their petitions for a place
on tho ballot as Republlctn guber
natorial candidates.
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I NOW 28 CENTS 1
I SOLO IN 1-POUND CANS ONLY I
I Ask Your Grocer
THE HUH QUALITY S5WIHB MACHIHI
MOT SOLD UNDER ANY OTHER RAMI
Write for fn booklet "Points tobe consldf re i before
purchases Sen lag Machine." Learn the fact.
THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE C0..0RAHSE,MASS.
w- n m.M SB For enl. 1100 MNSIk
raaia w unlet t St. 1.U;
tettof Al bulldlnjv etch rtroi corumt iu arret of
bill land, taltn.-e leel bottom land SSJpMltjg
tho Missouri Kner. Stoct tna n:n MrsM -nif
ITJ per arrr, worth jlSO. 8e owner. .1. UHAS.
Ml'FIXKK. U800 IJebert St., ht. Louis. Ho.
PATENTS
Wton , Colnntl,
l-aler.T l i',r,nuniBii,
lie Adrirr and boott Tree.
SISNSjSsasMS, Highest reterencet. Bettterrlee
Mi Dswa iisd Co.. Sffiaw Kfft-Afi
for their
Arannatt Uod
Why She Worr.ed.
"Oh, my 1" sighed the sad one.
Now what's the matter?" said the
other.
"This paper S0'S the engineers us
sert that only enough coal to last tht
world 800 years is available in New
castle." "Well, why don't you go down to
that fortune-tolling woman and find
out if you're g"in to live over !tO0
years':"
COVETED BY ALL
but possessed by few a beautiful
bead of hair. If yours is streaked with
gray, or is harsh ar.J stiff, you can re
store It to Its former beamy and lus
ter by using "La Creola" Hair Dress
ing. Price 11.00. Adv.
MAKE BIG GUNS ABS0LETE
Western Inventcr Devises an Aer.al
Torpedo That Give; Promise
of Effectiveness.
What may eventually prove to be a
highly offectlve war implement, and, If
so, possibly fender pr. sua heavy ar
tillery obsolete for !"ti4 range opera
tions, Is a self-controlled aerial tor
pedo that has lately been developed la
Colorado. It Is described In the Au
gust number if Popular Mechanics
Magazine, in a general way, the In
strument attempts to accomplish 'over
land what the United states nuvx'e
new wireless torpedo does at si a. Its
principle and methi d of operation, of
course, ore entirely different. As It
to be Inferred, it consists of n small
aircraft much like en ordinary bl
plane carrying n large, high-explosive
torpedo which it i designed to drop
nt any predetermined spot within n
certain radius. The projectile, which
Is about twelve feet In length, forme
the body of the machine end is divided
into two compartments, Tho propel
ler Is mounted nt the front end of it.
while tht shaft extends through the
entire torpedo to the rear compart
ment where nn 18-horsepower motor
is housed. The speed and courso of
the machine are regulated by means of
a gyroscopic mechanism, while a tim
ing device of some sort releases the
engine containing missile tit the prop
er Instant for it to strike Its target.
Porto Itico has jtit had the most
profitable tourist season it has ever
experienced.
In the United States 2,000,000 chil
dren, ten to fifteen years of age, are
employed In gainful occupations,
Because n man growls nt his wife it
Is no sign that she Is afraid of him.
As the accrn grows to
be the mighty oak, so chil
dren when rightly nour
ished, grow lo be sturdy
men and women.
Good flavcr find the es
sential nourishing elements
for mental and physical de
velopment of children are
found in the fui.ioua food
Grape-Nuts
Made of whole wheat and
malted barley, this pure food
supplies all the nutriment of
the grains in a most easily di
geated form.
It does the heart good to see
little folks enjoy Grape-Nuts
aad cream.
"There's a Reason"
Sold by Grocers.
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