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THE EVENING MISSOURIAN
TWELFTH YEAR
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 19, 1920.
NUMBER 273.
Prince Joachim, Penniless, Is
Given Meal and Beer and
Allowed to Go.
DIES FOLLOWING DAY
Many Rumors As to Cause of
Death Burial Will Be at
Potsdam Tuesday.
By lotted rre
BERLIN. July 19 Prince Joachim,
sixth youngest of the former Kaiser's
sons, committed suicide by shooting
himself in the breast as he lay in bed
at the Villa Liegnltz in San Souci
Park Saturday. Brooding over his
wife's desertion and the effects of a
drunken debauch caused the act, ac
cording to popular belief here today.
Prince Joachim died at 10 o'clock
Sunday morning.
Prince Eitel Frederich, the only
one of the former kaiser's sons now
in Berlin, issued a formal statement
saying that the suicide was caused bj
the "pressure of events and persona
difficulties."
Friends declared the suicide to fc
a love tragedy. They admitted that
he returned to the Villa Saturday
night and stagered into a second-class
Waiting room and called loudly for
beer. He introduced himself to the
waiter as "Prince Joachim of Prus
sia" and said that he had no railway
"ticket and no money. He was allow
ed to leave by the entrance Instead
of by the exit, where he would have
bad to pay for his meal and beer.
There are persistent and welRound-
ed rumors that he had contracted
heavy gambling debts.
The prince will be burled Tuesday
from the Friedrichkirche at Potsdam.
FOREIGN P0LICY HIT
League Is Mistaken Plan of
European . Relationship,
Says Harding.
By Unl'-2 Press
MARION. 0, July 19 The Treaty
of Versailles and the League of, Na
tions were scored as a "mistakenly
plighted relationship of the United
Stales to Europe by Warren G. Hard
ing, presidential nominee, in another
attack on the Democratic administra
tions foreign policy today.
A preliminary treaty should have
been made immediately after the ar
mistice in i3l8, and the question of th
League of Nations considered later
and independently. Senator Harding
said.
HLAD SOLD1LH BROUGHT HOME
Leclon Mill Meet Body of Elra L.
UlchardMin at abash Depot.
The body of Elra L. Richardson,
who died of pneumonia while on his
vi ai to France, will arrive In Co
lumbia at 7 o'clock tonight . Robert
L. Richardson, tather of tne dead sol
dier, and two representaUves of the
Herbert Williams Post of the Ameri
can Legion will meet the body at the
.Wabash station and conduct it to
Parker's Undertaking rooms.
A full military funeral will be held
tomorrow at the country church near
angle ood. Members of the local
post of the American Legion will at
tend the ceremony.
Richardson was a member of the
Thirty-eighth Division before saiUng
for r ranee. He was among the mi
soldiers who died aboard the ship, be
fore reaching France.
C0R PROSPECTS ABE GOOD
lew More Showers Will Put Missouri
Crop In Good Condition .
The corn prospects for Missouri this
year are good if the crops caswonly
Jiave a few more showers. Although
most farmers were late in getting
their crops in, they have been sur
prised by the excellent growth so far.
Benjamin Mitchell, Hallsville farm
er says. "The Missouri corn is 8a
per cent normal this year. Within a
radius of thirty miles from Columbia
the crop Is not so promising, but in
most localities it is surprisingly
good."
FORMER M. P. SUDEST DB0WSS
HoiwstUl Foster Dies While Swim-
mine In Kansas Creek Friday-
Hopestill Foster, a former student
in the Collece of Agriculture at the
University, was drowned In a creek
north of Dodge City. Kan. last Fri
day . Foster was swimming with the
other members of a harvest crew.
The body was found les than ten
minutes after dlsanDearinC but at-
temDts at resuscitation failed.
Foiter served in the war with the
lJSth Infantry and later with the
139th, Machine Gun Battalion. He was
25 ears old and lived with his parents
at 5782 Kingsbury place. St. louis.
Will Make Her Home Here.
Mrs. Elizabeth Klmbrsragh, of San
Antnnln Tei . will return the last
of the month to make her home here.
Mrs. Kimbrougn Is a former resident
of Columbia. She has been away
I
I WEATHER Slightly Warmer
I
lor Calambla tad Melaitri .Generally
fair Ualcht aad Taraday; silently warmer.
For Missouri: Generally fair tonight
and Tneaday; somewbat warmer In the
north portion.
Weather Caadltlaaa.
There baa been a rood rain In the south
eastern part of Missouri, and moderate
nare ueep more or leas general
over the greater part of the- east half of
the United Mates, but west of the JIls
slnll.pl mostly fair weather prevailed
I'leasant temperatam obtain In all cen
tral Interior states.
The Missouri roads are In food condl
tlon. UulldUigT construction U underway
at Cedar Creek. Croasins the creek Is
made by Ford near old bridge. It ia ad
vised that heavily loaded cars detour by
way of Mepbena Store.
Fair weather will prevail over Tuesday.
Laeal Data.
Tbe highest temperature In Columbia
yesterday waa tr.'; and the lowest last
night was 62. lTrcloltatlon 0 00. A year
ago yesterday tbe highest temperature waa
SO and the Ion est was 02. l'reclpltatlon
OOU Sun rose today 4 JS a. m. Sun sets
- p. m. dioon sets v3 p m.
The Temperatures Today:
7 a. m
8 a. m
9 a. m
64 12 noon
69 1 p. m
-71 2 p. m
-77 3 p. m
79 3:30 p.m..
10 a. ra
il a. m
Fordson Tractor Company
Brings Large Number of
Farm Implements.
TOIIOHKOH TRACTOR PROGRAM
8 110 a ni. Jtoll call at Mock Judging l'a.
villon
8 10 a. m. Tractors.
tXi m. Plows, listers.
9:20 a. m. Discs and peg tooth barrows.
tUJa m Drills nlaln and fertilizer.
10.10 a. m. leed mills.
10:25 a. m. Disc ploma.
10 40 a. m. Mlo altera.
11.00 a. m. Ik-Its.
11.15 a tu. OIL
llla ni Luncb.
ll V p. m. Train to McBalne.
iup m- uemoostratlon at Held.
.30 p m Train to Columjli.
t-00 p. ni, at theater Ford .lealtrs rceet
lng Beginning tomorrow the Fordson
Tractor Company will gve in Colum-
uia wuai is saia to oe me largest two.
vay .state-wide, independent tractor
demonstration ever held in the United
States. Twenty-one tractors, ten
tlows, two listers, two disk harrows.
two feed grinders, two drUb and
two cultivators are here for demon
stration. Thirty-five factory and dls-
tricutory representatives of the com
pany have come with them. Two
-hundred Fordson dealers and sales.
-men are here for the occasion. Thou
sands of farmers throughout the
.state are expected to be present.
The demonstration will begin with
a clinic at the University Stock Judg
ing Pavilion at 8 o'clock tomorrow
morning . Tractors and the various
other farm implements will be pulled
apart and put back together again in
an attempt to demonstrate the make
up of tbe machines.
One hundred and sixty acres of land
on the Joe Strawn farm opposite Per
ch e at McBalne will be plowed in the
afternoon. A scientific seed bed will
be planted for exhibition.
FROM HERE TO CO.M'EMIOX
W. E..Crone Elected State Vice Presi
dent of Epnorth Leagues
The Broadway Methodist Church had
twenty-two delegates at the State Ep
worth League convention at Pertle
Springs last week. W. E. Crowe, pres
ident of the Broadway Church's
League last year, was elected state
vice-president
The delegates who returned to Co
lumbia Saturday from Pertle Springs
were: Mr. and Mrs E. II. Newcomb,
Ruth Rusk, Margaret Smith, Thorpe
Bauer, Newton Gottschafl, Marguer
ite Harnett, Bernice Irwin and J. W.
White, all members of the Senior Ep
worth League. Those who represent
ed the Intermediate Epworth League
were: J. T. McMulIen, Jr.. Ruth Var
ner, Margaret Boggs, Helen Hughes,
Mrs. Mason Vaugh and Willie Crews.
Bernice Irwin, Carles Shumard.
Marguerite Barnett, and Jesse W.
White motored through to Columbia,
from Pertle Springs.
riGEO.NS WIN SIXTH PLACE
Four Thoutand Pigeons Were Entered
In the Race.
The first of I. Wolfsam's pigeons fly
ing in the race from Indianapolis,
reached home yesterday at 530 o'
clock, giving Mr. Wolfson's birds
sixth place.
Four thousand pigeons were liber
ated at Indianapolis yesterday morn
ing with the following results: First
place, Chicago; second place, St.
Louis; third place, Philadelphia;
fourth place, Louisville; fifth place.
Baltimore and sixth place, Columbia.
BAPTISTS HOLD ANSUAL MEETING
Callaway County Church Has All-Bay
Service Basket Dinner.
A number of Columbia people at
tended the annual basket dinner yes
terday at the Rising-Sun Baptist
Church, 16 miles east of Columbia on
the Range Line road.
The Rev. a A. Mitchell, pastor of
the church delivered two sermons, one
in the morning and one In the after
noon. Among the Columbians who at
tended were: Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Ar
mistead and family, Mr. and Mrs. John
McHarg and family, and Rachel Pat
terson.
STATE CONSTITUTION
Ti
Missouri Adopted Her First
One in 32 Days in Old Ho
tel in St. Louis.
DAVID BARTON LED
Discussion Centered About
Basic Problems of State
Government.
One hundred years ago today the
first 'constitution of the state of
Missouri was read and adopted by
delegates assembled In convention in
the dining room of Bennett's Mansion
House Hotel in the town of St. Louis.
In Just thirt)-two working days this
first fundamental law of Missouri was
formulated and adopted. Eighteen
and one-half small printed pages con-
Some
tain the whole or Jhis admirably ex
pressed document
The delegates to the first constitu
tional convention of Missouri were al
most as cosmopolitan as were the
group that gathered around the Peace
table at Paris a J ear ago. No two of
the forty-one delegates were born In
the same state. Men they were of di
versified lives and experience. Some
carried with them governmental
ideas from foreign lands, others
brought the knowledge gained In the
constitutional conventions of other
states.
Ilavld Barton Was the Leader.
To David Barton, one of the most
able statesmen and popular public
men in Missouri, much of the success
of the first constitutional convention
Is due. As president of the conven
tion he exercised a profound Influence
in its work. For the next ten years
Barton held an Important position in
the affairs of the new state and there
was always a public Interest In him
until the time of his tragic ending, a
raving maniac, which came In 1S37 In
a little cabin near Boonvllle.
The work of this convention is much
to be admired for its quick business
like method of handling problems.
Four committees were appointed, each
to handle different phases of the work.
Later two other committees were ap
pointed which were responsible for
the final instrument.
Four Points They Settled.
The discussion centered around
four points, salary of state officers;
basis of representation in State Sen
ate; location of seat of state govern
ment; and the establishment of a
state bank. There was no time wast
ed by the delegates. From June 12.
1820, until July 19. 1820, only six
days passed that they were not in
session . Five of these were Sundays
and the other day was the Fourth of
July.
Financially considered, this first
constitutional convention forms a
striking contrast with modern con
vetlons. Although the delegates had
the power to vote themselves salary
and the like, the total cost of the
constitution was approximately only
$8,800.
COAL IABD IS EXTENDED
F. A. Dalton Bays Additional Lot Ad.
Joining M. K. k T. Line.
F. A. Dalton of the- Dalton Coal
Company is Increasing the size of
his coal yard. He has recently pur
chased the lot north of his office at
13 North Fourth street and is clear
ing the place preparatory to the ex
tension of the spur of the M. K. & T.
that runs to this yard. This will In
crease the capacity of the yard to
twice Its present size. It will also al
low loading four wagons at once.
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BABY SHOW ENTRIES
PASS THE 100 11
Mothers Urged ,to Be On
Time at Examination to
Avoid Delay.
PROGRAM ON FRIDAY
Mrs. L. W. St. Clair-Moss
Will Announce Prize Win
ners at 10 O'clock.
Columbia's Baby Show has grown
Into a whopper. This morning's
mail, which was the deadline for en
trance Into the contest, raised the
number of entries above the 100 mark.
When the last baby is ticketed and
started down the line of doctors, eye
specialists, throat specialists and den
tists, more than 100 mothers will be
able to tell you which baby has the
best chance of clasping his curly flng-
of the babies en tf red In the Baby
ers around the handles of the loving
cup and cooing at the reflection of his
dimpled majesty mirrored in the tro
phy. Just who this important infant
will be. not even the examining phy
sicians will know until 10 o'clock Fri
day morning, when Mrs. L. W. St.
Clair-Moss announces the prize win
ners in the main tent of the Chautau
qua on the Stephens College cam
pus. A program will precede the an
nouncement of the prize winners.
Blind Boone, famous Missouri musi
cian, will play original compositions.
Miss Ml Adams, who went to France
as a entertainer with the A. E. F
will give a monolog. An admission
fee of 10 cents will be charged to all
except mothers of babies entered in
the show.
Cards are being mailed out telling
mothers .when to bring their babies
for examination. Mothers are re
quested to be on Ume. Those who
come late will have to wait until after
the other babies have been examined
on Thursday afternoon.
The following women will be pa
tronesses of the baby show and some
of them will be at Stephens College
Wednesday and Thursday while the
examining is being done: Mrs. J. O.
Babb, Mrs. Pruitt Anderson, Mrs.
Marshall Gordon, Mrs. A. W. Kamp
schmldt, Mrs. R. P. Finley, Mrs. J. a
Heberllng, Mrs. H. H. King, Miss Julia
Sampson, Mrs. J. EL Thornton, Mrs.
C. M. Pape, Miss Fanny Nowell, Mrs.
W. T. Stephenson. Mrs. John Taylor,
Mrs. Charles O. Whltesides.
The following babies have been en
tered in addition to those already list
ed In the Missourian:
Francis Ambrose Johnstone, Fran
ces Ann Robnett, Ruth Betz, Elmer
Allen Boldlnjr.. Vernon Charles Stan
ford, Newman P. Starke, Jr., Alice
Ann Speer, Elmer Eleen Shelnutt,
Vernon Francis Grooms, Theda Fern
Grooms, Harry William Snell, Frances
Laton Graves, Mary Lee Proctor, Bet
ty Jean Wallin. Charlotte Evelyn
Thurston, Harry Bert Hackelthorn.
Mary Elizabeth Knox, Irwin Bank
Jones, Jr.
Ruth Emily Sides, Robert Bruce Al
ford, W. L. Rouse, Jr.. Roy Leslie Mc
Gee, Jr. George Warren Hall, Paul
Vernier Short, Tom Bing Johnston,
Louise Frances Leebrlck, Marlon How
ard Schaeffer. John J. Scheurer, John
Ernest Hagens, Joy Berenice Pember
ton, Wanda Ialeen Crane. Edgar Des
mond Lee, Elizabeth Pryor Hart. Rob
ert Bryson Cllne, Arthur Roy TClrk
patrick, Lawrence Eugene Casebeer,
Forest L. Vandiver, James P. Kelly.
Jr.. Richard Grady Maggard.
Mary Ethel Harty, Arthur Carson
Palmer, Mary Frances McCarty, John
James Pyles, Jr.. Shannon Evans,
(Continued on pace four.)
KOOM SrjBYEr IS SCCClSfsFl'L
Fall Enrollment Will Perhaps Be
Greater Than Last Tear.
A survey of the rooms in Columbia
which will be available for Univer
sity students was begun Saturday
morning by Commercial Club work-
Ling In co-operation with University
authorities. Even though the bureau
has been open only a short time, peo
ple are already responding, accord
ing to Miss Pearl Crump, who is i.
charge.
"I feel sure that there will be plen
ty of rooms to accomodate the stu
dents," Miss Crump stated this morn
ing, "and It will make things much
easier If people will list their rooms
with us. I am especially Interested
In getting rooms for women, as there
are more for men on tbe list so far."
In discussing the situation, the
registrar of the University stated
that the registration indicates that
the enrollment will equal or per
haps be greater than that of last year.
It is Impossible to make an accurate
forecast at such an early date
Show.
EIGHT MEN ENTOMBED
Explosion Buries Miners 512
Feet Below Surface at
Renton, Pa.
By United Press
UNITY, Pa, July 19 Eight men
were entombed S12 feet below tbe
surface in a mine of the United Col
leries at Renton. The men were go
ing down on the regular morning In
spection trip when it is thought that
the caplight on one of the men ex
ploded mine gases. Rescue parties
were rushed from Pittsburgh.
MELON GROWERS ORCAMZE
Southeast Missouri Men Decide
on
Headquarters.
Southeast Missouri Melon Grow
ers' Association has been perfected
and expects to handle over 3,000 car
loads of melons this year, according
to a letter received today by E. A.
Logan. Missouri Agricultural Statis
tician, from John T. Stlnson, secre
tary of the Southeast Missouri Agri
cultural Bureau. The association will
have its headquarters in Kennett. Mo ,
the county seat of Dunklin County.
Dunklin County raised more mel
ons In 1910 than any other county In
the United States and as it Is now
growing more melons than then, the
association expects to have an im
portant Influence on the melon mar
ket of the country.
C. 0. Ross Visits In Columbia.
C a. Ross, formerly professor of
journalism at the University of Mis
Bouri, is In Columbia this week on ms
way to Washington, D. C where he
correspondent for the St Louis Post-
.Dlspatcn. He is on ms way caai
-from the Democratic national conven
tion at San Fracisco.
To BtTMaiiager of Oklahoma Ranch.
Gilbert Chandler, who waa gradu
ated from the School of Agriculture
last June. Is manager of a grain and
stock ranch, belonging to the Thur
man Land Company, of Wichita, Kan.
The ground is situated near Medford,
Okla.
Today's Big League Games
(Courtesy of Becreatlon Parlor)
American League.
(First game)
Chicago
New York
R.
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9
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Cleveland
Boston
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STOLEN CAR FOUND
BUT THIEVES ESCAPE
Fear That Chauffeur Might
Die Leads Men to No
tify Police.
AUTO IS UNDAMAGED
After Leaving Machine in K.
C. They Send the Garage
Check to Officers.
Fear that the man they had left
bound and gagged two days before
might die of neglectcaused the two
unknown men who held up Harry
Burnham. Moberly taxi driver, and
stole his car, to notify the Moberly
chief of police where Burnham might
be found.
' Vbu vmt finda man hound and gag
ged in a meadow on the right-hand
side of the road seven miles north of
Columbia. Hurry or it may be too
late!" said the letter, which arrived at
police headquarters in Moberly Sat
urday evening. With the letter was a
ticket showing that the car had been
stored in a Kansas City garage. The
garage was called on the telephone
and the car was found to be there
undamaged
The robbers hired Burnham to drive
them from Moberly to Columbia late
Wednesday evening When seven miles
north of this city they overpowered
him, gagged and bound him, took his
money and left hjm. Burnham man
agedto slip the gag of his mouth but
his screams brought no assistance.
Knowing that he must make an
effort to get assistance before he be
came too weak, he dragged himself
by struggling and hopping to the roa.i.
His hand had been tied behind him
and his feet tied back to his hands,
so when he finally reached the' road
his ankles were lacerated by the rope
with which he was tied.
His cries for help awoke dogs on
the near-by farms of David Hatton and
Tobias Watson, and the latter coming
out to ascertain the disturbance,
heard Burnham's cries and found him.
Hatton brought him to town and he
sufficiently recovered to return to
Moberly that morning. He Immediate
ly offered $100 reward for the return
of the car.
So far no trace of the thieves them
selves has been discovered. Burn
ham went to Kansas City today to
bring back the car.
MORE CLASHES AT CORK TODAT
60 Men Mounded In light Two Lor
ries Blown Up.
CORK. July 19 Feeling ran high
here today as a result of clashes be
tween British troops and demobilized
soldiers. Further outbreaks of riot
ing occurred. Sixty men were wound
ed In the fighting. A crowd of armed
men blew up two military lorries re
turning to barracks today.
T BK GIRL LOVER
New Yorker Is Near Death
Woman Commits Sui
cide After Shooting.
By failed Press
CHICAGO, July 19 Julius Jonas,
brother-in-law of Leo Feist, New
York City music publisher, was near
death here today, the victim of a
clandestine love with Miss Pauline
Miglitch. who committed suicide after
shooting Jonas while In her homi
here Sunday morning.
Jonas early today was reported In
a critical condition. Tne bullet se
vered his optic nerves and physicians
said that even if he should recover he
would be blind for life.
"He said he loved his wife and fam
ily more than he did me," Miss Mig
litch explained In a note addressed to
the public explaining her act
Jonas left his home Saturday, os
tensibly on a business trip to Kan
sas City. He paid a farewell tlsit to
Miss Miglitch before train tim-. He
intended it to be his last visit Jonas
explained that he was detained after
Iraln time and arranged to spend tne
night there.
Early Sunday morning. Miss Mig
litch went into his room and fired a
bullet Into his head as he was sleep
ing. She then turned the weapon on
-herself.
TWO APPENDICITIS CASES
Dr.
W. E. Wade Operated on Thl
Mornlaur for TonsIUtK
Mrs. W. W. West of 702 North
Eighth street was operated on for ap
pendicitis this morning at Parker Me
morial Hospital. Her condition is Im
proving. Alias Manna ivuox, a sm
dent In the department of Arts and
Sciences In the University, was admit
ted to Parker Memorial Hospital this
morning. She will be operated on for
appendicitis tomorrow.
Dr. W. E. Wade, dentist was oper
ated onrfor tonsliitis at Parker Me
morial Hospital this morning.
Miss Ruth Prather, who has been
In Parker Memorial Hospital with ton
sliitis was discharged this mornnig.
ten years.
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