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HNINgUR TWELFTH YEAR ALL M. U. GATHERINGS CAHCELLEDBY ORDER President Hill Requests All otuaents JNot to Hold "Unnecessary" Meetings. liNtfLUENZA SEVERE Twenty-Six Cases Listed From Agricultural Build ingDoctors Have It. In view of the rapid spread of influenza among the students aad Jn the town, the University Com mittee on Health has decided that no meetings of students should ne held for the present. According ly, request is hereby made of stu dents and all others connected with the University that they hold no unnecessary meetings, and In particular that no member of the University attend 'dances or sim ilar social functions. COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, T.UESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1920. TBEirXAKHEK The foregoing order calling off all unnecessary meetings and social events at the University because of the spread of influenza was issued this morning by President A. Ross Hill. Dr. Dan G. Stine, University physi cian, said this, morning, that there seemed to be fewer new cases of in fluenza today than ia the last few days. The calls for physicians, he said, are not as numerous as they have been. Hiis opinion is that the cases now in Columbia in many in stances seem to be just as bad as those in the fall of 1918. "I do not know how the report got out that the Influenza at this time is less severe than heretofore, but it is not true in my estimation," he said. "The cases that I am attending are not of a light nature." Several of the physicians in Co lumbia are suffering from illness to day. A few have influenza, while oth ers have severe colds. Those who were able to be in their offices today were kept busy answering calls and attending patients of the doctors who were ill. Dr. A. W. Kampschmidt is among those suffering with influenza. There are about sixteen cases of influenza at Stephens College. None of the students is seriously ill. Chris tian College had not had any cases of influenza reported. Many of the offices in the Agricul tural. BnildinEt.Wfire -closed today on account of the influenza. It Is report ed that there are twenty-six cases among those who have offices In that building. Only One Death Thus Far. So far only one death has occurred from the influenza epidemic here, but about a third of those patients cared for by Parker Memorial Hospital ha e pneumonia, some of which are severe. Up to noon today about thirty new cases had been reported among Uni versity students, in addition to those being taken care of yesterday. A few of the first cases taken in will be dis charged this evening. Reports from other towns indicate the epidemic is under control. Ac cording to Dr. Guy L. Noyes the epi demic here lis neither more nor less severe than that cf last year. It is not likely, according to Dr. W. A. Nor ris, that a quarantine will be adopted unless the epidemic becomes much more severe. No action has been taken: by the business men toward getting an ad ditional hospital. The city will learn first if nurses, and equipment can be procured. I. A. Barth Heads Committee. At a meeting last night Of the di rectors of the Commercial Club and the (physicians of Columbia a commit tee of four was appointed to decide the immediate needs of Columbia in the epidemic, and the best means of dealing with the disease. I. A. Barth, chairman of the com- , mlttee, will work with C. B. Miller, Dr. I. M. Defoe, and 'E. S. Stephens in learning and meeting these needs. The first thing that the committee considered was the fact that Parker Memorial (Hospital accommodates only about forty-eight cases and that the first need was not for an emergency hospital but for persons to go into the houses and homes to care for those patients who are not la the hospital. The committee does not want to so licit the aid of University students for nursing, which would take them from their school work and throw them be hind, thus causing them to become discouraged. v The committee Is looking for avail able buildings which might be used for emergency hospitals If enough nurses can be found to take charge of them. For Colombia -aad Vicinity: MoMly cloudy tonight aad Wednesday: colder tonlsht, continued rather cold Wednetdmys lowest temperature tonliht IS or IS above (era. For Missouri: Mostly cloudy tonight anil Wednesday; colder tonight east and aomh portions. Shlnners' Forecast; Within n rrwllna f -w miies or Colombia the lowest tempera ture during the next 36 hours will be about 12 trest; zero north; IS east, and 30 south. Weather Condition!. There Is considerable cloudiness this interning In most sections east of the llocky Mountains, but precipitation of consequence, and In the form of rain. Is mostly confined to Southeastern states. Zero conditions obtain In nearly all northern states from Montana to Mlnne wtn. and the weather has turned from moderate to nulte cold In the ivmni Plains ami It Is becoming colder In the lower .Missouri and central Mlsscmlppl aucrj Alternate thawing ami freezing keep ,.j in nxui in rainer poor condition. In Missouri the neatber will !x cold nml more or le cloudy over Wednesday, but I'ritJiMuiiion is expected. Local Data. The ldghest temperature lit Columbia yesterday was 49; and the lowest last nlpht was 28. Precipitation 0.00. A year VCO TAsterdnT flu hlf.hf.ct tnmnaMfttM n.a Mi and the lowest was 32. Precipitation w.uu. sun rose today 7:20 a. in. Sun sets 1.-21 p. m. Moon sets morn. TO BEQUEST IBi HOUSTON NAMED AS PROPERTY VALUAT OH NUMBER 125 Increased Taxation Means Better Schools, Local Teachers Say. TO HAVE Association PETITIONS to Ask Board of Equalization to Take Action. GLASS SUCCE B tist Church will conduct the funeral services. Airs. Wallingford was born, in Lin coln County, Missouri and had lived in the state all her life. Previous to making her home with Professor Hoffman she lived in De Kalb, Mo. She is survhed by a son and two daughters, C. H. Wallingford and Hiss Mollie Wallingford of De Kalb, and Mrs. D. P. Hoffman of this city. Influenza Cancels Mass Meeting. in compliance with the order is sued today by President A. Ross Hill, requesting that all, student assem blages be suspended, Doyle Cotton, student president, announced this aft ernoon that the Tiger mass meeting. scheduled for Thursday night, had beert cancelled. Influenza Prevents W.A.A. Party. Because of the spread of influenza, the party which the University Wom en's Athletic Association was to have given next Friday afternoon has been indefinitely postponed. HUNGARY Ml T Count Apponyi to Leave for Fans to Explain Attitude - of Country. - By United Prees. BERLIN, Jan. 27. Count Apponyi, head of the Hungarian peace delega tion, will leave for Paris the middle of the week carrying the absolute re fusal of his government to sign the peace treaty at present. Two branches of the State Teachers' Association have been organized In Columbia to carry on their part tof a state-wide campaign for better pa'd teachers Irj better schools. The as sociation slogan for the campaign Is: "Education is the Mainspring of Democracy. Keep it wound up. The State Board of Equalization has the key." "Co-operating with a' citizens' com mittee, the local organization will be gin the circulation of peUtions soon calling upon the State Board of Equal- iation to raise the evaluation of prop erty throughout the state, thus in creasing the amount of taxes to be used for schools. A Joint committee of the two aksocl ations here has been formed with Prof. W. J. Shepard as chairman. Other members of the committer are: Profs. R. H. Baker. Miss Ella V. Dobbs, Frederick Dunlap, G. H. Sa bine, N. M. Trenholme, and F. M. -Tis-del of the University; and Misses Joy Fewsmith, JuIIett Moss, Claudia Can non, Mary Dysart, Catheryn Henry1 and Mary Polk Jesse of the city schools. Prof. C H. Williams is pres- lden tof the University branch of the association, and Miss Sadie Stean heads the city group. The petitions, it is believed, wUl show that the people of Columbia and in the state are overwhelmingly fa favor of obtaining more competent teachers by increasing the salaries at the force throughout the state. In or der to keen the schools onen this year, more than four thousand teach ers have been employed who, accord ing to county superintendents, would not have been allowed to teach undar ordinary conditions. In other plaots the campaign Is well under "way. ?- A canvass is already being made of business Arms in Kansas City. 1 planned s to have 150,000 signers Of the netitlons there. - r " "- Since 'Columbia is the educational center of the state, its ciUzens ought to indorse unanimously the move ment, the leaders here believe. Edwin T. Meredith Appoint ed to Be New Secretary of Agriculture. NO VACANCIES NOW No Cabinet Resignations on Wilson's Desk for First Time in Month. By United Press. WASHINGTON, Jan. 27,-David F. Beaston, Secretary of Agriculture, Is to be appointed Secretary of the Treasury by President Wilson. It was learned at the White House today. Blwln T. Meredith of Iowa, editor of Successful Farming, will be the ew secretary of Agriculture. Houston claims St. Louis as his home. He has been- In the cabinet since President Wilson became nreaf- dent. Meredith Is president of the Asso ciated Advertising Clubs of America and Is regarded as one of the coun try's most successful farm journal editors. He was a member of the public group In the first- industrial confer ence. The appointment of the two cabinet officers today makes President Wil son's desk free of Cabinet reslgnaUons for the first time in a month. Frank lin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior, announced some time ago that he would send in his resignation soon, but he has not yet done so. C. B. MILLER TELLS OF TRIP Alpha Delta Sigma Hears of Shoe Merchants' Convention. C B. Miller was the auest of iinno at the weekly luncheon of Alpha Delta Sigma, (professional advertising fra ternity, held at the Columbia Cater ing Company today. After the lunch eon he told of his experiences while attending the recent convention of the Retail Shoe Merchants' Association In Boston. The most unique advertising done at the convention, said Mr. viiiar. m . -- -...... nwM mm oi tne delegates from Dallas, . a uauas delegate, with a large roll of dollar bills in his hand, would approach another delegate and ask him for a dollar. Upon receiving the dollar, the Texan would hand the delegate a dollar from his own rolL Around the Texas bills were hand "With this Inscrintlnn nnnn thorn. "This is Texas money, made in Texas spent by Texans. Plenty more where this came from." ,The next luncheon of the fratpmiiv will take place next Wednesday in stead of Tuesday, so that members of we (Hound Table will be able to attend. TOASni50,Q00,00O FOB RAVAGED STATES MIDDLEMEN ACU ED AG STUDENT IS TEACHER FIGHT A NATIONAL ISSUE1 PRICES WILL REMAIN HIGH! K. C. Clothier Says Manufacturers Ex. pect Increases. "There seems to be but one opin ion among manufacturer and that, is that prices will be much higher," said Mr. Woodbury in a letter to his son, M. A. Woodbury, a 'student in the University. "There is but one reason for this the excessive price of labor. Girls who were formerly- employed in factories at $6 a week are today get ting from $30 to $40, and instead of working fifty-four ours a week as formerly, they work only forty-four, to enlist. In every city except Chicago, they are working on a straight weekly basis. "I found that two years ago the price of raw silk was $3.25 a pound. Today the same grade of silk is worth $22 a pound and will, In all probabil ity, be $30 before June 1. Silk used In the manufacture of knit neckwear, formerly sold for fl8 a dozen; the price today is $60. The production now, on account of short hours and scarcity of labor, is reduced to about one-half." Tells of New Opportunities in Army. A campaign is on throughout the United States to educate the public concerning the army. It is no longer like the old army, furnishing only routine drill every day, according to Sergt V. C. McCall of the local re cruiting office, but rather an army 'as a vocational and educational training camp offered as an incentive for men by DISMISSAL FOR SIMS! COLUMBIAN DIES OF INFLUENZA Mrs. Mary A. Wallingford 111 Bat Two Days Funeral Tomorrow. Mrs. Mary A. Wallingford. 87 years old, died early this morning of in fluenza, at 116 College avenue, where she had lived since last August with her son-in-law and daughter, Prof, and Mrs. B. F. Hoffman. Mrs. Wal lingford became ill suddenly yester day afternoon. Burial will take place from the home of Professor Hoffman at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The Rev. T. W. Young of the First Bap- Congressman Recommends It for Thicker Than Water" Admiral. By United Trcs. WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. Dishonor able discharge for Rear Admiral Wil liam S. Sims because of his recent testimony was recommended by Rep resentative Byrnes, Democrat, in a speech to the House today. He charg ed that Sims while in service abroad had slandered the army and navy and belittled the American forces to the glory of the British. Resigns as Leader of II. C. L. Fight By United Press. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 27Mrs. Frank P. Hayes of St Louis has resigned as state chairman of the government campaign to reduce the high cost of (living. Mrs. John R. Leighty of Kan-j sas City, prominent worker In the Missouri League of Women Voters, has been appointed to succeed Mrs. Hayes. Teachers Are Leaving Schools Scores Because of Low Wages. The effort lo obtain increased wag es for teachers is not a local affair but s fight that Is being waged with intensity throughout the country. Resignations are frequent occurren ces, and in many schools classes are being hampered for lack of instruc tors. During the year 1919, low pay drove 1,300 teachers out of the New York public schools, according to fig ures made by William L. Ettlnger, state school superintendent. . The school teachers of Chicago on January 22, asked the Board of Edu cation for a 60 per cent wage in crease. They will get a blanket-raise of $400 to $500 per year.. They made let known that they would accept thiB merely as temporary reielf and that they would continue their fight to Iput teaching on a plane at least equal to that of common laborers. The Chicago paper goes on to say that Jessie J. Walther, Instructor of subnormal children, declared that two of her feeble minded pupils, both 17- year-old boys, had gone to work at higher salaries than she received. The St. Louis Grade Teachers As sociation and the St. Louis High School Teachers' Association recently addressed an open letter to the Board of Education and to the citizens of St Louis through the advertising col umns of the Globe-Democrat In which they declare that a delay on the part of the board in not granting an, Im mediate Increase in teachers' salaries will result in the loss of teachers. They declare that many valuable teachers have already been lost rrhe seriousness of the situation is being realized, and attempts are being made to meet it. Some school boards are raising the salaries at the close of tho first half of the school term. In (Mexico, Mo. the women teachers will receive a $10 raise beginning next month. A. F. .Baker Instructs Class of 7th Grade Colambla Boys. A Flem Baker, a student in the Col lege of Agriculture, who has been do ing county agent work In Kentucky and in Sullivan County, Missouri Is now teaching agriculture to seventh I grade boys In the, Columbia schools. The classes are composed of seven teen boys from the Jefferson School, seventeen from the 'Benton School, twenty-one from (he Grant School, twenty-one from the Lee School and five from the Eugene Field School. The boys are from 12 to 14 years 'old. "I am only trying to teaeh these boys some of the elementary princi ples, pt.arjcultHre.to see Itjhelrlag cllnations seem to lead in this direc tion with possibilities for the future," said Mr. Baker. "I took these boys "to the corn show held during Farmers' Week. There were 435 exhibits of corn. The com was already placed. To show the prac tical work I am trying to do, I had the boys learn to give five reasons why certain corn was placed in cer tain classes." This week the boys are studying samples of seeds. Alfalfa seeds and red clover seeds are mixed with weed seeds. From certain characterises of color and shape the boys are. to select the clover and alfalfa from the weed seeds. Despite Drop in" Producers' Prices Consumers Pay Higher For Goods. By RALPH COLTJH CUnlted Prni BtaS Correspondent! WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. Middle men have accumulated great excess profits during the five months' cam paign to reduce prices, according to disclosures .of the investigating com- mittee. Since the middle of August when Attorney-General Palmer announced he was to put an end to "price-gouging," the report shows that prices have decreased from 3.4 per cent to 8.7 per cent each month in payment to producers, according to the Agri cultural Department Prices paid by consumers, however, have increased until they reached the highest point in history in December, according to the Department of Labor. Wilson Favors Appropria tion to Aid Starving Peo ples of Europe. NO TREATY DECISION Republicans May Put Pact into upen Debate In Senate. Bjr United Press. WASHINGTON. Jan. 27.-President Wilson, it became known today, will ask that Congress appropriate $150, 000,000 to feed the starving people of Poland and other stale nn ih. ii- shevist frontier." This action was urcred 1W iwk, (Hoover, General Tasker Bliss ana nth. ers in close touch with the situation in that part of Europe. The matter of appropriations is now before Con gress. Wilson was not expected to send a note to Congress but will suggest to Individuals that such appropriation be made. 21-HOUB MINE STRIKE ENDS " x of protest against the of Principals Snowbound Jarv InTrastrtarctfort-htw.nttt " f ' Hjwer Ab11b ThaMesgetn, no other walkouts were By J. L. 'O'SULLIVAN HOLD CLASS CELEBRATION Compiles Bulletin oa Coanty Cearts. A bulletin on county courts and their work will be published by the Northeast Missouri State Teachers' College soon, according to a letter t& ceived by Judge H. A. Collier. In closed with the letter was a set of 154 questions covering the work of a county court. Short Coarse Students Hang Fletare Ia Agrlcaltaral Building. To i del em-ate the organization of the Short Course students this year, a picture of the first class, that of '95, was hung on the bulletin board In the Agricultural Building last weak. There were eighteen In the first class. There are 200 enrolled In the division this year. UNIVERSITY URGES CORN TESTS Maximam Proaactloa Possible Only by This Means. The average Missouri farm has twenty-five acres of corn with an ap proximate stand of 72J4 per cent This means that on every Missouri farm there are 5.8T slacker acres in "every twenty-five acres of corn. Bv a termination test of every seed ear, a perfect stand, as far as seed is concerned, can be had. Allowing lys per cent decrease tor wind, weather and pests, a gain of 15 per cent Is still possible as a result of testing. This additional 15 per cent of corn would mean approximately four and a half bushels per acre. On the aver age farm this would mean 112 bush els. It costs approximately five cents an acre to test each ear of seed corn. Individual tests are absolutely neces sary to attain maximum production. These five reasons, urgea ny we University of 'Missouri College of Ag riculture, show why seed corns should be tested before planting. Kansas Miners' Pretest Against New Law Termed "Flare-Up." Bj United Press. PITTSBURG, Kan., Jan. 27. (The miners strike new'Kansas ed today and reported. Whether the return, of the protest ing, miners finally ends the union "flare-up" following the state legisla ture's attempt to solve the industrial problem, is not known. Alexander IHJowat. district president of the United Mine Workers, said that the 400 miners who refused to work yesterday acted on their own initia tive. 'No strike orders had been is sued by the union headquarters; bnce the office could not order them to re turn to work, he said. Howat said, however, that the In ternational Mine Workers backed the strike. Bl-Partisan Conference Adjourns. By L. C. MARTIN (united Tress Staff Correspondent! WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. Bl-narti- san conferees today adjourned their two-hour meeting, leaving the whole treaty situation as much in the air as ever. It was expected a final break would occur today, but It did not and another meeting is scheduled for Thursday. Republican mild-reservatlonlsts to day had almost finished working out a plan to throw the treaty (nto open debate in the Senate. This plan, it is believed, can obtain sixty-four votes In the Senate. This coalition will act n vin , the ending of the bipartisan confer ences becomes a certainty. The bi partisan conferees have askeagea ator Hitchcock to make a statemeaf to show that a proposed draft by Sen ator Kellogg, mild reservatlonist. and amended by Senator Simmons, Dem ocrat, was acceptable to the majority of the conference. Just at the Ume it was scheduled to be approved, the lr reconcilables upset, all plans. NEWBERRY TRIAL IS DELATED POWHATAN SEARING HALIFAX Disabled Transport Expected to Reach Harbor Tonight By United Press. HALIFAX. N. S., Jan. 27. The dis abled transport Powhatan was forty miles from Halifax harbor at 11 o'clock this morning according to a wireless message here. The Powhatan Is making five miles an hour and is expected to reach the harbor at 7 o'clock tonight, the mes sage said. (United Press SUIT Correspondent) GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Jan. 27. The selection of the Jury in the trinl of Truman H. Newberry and 134 asso ciates was postponed at the opening of court today because several defend ants were snowbound. Judge Clarence W. Sessions an nounced that the missing defendants might arrive this afternoon and that then another effort would be made to begin. The attorneys for the defendants made another motion challenging the entire Jury panel, but Judge Sessions objected on the ground that their charges contained untruthful statements. TIME FOR WET LISTS EXTENDED February 10 Is Latest Date for Filing of Inventories. 7 United Pre. WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. Daniel C. Roper, internal revenue comtnlssion er, today extended the time tor filing inventories of persons who have fluids containing more than one-half of 1 per cent of alcohol until February 10. The time was to have been up to day, slnce-the Volstead Act stipulated such returns must be filed within ten days after constitutional prohibition went into effect BOXING AT Y. M. C A. STUNT Professors of Agrfcaltare to FaHea. -Prof. C. E. Carter and Prof. W. H. Rusk from the College of Agriculture have gone to Fulton to conduct a class In extension) work this week. Profes sor Carter was recenUy transferred as county agent of Knox County to the Agricultural Extension service. Plan "LowdeB-For-Presideat" Clab. A "Lowden-For-Presldent" Club will be formed at Room A, YiM-CA. Building, at 7:30 o'clock tonight The Republican students in the University who favor Governor Lowden ofIlll- aois as the Republican candidate for President will' form the club. Pail H. Yeaag Heaered la St Leats. Paul H. Young former secretary of the local Y3I.OA. now in business in 6t Louis, has been elected president Long and Short o fit Premise to Pat Oa Lively Melee. One o fthe main features of an en tertairjment to be given by roomers at the Y.M.C-A. Building next Monday is a boxing bout between John R. Lewis, 6 feet 5 Inches, and J. Paul Bell, 5 feet 4 inches. It is said that the long and short of "it will be a lively scrap. The program includes a wrestling match, two boxing bouts, music and refreshments. CLAUSE OF TREATY PROTESTED Germans Ask Waiver oa DeHverlag'et WarCrraUaab. Bj United Pre. PARIS, Jan. 27. Germany has sent a aote to the peace conference urging the Allies to relieve her of the execu tion of the clansein the treaty of Ver sailles which compels her to deliver the persons gailty of war crimes to of the Junior Chamber of Commerce of that cky. The organization has the Allies. The text of the note has three thoasaad members. sot yet been made pabllc REPUBLICANS MEET IN TOPEKA Leaders (lather For Ceaference With Victor Helntx, Regional Director, ny United Press. TOPEKA. Kan., Jan. 27. Republi can leaders from every county In Kansas will gather here tomorrow for a two-day conference with Victor Hentz, "regional director" of the Re publican national committee. In addition to the Kansas delegates. The same number from Nebraska are to be present The gathering will devote most of its attention to preliminary organiza tion work. Col. Hubert Work, national com mitteeman from Colorado, will ad dress the conference. Governor Hen ry J. Allen of Kansas will speak also. J. T. NAYLOR DKS AT FULTON Was Father ef Miss Bess Nayter, UaJ versify iBstroeter. John (T. Naylor, father of Miss Bess Naylor an instructor In the home eco nomics department of the University, Qiea at tne Fulton Hospital this morn ing. Death resulted from old age. Only six weeks ago, December 18, the death of Mrs. Naylor ocenred at their home In this city. iMiss Nator will leave tomorrow , afternoon for Shelbiaa, where the funeral of her father will be held Thursday afternoon. The family made their home in Shelbiaa until they moved to Columbia last rammer. Beside Miss Naylor. four sons sur vive; Charles aad Frank of Colum bia, George of Fort Worth, Tex, and John of Oakland, Cal. State Beoeraf s Meet Teaerraw. The State Dmocratlc CpmmJUee will meet In Jefferson City tomorrow to fprmalat'i plans for the intVwM campaign and to decide the qaeaUoa of representation la the state aad aa- ' Uoaal conventions. At present the representation Is flfty-lfty, the men and women having aa equal aamber oa the state committee and aa eqaal vote oa all laestloa. i : re i? .& .J- ttiiau. f i- SffV i"