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THE EVENING MISSOURIAN
TWELFTH YEAR
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, TUESDAY EVENING, J ULY 20, 1920.
NUMBER 274
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CITY COUNCIL FIXES
TAX LEVY
Rate Will Be $l-0tTthc $100
Valuation, a 20-Ccnt
Increase.
FINANCE CANVASSED
Receipts for Coming Year
Estimated at $60,406, 'Ex
penses at $49,160.
Mayor James II. Gordon submitted
bis annual financial statement for the
j ear ending June 20. 1920. and also
his estimate of the receipts and expen
ses of the city for the year beginning
June 30, 1920 at the City Council
meeting last night.
The balance in the city treasury
June SO. 1919 was $10,358.75. The to
tal receipts for the city for the year
brought the amount to $56.43228. The
total expenses, which included gen.
eral goermnent. city property, fire
department, police department, pub
lic works and health department ex
penses, amounted to $42,605.66 The
tJtal appropriation for these depart
ments 'expenses was $39,640.00 which
makes the excess of expenditures ov
er the amount appropriated $2,965.66,
according to the financial statement
of the mayor.
The balance in the city treasury.
July 1. 1920. was $13,S31.77.
The total receipts for the coming
j ear, according to tie mayor's esti
mate, will bring this amount up to
$60,406.77. Tha estimated expenses
will amount to $49,160, which will
make the balance in the city treasury
on June 30. 1921, according to this es
timate, amount to $11,246.77
The tax levy for the general reven
ue fund for 1920 was fixed at 50 cents
on the $100. This is 5 cents lower
than the revenue tax was last year.
The tax rate or the sinking fund to
pay the water and light bonds was
fixed at 25 cents on the $100. The
tax to provide a sinking fund to pay
for sewer bonds wa,s also fixed at 25
cents on the $100.
Although the tax rate for the gen-i
eral revenue fund Is 5 cents lower
than It was last year .the tax of 25
cents on the $100 for the water and
light sinking fund and the tax of 25
cents o nthe $100 to provide a fud to
pay sewer bonds makes tha tax 20
cents higher this" year. The total
city tax this year will be $1 on the
$100 assessed valuation.
On petition of property owners
owning property along the first alley
south of Walnut street, a resolution
was passed by the council providing
for the paving of the alley from"Srxth
to Eighth streets.
A petition signed by 100 Colum
bians, presented to the council re
questing that R. II, Douglas be rein
stated as street commlsioner was
tabled.
Councilman W. B. Novell, chairman
of the automobile Insurance commit
tee, reported that the committee was
not ready to report upon the matter.
This committee is considering tie
question of indemnity bonds, insur
ance and licenses pertaining to ser
vice car driiers.
The council ordered that a resolu
Hon be drawn to pave the "L". alley
norh of the Central Bank, between
Walnut and Droadway.
Upon petition E. Edwards was
granted permission to move three
houses on North Fourth street.
An appropriation of S4.SSS.5S was
made from the water and light fund
to pay salaries. An appropriation of
$132.50 was taken out of the security
fund and addede to the meter fund.
An ordinance was passed establish
ing a grade on Stewart road, from
Glen wood avenue to West boulevard.
The council also ordered the road
graded on the south side In order that
a sidewalk may be built.
John S. BIcknell, city clerk, was
authorized to advertise to receive bids
for the custody of the city funds.
The Federal Securities Company of
Chicago offered the city $700 worth
f water and light bonds at par and
(Continued on page four.)
WEATHER-
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-Slightly Warmer
Fr Columbia and trinity! Generally
fair tonight and Wednesday; silently
warmer tonlrbt.
For Missouri: Generally fair tonight
and Wednesday; slljthlly warmer tonlgnt
northeast portion.
Weather Ca-ndltls-as.
Local tjjonera bare fallen in Sonth
ItaLota. and In the extreme unner water
shed of tbe Missouri; heavier and more
reueral rbowc-rs occurred In Texas, thence
eastward embracing Arkansas, Mississippi,
and Louisiana on to tbe Atlantic
Terojerature are moderate everywhere.
Knuu Kansas Clt7 to tbe month tbe
31lonrl river la safely within bants.
so far as afTcctfd by weather conditions
Ml.sourl highways are In cood condition.
Fair weather will continue over Wedne-.
day.
Local Data.
The highest temneratnre In Columbia
yesterday was Si; and the lowest last
nleht was C. l'rre-lpltitlon O.OO. A year
aco yesterday tbe hUbest temperature was
91 anil the looest was C7. Precipitation
oui snn rose today 4-4 a. m. Han sets
7:31 p. m. Moon seta 10 SI p. m.
The Temperatures Today.
7 a. m.67 12 noon 87
8 a. m.
CONTRACT LET FOR
C. H. S, T FIELD
To Start Work Immediately
Douglas School Grounds
Will Be Graded.
BRIGHTMANJIESIGNS
The Rosenthal Penmanship
Method Adopted School
Opens September 6.
Tho contract for leveling the Co
lumbia High School athletic field and
grading tbe Douglas School grounds
was provisionally let last night at a
called meeting of the school board, to
George W .Bark well. Exact 'terms of
the contract have not yet been ar
ranged. Work will start immediate
ly and every effort will be made to
have it completed before school opens
this fall.
The high cost of labor makes it Im
possible to completely finish the ath
letic field at this time, but the board
expressed itself as very eager to give
the High School the advantage of such
a field and will go ahead to the limit
of their present resources.
The resignation of S. C Brightman
as principal of the High School was
presented and accepted by tbe board.
No reason was stated by Mr. Bright
man for resigning.
Monday, September 6, was set as the
opening day of the Columbia public
school. Mrs. H. D. Harmon was elect
ed as sixth grade teacher. She will be
assigned to a school later.
A correction was made in the read
ing ot the minutes of the proceedings
of the last meeting so that the motion
relative to the change in texts would
read to include the adoption ot tbe
Rosenthal Penmanship Method. Miss
Rose Rosenthal ot the Rosenthal
School of Commerce will supervise the
installation of her system.
CHAUTAUQUA OPENS TOMORROW
600 Season Tickets Have Been Sold
An Unusual Record.
The Columbia chautauqua will op
en at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in
the tent on the southeast corner of
the Stephens College campus with a
concert by the Neapolitan Trouba
dours, a group of Italian musicians.
In the evening. Judge Roland-Bag-
gott will lecture and the Troubadours
will give their second concert .
The Rev. E..J. Gardner, representa
tive of the "White-Meyers Company, is
here supervising the work of putting
up the tent and seats. Mr. Gardener
Will remain in Columbia all week as
platform manager.
Dr. J. B .Cole secretary of the Co
lumbia committee, reports a larger
sale of season tickets than in any
previous season. Approximately 600
have been sold already and it is ex
pected that many more will be taken.
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Jean Guy Evans.
TO GIVE ART LECTURE TO-MCIIT
Eight Pictures Are Added to the Skel-
ton Loan Exhibit.
Eight additional pictures of the
Skelton Loan Exhibit have arrived
and are on exhibit at the Library.
These paintings include the work of
Simonettl. Zamplgbl, Moran, ZocchI,
Thomas W
er Martin.
Dr. John Pickard will lecture in the
faculty room of the Library Build
ing at 7 o'clock tonight on the work
of the following artists: Blakelock,
Dupre, Daingerfield, and Homer Mar
tin.
IS
Resolute Only Short Distance
Behind Challenger at
the Finish. -
fty United Fress
Aboard U. S. Destroyer Coldsbor
ough, July 20. (by wireless.) The
Shamrock' IV won the race toady
for the American Yachting cup. It
was a close race, the Resolute being
only a short distance behind the
challenger a few minutes before the
finish.
COLORS MIX DISASTROUSLY
MAYER BOOSTERS REACH HERE
Twenty Carloads Arrive This Morning
.From Sturgeon.
More than twenty automobiles fill
ed with boosters for Charles W. May
er, candidate for governor, arrived in
Columbia at 11 o'clock this morning.
making their first stop at HaIlsville.
From Columbia they went to Ashland.
While here, Mayer literature and pla
cards were distributed.
In the party were Omar D. Gray
W. Hunter Price, Frank G. Harris
and Jack Collier.
SUFFRAGE RATIFICATION URGED
9 a. m.
10 a. m.
11 a. m.
75 1 n. m 90
79 2 p. m 89
82 3 p. m 90
85 3:30 p. m 90
Democratic Committee Tells Tennes
see to Fall In Line.
By United ITets
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 20. The
Uirst action of the Democratic nation
al committee was to urge the ratifi
cation of the woman's suffrage amend
ment by Tennessee.
TWO IRISH CONSTABLES KILLED
gro Truck Driver's Bout With a
Brakeman Costs Each $5.
A pugilistic encounter between Tet
Tibbs, truck driver for Scurlock's, and
Sam Wells, brakeman on tbe M. K. &
T. R. R., 'which went beyond the ten
round limit, resulted in each being
fined $5 and costs in Judge M. L. Ed
wards' court last night
The fight lasted nearly all after
noon. Tibbs backed his truck up to
a car on the siding. The train moved
and bumped it, starting a quarrel be
tween the driver and the brakeman.
Tibbs opened the hostilities with a
brick; Wells retaliated with a two-
by-four, scoring a knockout.
The negro sufficiently recovered un
der generous applications of cold wa
ter to renew the attack. He was beat
en again and made off.
Later in the afternoon Tibbs reap
peared with colored reinforcements
and renewed the attack. Again he
was beaten off, a number of Wells'
frienate Joining In. Both men were ar
rested about 5 o'clock.
TRACTOR MES HOLD MEETING
Font and Fordson Dealen Give
Demonstration Today.
Three hundred dealers In Fords
and Fordson Tractors attended the
opening session of a three-day trac
tor demonstration at the live stock
4Tllion on the University farm this
morning.
E. L. Howard of the G. T. O'Malley
Tractor Co, acted as chairman and
enade the opening address, in which
be explained the various parts of trac
tors. A. E. Hildebrand followed with
a short talk on power farming. Var
ious lectures were made by different
dealers explaining the Implements
used by the Fordson Tractor.
All dealers are requested to regis
ter at Clinkscales Garage. Among the
men attending the demonstration
are W. R. John-son, assistant man
ager of the Ford Motor Co, St. Louis:
CJ3n.WillianSfcnianager Ford Motor
Co., SL Louis; E. J. Kunzel, assistant
manager. Ford Motor Co, Kansas
City; C 'M. .Dunning, division sales
superintendent ot the Ford Motor Co,
Detroit. The dealers left early this
afternoon for McBalne where a tractor
demonstration on farm land was to be
made this afternoon.
Gilbert Ettls Sniff.
.SEIIALIA EXPECTS BIG CROWDS
MILITARY FUNERAL FOR SOLDIER
E. L. Richardson, Boone Connty Sol
dier, Burled This Afternoon.
A military funeral was held at 2:30
o'clock this afternoon at Smith's
Chapel for Elra L. Richardson Boone
County soldier, who died on his way
overseas. Members of the local post
of tbe American Legion conducted the
services.
His body arrived in Columbia yes
terday afternoon. Robert L. Richard
son, 905 College avenue, is the father
of the dead soldier.
Pianx to Accomodate 5t000 a Day at
Missouri State Fair.
SEDALIA. July 20. A record
breaking attendance is expected at
the Missouri State Fair at Sedalia,
August 14 to 21, in addition to the
record-breaking exhibits already in
sured.
"We expect a daily attendance ot
50,000 on six days, with 100,000 or
more on the two big days says &
G B) lander, secretary.
In addition to the largest hotel In
Missouri, outside of Kansas City and
St. Louis. Sedalia has numerous other
hotels, the ' White City" camp grounds
on the fair grounds and the homes of
all Sedalians in which to accomodate
visitors.
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Village ot Com Sacked and Burned
"" After Shooting-.
By United Press
LONDON", July 20. Two constables
were shot and killed at Com. nineteen
miles north ot Gallway, according to
a dispatch received from Dublin to
day . After the constables were killed,
the town was sacked and burned.
Chas. E. Dewej TWU Columbia.
Cbas. E. Dewey, candidate for con
gressman from tnis district, ana a
former student in the University, ar
rived in Columbia yesterday and Is
staying at the Daniel Boone Tavern.
Mr. Dewey s home Is In Jefferson
City.
WHOLESALE PRICES DECREASE
Retail Goods, However, Increase 2
Per Cent Since June 15.
By United Press.
WASHINGTON, July 20. There has
been an Increase In retail goods of 2
per cent since June 15, according to
announcement made by the United
States Department of Labor . Whole
sale goods have decreased 1 per cent
In the same time.
DRY GOODS STORES THREATENED
Fire Causes General Alarm In Detroit
This Afternoon.
Br United Press
BALTIMORE. July 20. A fire
at 2:15 o'clock this afternoon in the
retail dry goods district of the city
caused a general alarm to be turned
In.
LETTER BACK AFTER 27 YEARS
Stephens College Student Tells ot Es
capades and School Life.
James M. Wood, president of Ste
phens College, recently received a re
turned letter from the postotflce
Which bears the postmark ot Novem
ber 1893-. The letter was written by
a student to a brother,, and was re
turned to tbe college after 27 years.
School regulations in the college
were severe when the letter was writ
ten. Girls were not permitted to cor
respond with young men without the
permission of their parents . Day pu
pils of the college were warned not
to carry notes, letters or rackages to
the boarding pupils.
At that time there were few stu
dents. Now there are 397.
JACK JOHHSOH HELD
Fugitive Pugilist Crosses Bor
der Accused of White
Slavery.
Br United Press
SAX DEIGO, July 20. Jack John
son, fuglthe pugilist crossed the In
ternational border today and was ar
rested on a charge of white slavery.
BUDDY ATTENDS CLASSES TOO
Sleeps Most of the Time But Has No
Cuts Against Ilini.
' Buddy sleeps outside I the door of
Room 202, Academic Hjall, every morn
ing between 10 and 11 o'clock while
his master works inside.
At the sound of the bell Buddy be
comes instantly alert .and turns his
pointed nose toward the opening
door. Deaf to the flattering words of
praise, as the students file into the
ball, his eager eyes reject each un
familiar figure unUl his master ap
pears; then he leaps Joyously upon
hlnr.
Buddy is a black and tan Airdale
from the Oorang Kennels, LaRue, O.
Mr. J. M. Wilkerson, his master,
says that Buddie has been in the fam
ily ever since he was a pup. and that
he came all the way from Indiana to
share University life. No cuts
have been recorded against him this
term.
STEPHENS TITOS AWAY 500
FIRE TRUCK BEING OVERHUALED
New Paris Win Be Placed and Car
Made Ready for Use.
Tom Walden. city fire chief, went
to Kansas City Sunday night to get
new parts for the fire truck, which
has been torn down for overhauling.
The truck has been In service for ov
er seven years and has been over
hauled only once In that Ume . It was
found that some of the parts were so
worn It was advisable to procure new
ones.
While the truck is being repaired
the street department's truck has been
fitted out with ladders and hose. The
fire truck will probably be reassem
bled today.
Even Addition of n Dormitory Can.
not Accomodate Students.
The new dormitory at Stephens
College, which will probably be nam
ed Columbia Hall, will be finished
about September 21, President James
M. Wood said this morning.
. Even with the addition of the new
-building the college will not be able
to take care of the flood of applica
tions which have poured into the
president's office. It is estimated
that- fully 500 students have been de
nied entrance because of the lack of
accomodations for next terra.
GET WAGEJNCREASE
United States Labor Board
Grants Advances Amount
ing to $600,000,000.
PUBLIC TCTPAY BILL
Progress in Business Depends
Upon Labor's Acceptance
of This Award.
By United pre,,
CHICAGO, July 20.-Railroad work
ers' representatives are taking up tho
decision of the Railroad Labor Board
today.
At 10 o'clock tomorrow morning ac
tion will be taken whereby the decis
ion will be either accepted or rejected.
Two hundred and seventy-eight rail
road telegraphers were 3 to 1 against
accepting the terms.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, July 20. Railroad
executives will meet within the next
few days with members of the Inter
state Commerce Commission to dis
cuss means of meeting the increased
wages awarded railroad employes.
By United Press
CHICAGO. July 20. Railway wage
Increases amounting to approximately
$600,000,000 a year were announced
by the United States Railway Labor
Board.
It is expected that by the acceptance
or refusal of these terms it will be
come known whether business will be
allowed to go ahead or whether it will
continue to be hampered by strikes.
The increases average from 13 to
5 cents an hour tor the lower classes
of labor and from 8 to 10 cents for
tbe higher trainmen. The increases
were from 20 to 27 per cent- The de
mands were for a 30 to 66 per cent In
crease. R. M. Barton, chairman of the Rail
way Labor Board, said today:
This increase must necessarily In
the end be. paid by (he public in In
creased freight rates. The decision or
the board has been fair and Just-
Timothy Shea 1 the firemen's ex
ecutive board, said that the board
joald -confer-with Z.-000 labor, leaders
and would announce his opinion af
ter the conference.
The decision affects 95 per cent of
the railroads in the country.
The first section of the decision
deals with station forces .the labor
employed at the stations being grant
ed an Increase of 5 to 13 cents an
hour.
The second section deals with con
struction workers. Bridge builders.
taechanlcs and roundhouse labor
were affected. Construction men
were granted an Increase of 84
cents an hour. Foremen's assistants
received 15 cents an hour.
The third section Includes shop em
ployes', supervisors, mechanics, car
men. ApprenUces and car cleaners
were granted an Increase of 5 cents
an hour.
Telegraph and telephone agents
and operators and train directors
were Included in class four. They
were granted an Increase of 10 cents
an hour. Night telegraph agents re
ceived 5 cents an hour.
Engine men were included in class
five. They will receive 10 cents an
hour, or 80 cents a day, increase
Frelghtmen will receive $1.04 a day
Increase. Yard men will receive 18
cents an hour increase and builders
were awarded In increase from $5.04
to $6.24 a day. An Increase of $30 a
month was granted to passenger
train employes.
The sixth section Included freight-
men who will have an advance or
$1.04 a day. Switchmen will make
from $5.04 to $6J5 a day.
Sections seven and eight deal with
engineers. Thy will receive an ' ad
vance of 13 cents an hour. All help
ers will receive an advance of 10
cents an hour.
APPEAL GRANTED MANAGER
Slxteen.Year.OM Couple Marry.
A marriage license waa Issued to
day to Barrie Wilton, 16 years old, of
Ashland and Miss Ora Lillle Burnett,
16 years old. also ot Ashland. Miss
Burnett's father, J. W. Burnett, gave
his consent to tbe marriage.
Trial for Possession of Athens Hotel
Set for August 9.
An appeal was granted from Jus
Uce Blcknell's decision In favor of C
H. Early and J. T. Mitchell, owners
of the Athens Hotel, who brought
suit against F. L. Limerick, the man
ager .for possession. The case will be
tried in the adjourned term of tbe Cir
cuit Court, which has been set for
Monday, August 9. Limerick will re
main in possession of the hotel await
ing the decision of tbe higher court.
BRIDGE CONTRACT IS LET
Uel W. Laakia and FamOy Here.
Uel W. Lamkin. with Mrs. Lamkln
and their son. Billy, are in Columbia
today. Mr. Lamkln is Director ot Vo
cational Rehabilitation at Washington.
Whllesldes Xordlcai vtlU Erect tbe
Twelve Bridges In the County.
The County Court awarded a con
tract today to Whitesides Mordical
tor the erection of twelve bridges in
the northern part of the county. The
bridges will ran from 8 to 20 feet long
and be 14 feet wide with concrete
floors. Work will start Immediately.
Today's Big League Games
(Courtesy of Berreatloa Parlor)
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