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UOTVERSITY MISSOURIAN.
VOLUME I.
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1908.
NUMBER 12
aftwiHy1.'.
TO PLAY
POLITICS HERE
Author Will Give Voters a
Witching Hour Saturday
Evening.
HAS THREE ONE-NIGHT STANDS
Former Reporter Speech
making for Democratic
Ticket.
tiutu Tliiima-. a successful play-
rijjlit. will appear in three one-night
stands i" Missouri" tlii-. .week, in tlie
intciest of tlie democratic ticket, lie
will lu-t ;iiH'iir in Kansas City and
v. ill conic to Colnmliia Sat unlay even
ing. riiini here Mr. Thomas will go to
Springfield, where he will complete hi-,
"dates" in Mi-ouii.
Mr Thomas lisi- iim'Ii rapidly. At
line time he v;i- an amateur aetor.
"Sow iie is a playwright of acknowl
edged ability ami an eloquent orator.
He began a-- a reporter on the St. Louis
Post Dispatch, ami illustrated his own
"-tori"." At that time. Mr. Thomas
became ambitious to heeome a dramat-i-t,
ami presented secral jIays in St.
Louis theaters, which were successes.
Mr. Thoma-. alo travel od with his
plays 'Alaliaina" ami "The Witching
Hour."
Mr. Thoma- is an anient ailmirer of
iiliam .Jennings l'ryan.
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS -IN
BRYAN-COWHERD CLUB
The democratic students of the L'ni-M-r-itj
of Mi .ouri. at a meeting at the
(ourthou-e Ia-t night, organized the
liryaii-Cowherd Student Chili.
The otHeors of the cluli are: W. W.
"0ark" Wright, of Appleton City.
Mo., president : II. (S. Hunt, of Walnut
lSidgc. Ark., vice-president: Charles
Ainold. of Columbia, secretary, and 1.
I. I.ieiiallen. of Princeton. Mo., treas
urer. With one exception the ollicers
of the club are all tipper classmen in
the law department. The exception is
thai Ies Arnold, a special student in
iouiiialisiu and business manager of the
Columbia Herald.
E. W. Stephens called the meet in? to
order and spoke on the issues of the
d.i and the record of the republican
p.irt in Missouri. Speeches were made
li several students.
OSTRICH IN RAGE
"Fleetwing" Beats Out Brains
in Cage Valued at
$5,000.
XEW YORK. Sept. 2!. Fleetwing"
one of the racing ostriches brought to
the Queeiis-Xassau County Fair at Min
eola. 1.. I., by William W. Ford, of Tam
pa. Fla.. committed suicide yesterday,
and another of the big birds filled the
fair ground with excitement by running
awa and scaling the race-traek fence
in a half mile dash.
When Ford was ready to begin the
das proceedings yesterday he ordered
"Rill." one of the negro attendants, to
remove "Fleetwing." the most valuable
of the birds, from its crate. "Rill" de
murred, for last Sunday while he was
engaged in that same operation the
ostrich got away and he had the hard
est task of his life getting him back.
Since then "Rill" has cherished a deep
k, iepeet for that ostrich.
Finally tin- attendant started for the
Ikix to carry out the orders, but at
sight of his face "Fleetwing" set up
a shrill cry and snapped his legs against
the sides of his cage. When the negro
neared him the ostrich stretched his
long neck and beat his head against the
slats.
Ford and others sprang to the crate,
but the bird's efforts to end his life
did not cease. Ford summoned a physi
cian, who attended the injured bird,
but he died four hours later. "Fleet
wing" was six years old and said by his
owner to be worth $.i.000.
Revival Services Soon.
A series of revival meetings is to
be held at the Central Christian Church,
licginning Oct. 4. The meltings are to
Ie conducted by the Rev. Dr. Harvey
O. Rreeder. former pastor of the Cen
tral Christian Church of Des Moines.
la. He will be assisted by Howard S.
Saxton. soloist.
T
HOMAS
COMMITS
SUICIDE
FRESHMAN MISTAKES
UNIVERSITY FOR A
SHOEMAKER'S SHOP
Registrar Switzler, Recommended as a
Cobbler, Fails to See the Point
of the "Sophs' " Joke.
Sending a Freshman student through
the University buildings' with an old pair
of shoes to be re-soled is the newest
.style in hazing atlopteil by the Sopho
mores of the University of Missouri.
A Freshman Engineering student yes
terday took a pair of shoes to the Co
Operative Store in the basement of Aca
demic Hall and reiUestiil one of the
clerks to re-sole them. The clerk said
the man who did that sort of work was
out. but would return in an hour. The
Freshman came back in an hour. The
supposed cobbler told him he was too
busy just then to do the job. and re
ferred him to Irvin SwitIer. registrar
of the University, solemnly assuring
him that Mr. Switzler doubtless would
be glad to get the wink.
Mr. Switzler failed to see the joke.
Xow the victim is planning vengeance
on net car's crop of Freshmen.
TEACHERS HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS ORGANIZE
Walter Hadaway Is Chosen President,
Will Graves Manager.
At the meeting of the students in
the Teachers College High School yes
terday afternoon to make arrangements
for athletics, the following ollicers were
elected:
President. Walter lladawaj : tempo
lary captain and manager. Will ("raves;
secretary, .lames Mina: treasurer. Prof.
Hopkins; assistant treasurer, .lames
IlanciH-k.
Dr. Meriam was made supervisor of
the 'organization.
THOUSANDS DROWNED
IN FLOOD IN INDIA
Rivers Rise So Rapidly That Victims
Have No Chance To Escape.
By I'lilted Tress.
liOMP.AV. Sept. 2!. Thousands have
been drowned and hundreds of hou-es
have been washed away in the worst
llood in years in the Decan region. The
interior of the county is like a great
lake.
The Musi and others rivers have
lisen seventy-live feet, so suddenly that
the ictinis had no chance to escape.
The legion is densely populated.
W. A. O'BANNON ON THE JOB
University Graduate Has Street Paving
Approved.
Walter A. O'Raniion. a graduate in
civil engineering of the University of
Missouri in the class of I'HIS and a
member of the Acacia Club, has had
his first job of street paving accepted
by the city council.
Mr. O'l'annon is employed as con
struction engineer by a paving company
of Columbia. His first piece of work
was the paving with brick of East
Rroadway. The contract price was
Slli.000.
NOVEL OFFENDS COUNTESS
Former Miss Britton of St. Louis May
Sue.
PARIS. Sept. 2!. Countess Spottis-wood-Mackin,
formerly Sally Rritton.
daughter of a former mayor of St.
Louis, threatens a suit for criminal lilicl
as a result of a recent novel written
by Mrs. John Van Vorst. entitled "Sec
ond Quality."
The countess considers that she is
held up to ridicule by a character in
the storv.
1 Appointments by Governor.
JEFFERSON" CITY. Sept. 20. fiov.
j Folk appointed J. R. Sampson of Lee's
Summit yesterday a member of the
State Hoard of Agriculture for the
1-ifth Congressional district to fill the va
cancy caused bv the death of Judge
I Samuel W. Hudson, of Independence.
The governor also appointed as coal oil
inspectors A. F. Slawson for Desoto,
vice Henry Ixempe. resigned: W. F.
Potts of Fayette for Howard county,
for two years from June 23: Felix .
Young for Lexington, for two years
from Sept. 22; A. E. Harris for Charles
ton for two years from Sept. 20.
Irrigations Congress Opens.
j Ity fiiltol I'rv.
i ALBUQUERQUE. X. M.. Sept. 2!.
! The ationa! Irrigation Congress opened
here today with ."i.ono visitors in at
tendance, liov. Cmry and Mayor Lis
ter welcomed the guests. France. Chili
and llnizil are represented. Citizens
here are Using tin Congress to forward
the demand for statehood.
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OXYGEN JAG"
Gas is Popular Abroad and is
Coming Into Use in the
United States.
ENABLES MEN TO DO MORE WORK
Think How Valuable It May
Become in Football and
Before "Exams."
"What'll on have:"
"ih. gimme an oxjgen straight
"Make mine an oxygen highball."
"Here's a luck!"
"Sunshine!"
It is well within the range of human
possibility that some such conversations
may come in time to be fretpi'-nt in
prohibition Columbia. For oxAgcn.
which we've been bieathillgall our lives
without any appreciation of its exhil
arating qualities, is now coming into
general use as a stimulant and reviver.
Press dispatches
lie mi London tell
with incr
iplellcy of success
with the gas in ath
letics there, and on
the heels of this in
formation comes
news that football
teams in the United
States are prepar
ing to use it on
the "ridiion. It
is reported that in London "oxygen jags"
are becoming freijucut.
Physicians agree that oxygen greatly
increases a man's capacity for work.
Its manifold Uses in the University an
al once apparent. .Iiist before "exatns"
the man who fears he will "Hunk out"
make take a generous swig at the
oxygen tank, and cram all he needs in
an hour or so.
During the football game, the end
man may l tin m
the sidelines, take
a heavy dose of
oxygen, and then
get the ball for a
20-yard gain.
Students are con
sidering the advisa
bility of petition
ing that a tank
be placed in a cor
ner of each class
room, with tulics to
the students during lecitatioiis. lectures
and iiics. With that aid. the stu
dents anticipate that their grades will
soon advance from M to K.
The inter-state debates, thesis time,
initiation and "chi-chi" ordeals and basket-ball
games afford further opportuni
ties for reaping the benefits of this re
markable discovery provided it will do
all that some of its advocates say it
will.
Scientists are now trying to devise a
way to put foam on oxygen.
TOADSTOOLS POISON
FIVE IN FAMILY
Dangerous Fungi Were Mistaken for Bed
of Mushrooms.
PERTH AMP.OY, X. J.. Sept. 2!.
Toadstools. mistaken for mushrooms,
almost caused the death of an entire
family here and it was not until to
day that physicians, who had worked
for hours to save their lives, pro
nounced all out of danger. On Sunday
Bernard ("retcher. who lives with his
wife and three children in Penn
street, took his family into the coun
try for a day's outing ami when wan
dering through the fields came across
a In-d of toadstools which he mistook
for mushrooms. At his suggestion the
children gathered them and when
they reached home in the evening Mrs.
Oreteher stewed the toadstools and
served them at the table. Shortly aft
er midnight ('retcher, who had eaten
much of the stew, aroused his family
and insisted that a doctor be called.
He insisted he had been poisoned.
The first doctor called in asked
what they had icaten. and ("retcher
told him about the supposed mush
rooms. On inspecting what was left
of the stew the doctor reali7ed the
family had licen poisoned by toad
stools. Knowing the case was a seri
ous one. he called in twij more phy
sicians. The three worked over the
man. his wife and three children un
til noon, when it was thought they
were out of danger. City Physician
M. S. Meinser. who was called in by
the local authorities to investigate
the case, on examining the toadstools
said they were of the most poisonous
varietv.
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MAY BE NEXT ON
THE CARDS IN "DRY" COLUMBIA
PHYSICIAN AND COACH TELL
WHA T THEY THINK OF OXYGEN
DR. WOODSOX MOSS, professor of the Theory and Practice of Medi
cine, say.s: "As to oxygen in reviving athletes, if it is properly admin
istered, there will be no bad results. It is a. food and a tonic niore than
stimulant. Of course it must be diluted, as pure oxygen could not lie
breathed, because it would irritate the nose. Exercising violently, the
respiration and the heart action increases and oxygen of the air is
needed. If air cannot be breathed fast enough, oxygen is helpful and
will invigorate the athlete. It will not aid brain-fatigue."
COACH W. J. MOXILAW: "I have not made an investigation of oxy
gen as a stimulant, but I have no doubt that it is a good one. I un
derstand the University of Chicago will use it this year. I don't think
the Iowa team intends to use it, but if it is good a stimulant as it is
said to be, the team will need it when it plays here."
TO
COSTS BOY'S LIFE
Roy Gray,Wabash Messenger,
Falls Under Train at
Centralia.
STATION CROWD SEES TRAGEDY
Lad Intent on Giving Message
to Engineer When
Killed.
CEXTRALIA. Mo., Sept. 2!). Devo
tion to duty cost the life of Roy
Cray. Hi years old, a messenger boy at
the Wabash station, who fell under
the wheels of a Wabash train and was
instantly killed here yesterday after
noon, in the view of a score of persons
on the station platform. All of the
coaches passed over his body before
the engineer could stop the train.
The train was slowing down to stop
when Roy ran alongside to hand a mes
sage to the engineer. Looking up at
the cab window as he ran. his head
struck the semaphore pole on the plat
form and he fell under the train.
Young Cray was the son of Samuel
Cray, a retired farmer and stockman,
lie had been employed by the Wabash
for a vear.
COLUMBIA'S FIRST
T"
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Forecaster Reeder Says Late
Vegetables Suffered From
It Last Night.
The forecast: "Fair and warmer to
night and Wednesday."
The first frost of this season in
Rooim county made its appearance this
morning in the garb of a "killing"
frost a rare occurrence.
There was little damage as a result
ot th- frost. Forecaster Reeder says
-nine injury was done to late vege
tables. The "killing" frost this year was two
weeks earlier than the first (n'milar
frost last carf which came Oct. 12.
The severity of the first frost this
car was due to the sudden drop in
temperature Saturday night. Owing to
the chilling and continuous rains of
Saturday night and Sunday morning,
no frost formed until Monday night.
The Temperature.
12 midnight, 38. 8 a. m., 44.
2 a. m., 36. 10 a. m., 50.
4 a. m., 35. 12 noon, 60.
C a. m., 33. 2 p. m., 65.
Restored to Citizenship.
Br United Press.
JEFFERSON" CITY. Mo.. Sept. 20.
I'ov. Folk yesterday restored to citizen
ship J. C. Oliert a former convict as a re
ward for five years honest living. Obert
served five years in the State peniten
tiary for forgery. After his releae he
went to Tombstone. Arizona, and
worked in the mines as a laborer.
After live years of hard work and hon
est living he has worked his way to
the management of a mining company.
Missourian in Demand.
Tin- Mercantile Library, of St. Louis,
has had so many call- for the University
Missourian tliat the librarian has sub
scribed for it.
DEVOTION
DT
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KILL
SUIT BY ACTRESS
BARS ELKINS MATCH
Dowager Queen of Italy Uses
That as Weapon Against
Abruzzi.
MARGHERITA IS STILL PEEVISH
Senator Says Son is Innocent
of Charges Made by
Woman.
HOME, Sept. 2!l. With the declara
tion that the breach of promise suit
for $100,000 of Louise Lonsdale, the
actress, against Blaine Elkins, the
brother of Katherine Elkins. fiancee of
the Duke of Abruzzi. is a "timely illus
tration of the unwisdom of alliances
between the royalty of Europe and
the totally different types of the new
world." Dowager Queen Margherita has
redoubled her efforts to prevent the
marriage of the duke to Miss Elkins.
The moment the news of Miss Lons
dale's suit reached Home the dowager
ipiecn got busy. She declared the suit
was proof that it would be a disgrace
for a memlier of the Italian royal
household to marry into such a family.
SENATOR ELKINS DENIES
ACTRESS'S CHARGES
WHEELING. W. Va., Sept. 2!). Sen
ator Stephen 15. Elkins has made a
statement ill which he says that the
charges brought by Louise Lonsdale,
the actress, in her breach of promise,
suit against his son, Maine Elkins, are
wholly without foundation.
"So far as any demand lieing made
upon me for money for my son is con
cerned." said the senator, "I brand it
as a deliberate lie. 1 never paid out" a
dollar to her or any other woman on
niv son's aecount.'
AIRSHIP GARAGE PLANNED
Building Will Be First of Kind in
America.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 29. fSuy
King, a Philadelphia architect, is pre
paring plans for the erection of the
first airship garage in this country.
It will be an addition to UriarelilTc
Lodge, at liriarcliffe Manor, X. Y., and
the cost will be nearly $100,000 and
will be seven stories high and the Hying
machine platform will cover the entire
roof.
Losses from "White Plague."
By United Preen.
WASHIXOTOX, D. C. Sept. 20. Tin
principal address, at the meeting of the
Tulierculosis Congress today, was made
by Dr. A. D. Melvin. He estimated
the annual loss to American farmers,
through death of live stock, by tuber
culosis, at 14.000.000. He promised a
thorough test to determine the localities
where, through di-cascd live stock, tu
lierculosis is fostered, and proposed that
the (.'overnment should, kill all dis
eased animals and indemnify their
owners. Dr. Melvin is chief of the
('overnment Ihire.iu on Animal Indus
try. Indians in Council.
Itv t'llel Vtv.
I.AWTOX. Okla., Sept. 2!. One
thousand Comanche. Apache, and Kiowa
Indians are here today receiving their
annual payments from the United
States for the leasing of their farm
lands. The payments range from $1.1
to $100 each. The Indian Council lie
gins tonight. The chief subject for
consideration will lie, "Shall we or shall
we not retain our pasture lands?"
FRENCH HEELS ARE
MENACE, SAYS MOSS
Physician Cautions Co-eds
Against the "Beautiful
Arch" Fallacy.
DRINK MUCH WATER, HE URGES
Don't Eat Fast and Don't
Get Excited While
Eating.
Iligh-heclcd shoes are a menace to
the health of women, according to Dr.
Woodson Mos,. in the second lecture
of his series on "The Hygiene of Right
Living" at the University of Missouri
assembly this morning. Dr. Moss said:
".Men as a rule wear common-sense
shoes, but I am afraid to tell the
women about theirs. The high-heeled
shoes, seen only too often, give the
beautiful arch always desired to the
foot for a time, but soon the weight
on the front of the arch breaks it,
and the result is llat-footedness and ill
heallh. "Often certain muscles have no fur
ther Use because of the position of the
foot when high heels are worn, and in
time these muscles entirely disappear."
More Medical Don'ts.
In addition, Dr. Moss showed the im
poitance of keeping the feet dry and
warm, and gave a series of Don'ts for
the student:
Don't eat fast.
Don't be afraid of drinking too much
water at a meal.
Don't drink more than one cup" of cof
fee, tea or milk a day.
Don't get excited while eating. It
hinders digestion.
Don't begin work, physical or mental,
immediately after eating.
Don't expose the body to cold.
Don't be afraid of sunshine and fresh
air.
Don't think night air is not as good
as the air before the sun sets.
If these don'ts are followed, Dr.
Moss said, the number of typhoid pa
tients will decrease and illness among
the students be rare.
One Killed and Four Injured
in
Wreck of Illinois
Central Train.
DIVEItXOX. III., Sept. 20. Ethel
lianymore, the actress, on her way to
St. Louis to fill an engagement, was
imprisoned in a forward coach in the
wreck in which the Illinois Central "Di
amond Special," was ditched near here
yesterday afternoon. A negro jiorter
pulled her through a window.
Miss I'arrymore tried to charter a
special car to St. Louis, but in vain.
A littie nine-year-old girl. Elizabeth
Mcduirc. who was playing in the street,
was killed by a piii-c of the wrecked
engine. Four otheis were injured.
rhe dead:
McCuire. Eliuibeth. ! years old.
The injured:
Uaker. conductor. Chicago, shoulder
wrenched.
Perry. . Chicago, right hip
bruised.
Shell, A. .L. engineer, several ga-hes
in head, two lingers completely severed
'in. I rwii.ililv intiTii.illv iniiinil.
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Taylor. E. M., fireman, badly scalded.
WILL FIGHT LOWER
RATES ON LIVE STOCK
Western Railroads Seek Injunction
Against Commerce Commission.
By Unlteil Prnu.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 2!. W. P. Mc
Hugli and .L W. Terry, attorneys of
Omaha, Xcb., representing the great
cattle-carrying railroad lines in the
West, decided at a conference today to
seek an injunction against the Inter
state Commerce Commission to prevent
the lowering of the rates for trans-
I portation of live stock to the large
1 stock centers.
It is expected that the suit will lie
instituted within the next ten day..
The decrease in the rates is to take
etfect Oct. l.i. This is said to lie the
first injunction proceeding against the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
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