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-.? - j K ! EMmAmiNING MISSOURIAN FOURTEENTH YEAR FASfflONSHOW PANORAMA OF STRIKING HUES Thin! Annual Exhibit of Spring amines iuen Last Night l "Standing-Room-1 Only" Crowd. BATIKS BEST DISPLAY "Dark Chat" and "The Tricky Tricksters" Break Mon- " otony of Promenade ' of Models Willi a lavish display of colors end the uie-t mmies ol feminine and masculine appaicl, the Fashion Show of 1922, giv- eii nv me women students ol Ihe Sdiool of Journalism of the University, drew a "-landing room-only" crowd last night at ine t-olumijia 1 healer. The audience was tree in Us expression of approval of the kalcidocopic array. Il was the third annual show- given by the women of the School of Journalism in collaboration with Columbia mer chants. Miss Itae Klausncr. nresident f the Women's Journalism Club, had charge of the production. Mr. Blanche Jameson directed the models. The effect of the show, as a whole, was striking. Dark clothes liad briaht col. ..red linings hals were almost uniformly gav in coloring, and even the tweed ' suits winch seemed to be sombre, . shown! on close inspection dashes of purile. cold and scarlet. 1 ERICHT CnLOK SHOW WELL. . Thce bright colors showed up espec ial!) well against the blue gray curtains which formed the background, draped at lh- back to form an opening through which the models entered. In front of the opening were two steps, at ihe end of wliiih were tail torcheres which re flected their orange light upon the blue gray curtain behind them. Upon a table to the left of the entrance was a ,black and while tiiped round hat box tied with a huge orange colored bow. A drap er) f red gold velvet was thrown ,eare-lo-l) across the table. A platform was built out from the stage, encircling the orchestra pit. Here the models' walked in order that the audience might see their clothes at c!oer range. Two pages Mary Cherry and Martha CJieavcns dressed in green and black becked suits, stood on either side of the stage. They announced the name of the merchants who were showing and assist ed the models with their wraps. By far the most splendid exhibition of color was the batik display, a tableau ami tlance of graceful maidens, bedecked in rare boudoir, negligee and afternoon costumes designed by Miss Gladys TV heat. The batiks were oriental both in line and coloring. One of the most stunninE was a Chinese negligee ol trinklrd batik bordered around neck, sleeves jacket ana trousers COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, THURSDAY!FEBRUARY 23. 1Q99 in " AS SHE APPEARED AT THE FASHION SHOW 1 l r sfTSw. VV SV vi r P- . X rt i ( lv v ' 1 "H. a 1 I w. t"w .-av f 1 i V vvSjI LAST EDITION OVERTIME PAY FOR RAILROAD WORKERS CUT NUMBER 152 THE WEATHER Lahor- Board Announces New Regulations for Oilers and Stationary r iremen. f RULING AFFECTS 8,000 Pro Rata Wages for Ninth and Tenth Hour Sundays , and Holidays at ' Regular Hale. Darrel Starns served to break the monoi. Tt 1 TiTaTri rYrTr7.T-iT-w on of Ihe parade of models. The skct. 1, , l1 AlUUd 1 U Jil iilLX was written by .Miss Wvatt and Air. Starns. Miss Wyatt was a convincing' negro and her jigging was highl) pleas. ing to me audience. I SHORT CLOTHES ARt rrtTI RE ' C, I -1 VI 1 I rr-l The Sport costumes, which were shown S'ille Man Awarded Three WINS CONTEST next, seemed to have embodied the high est degiee of the designer's art. There were complete outfits for even one. whether they participated aclitel) in sports or took them from the sidelines Rough tweed knicker suits and all while silk affairs were shown impartiall). The shoes worn were for the most nan. ox fords although some of the quieter desses were accompanied by high heeled. decorated slippers Tricky Tricksters" an acrobatic stunt upon the horizontal bar. entertained the audience with feats of daring. The men taking part were Beniamin Usher. Richard Sinz. Wemworth Tingle, Homer Shannon and Matt Werner. The finale was a promenade of models, wearing evening dresses and a wedding procession. The orchestra pla)ed Lohen grin's wedding march while the bride's parents, the bridegroom's parents tli matron and maid of. honor, the brides maids, flower girls, nng bearer and bride and groom entered the stage and man li ed around the runway. The committee chairmen working un der Miss Klausncr were: Supplement, Rowena Pierce and Bernice Thomure; SCCnerT. Marguerite Rarncfl- nrmrrnm the! Louise Wilson: printed program. Anita with! -Moore, stunts Mary Cherry, models. FirsN in Short Course Stock Judging. .. 1 , illUnth I . ; ... SI Z II 1 I.. meiiuw gold. I lie models were iraniea i "u .nuuc cunuaugu; by Miss Helen Gath. The felting for ! Properties. Judith Gilbert, ushers Ella tins scene wnicn was aesigneu uy missj "j""t -",... .ianuu icurii-fjii Wlieat consisted of three folding screens of dull silver, exotic oriental Doweis and white peacocks. Both tailored suits and dress ones were shown in the promenade of suits but there was a preponderance of the latter. Some of the most attractive dress suits were the three piece ones. The coats of lhre, for the most part, were cut in points which were lined in bright spring shades of nlain silk. The same color was used as a trim on the straight one niece dres worn beneath. With some of the suits were blouses of satin. The sleeves show the same diversity as do those on dnes. Sashes completed oth er suits. In fact everything is done this -Sfsra'on'lo relieve plainness of, dress suits and there is a sharp line between suits that are to lie worn for different occa J sions Cape on the coats which were , bright!) lined were a feature of the suits shown. I.VLE UII0 DIRECTS SKIT "The Long and the Short of 'Em," a skit directed bv Lyle Wilson, for the dis- nlav of Svke and ilroadhead, leatureti 'mrn's suits and women's knickers. The - introduction of the song. "Suspension Blues," gave an opportunity for the three model to dance around the extended platform b) way of exhibiting their cos tumes Thi wa followed by another parade of Ihe models in afternoon dresses and men in suits bv Hiebee and Hockadav The hats worn with the dresses were both large and small, tailored and elaborate. while the dreses themselves were loos 1) draped and s-lim or saucily full. The most -inline feature of the mens r lollies for spring is the absence of bell shaped trouers The shoe worn by the girls through out the hiw with all the 'outfits were modish and attractive. There was every cla of shoes from the silver evening; slipper to the two-tone sport shoe. Somej new stj If, in slippers were the black pat ent leather pump with gray suede or kid insert. ISoth satin and patent leather pomps are the style for dress slippers Two-iunr oxfords and patent leather oi' fords seem t be "the thing for sport wear. Kvening slippers are in silver and g'lld. One beautiful blaclt slipper wornj ilh a black sequence dres was in pat-j ent bather with a big silver buckle. Due lo tl-e illness of the proprietor of the vogue Hat Shop, the hats shown in hr places were those made by the Koss.Klnl.pck Hat Shop. ' A -Dark Chat" by Ella Wyatt and music, Anna Ginsberg; ticket sales Jean Catron and Doris Day. Accesories were loaned by Geery Jew elry Co, and T. L. Flojd, jewelers The screens for the batik act were loaaeil bv the Dramatic Arts dub and the furni ture by Parker Furniture Co. Kress furnished the flowers carried in the wed ding. Heibel's pharmacy and Piatt's electric shop also aided in the production. Thirty people from Fulton motored to Columbia last night for the ralnon Show. ' The models who took part in the show were; Katherine Ware, Eugenia Dodd, Augusta Spencer, Ruth Norman, Judith Gilbert, Louise Wilson, Gladys McKinle), Dorothy Dick, Marjorie Harbaugh, Mar ian Playter, Frank Robertson, Dorothy DifTey, Elizabeth Agee, Elizabeth Weeks Vivian Hargis Bernice Thomure, Orian Johnson, Inez Callaway, Jean Catron, Mary Wright, Russell Plank, Frank Bel den, Calvin McDonald. Whipple Newell, Kenneth Hagemann, Henry LaCossitt, Djn Tucker, Uluth Sanderson, Murry Whitehead and Harry Clifford. The children were: Virginia McAlle ter, Martha Paiker and Mildred Murray. Tricky tricksters: Benjamin Fi-her, Richard Sinz, Wentworth Tingle, Homer Shannon, Matt Werner. Dancers: Bernice Thormure, Marion Stephenson, Mary Cherry, Mary V. Bean, Judith Ann Gilbert, Marian Playter, Mec Ryan Mos- Mary Wright, Cladys Mi- Kinley, Vivienne Hargis Orian Johnson. Dark chatter: Ella Wyatt, Darrell Starns. The following merchants displaed la dies ready to wear garments: Branham's, Wolff-Berger, Robinson-Boswell, Esles and Standard Mercantle Company; shoes vere displayed by the following: Heller ling's Levy's Miller's Sapp's and Bra ellon's; hats by Wolff-Berger Millinery Department, Ros-Kinlorh Hat Shop, Es les Millinery Department, Branliam Mil linery Department. Men's garments were those from Higbee and Hockaday and Sykes and Broadhead. Mrs G. W. Ketch um, a dressmaker, alo showed women's garments Farri Turner, of Eaeleville was swccd. slakes prize winner al the Short Coure livestock judging contest yesterday af ternoon, lie won first in judging mules, horses ami hogs, with 802 jwints to his credit. He will receive a certificate giv en bv the department of animal husban dry of Ihe College i.f Agriculture. Clyde IS. Smith of 1'rieli was second in ihe grand total with 757 iioinls to his credit and J. M. Lakcnan. of Perryville was third with 718 points Turner was given the Ward Hampshire medal for bring the best judge of hogs, having made the highest score. One man may receive only one medal. J. W. Dun can of Ursa. ML the second man in the mule cimlest. received the Itarnelt mule menai. .mon nucksiep or t )rcne. sec-1 ond man in ihe horse judging, received I the Sweet anil Piper medal. J. M7 Lake. nan. the liest judge of Iieef cattle, re ceived .the Kahn Aberdrrn-Angus medal. Ij-o V. Krrlz, of lllooinxlale received the Walker sheep medal. I- M. Monsees of Smilhton and Wal lace Good of Kansas City decided the awards. "It was a very interesting and : a very good nlet," said Mr. Good. : The sheep filling learn won the first i De Will C Wing prize, and the utile judging team the second. The seniors on Ihe sheep juileinc team were IJ. W. Hamilton; Auxvassr; Hex llaile). Buhl, Idaho; and It. T. Brown, Clullicothe. Frank Stoner of Chamois; N. W. hiroth- er and Karl L. Maxwell, Columbia; and Cecil Camplx!!, Odia, made up ihe slock fitting team. Prof. D. W. Crittenden, Prof. C. W Turner, and Mr. Harden, a Boone Coun ty farmer, were the horse and muli judges. Prof. Paul Bernard judged hogs; Luke McLachlan. the University hpherd. and Prof. It. I WaiMdl were the sheep judges, anil Wallace Good judged the cattle. Fifteen men entered the grain and seed judging contest conducted by ihe department of field crop-. These were all second year men in the hort course. This contest consisted of identification of fiftv specimens representing cereal for age crops and economic weeds. Iwlh plant and sed. In addition, the contest ants placed thirteen cla"e of commer cial small grain, grass and clover seeds based on commercial grades and eed values Leo V. Kertz of Blivomsdale was the best judge over afl. G. W. Yoder of Latour was the be! judge of seed grain and S. T. Strange of Hotden ihe ImM judge in identifuation of plants and seeds Mr. Kertz and E. E. Jaeger of Clarks ville will lie awarded judging certificate by the department of field crops, as they had an average of over 83 per cent. All medals and certificates will bo awarded at the closing exerci-es tomor row. The Block and Briddle club held its banquet last evening at the Home Eco nomics Building and the short course banquet was held at the Daniel Boone Tavern. Prize winners were announced at the banquet. The short course men gave a dance last evening at the Daniel Boone Tavern. Ciiicaco, Feb. 23. Overtime nay for 8,WW members of the railroad brother hood of firemen and oilers was trimmed lixlay hy (lie United Slates Railroad La bor Board. The board in announcing new rules and winking agreements for stationary firemen ami oilers and other classes of workers provided the following overtime regulations. Overtime pay is to be paid at, the pro rata rate for the ninth and tentb.1 hour and lime and a half for overtime after the tenth hour. The new rules provided for "split irick," declaring that eight hour of work within any twelve hours shall con stitute a day's work. Sundav and hob- day work shall ! paid at the regular pro rata rate. .For Columbia and vieinlt. r?......ii.. - lair tonight and Friday; colder tonight; . ......B wmewnai rnclay alternoon. lAWett temnerature tnnivlit stin, os ... 15 above. For Missouri: Generally fair tonight m rnuay; colder tonight -east and south portions; cold ware southeast por tion with temperature 20 degrees above. The storm that was central in Kansas yesterday moved northeast to the Lake Region, central this nnmin, . i .1.. Huron. It dominates the weather in most of the country east of the Misis 'Ppi. giving high winds rain to the east and south of the center ami . to Ihe north and west. Giu! rain. fll jrciuay ami last nignt in Missouri, Iowa, eastern half of Kansas .n.l Ar. kansas The rain turned into snow to ine nonh and west of Columbia. Local Data: Tlie highest Irnnvniiim in Culumbia yesterday was 74 degrees anu ine lowest iaI night was 26 degrees Precipitation 0.58. A year ago yester day thr highest temperature was 50 de grees and the lowest was 29 degrees. Sun rose today at 6:51 a. m. Sun sets todj) at 5:54 p. m. Moon rises 4:04 a. m. CONGRESS TO MAKE BIG CUT IN ARMY-NAVY MISS NOLEN TO SPEAK HERE This Is First of Series of Lectures to Be Given in Columbia. Miss Anna E. Nolen. editor and pub lisher of the Semi-Weekly News of Mon roe Cit), will lecture at 2 o'clock Fridaf Permanent Land Forces May Be Keduced to 100,000 Men, Personnel of Navy to 60,000. TO PRE-WAR STRENGTH Slashes Planned hy Committee Leaders Will Save Two to Fie Million Dollars. TEACHER'S EXAM DATES SET Quizes lo Be Held in Circuit Court Room March 3 and 4. The Boone County teachers examina tion will be conducted by C E. North cult, county superintendent of schools. March 3 and 4 in the Circuit Court room The examinations will beein at 8 , !, L in the morning and 1:30 o'clock in the VALENTINE NUMBER IS aicpnens stanaard issue Features Churches and Pictures. ' The special Valentine number of ihe Stephens Standard, the monthly maga zine published by students at Stephens Gillege, came out yesterday. Its cover. both front and back, is made up of a panoramic picture of the student bof. This issue is a double number, for.it contains jut twice the amount of mate rial as the regular sized magazine There are many excellent pictures jn this number. On one page appears a pic ture of all the churches of Columbia, to gether with an article about the church- going habits ol the town. A picture of the campus is accompanied by an arti cle on the educational development al Stephens College during the last decade. This article appears in this .month's is. sue of the Missouri School Journal. A cut of Main Hall accompanies an article about when and lsvw it was built. There are also pictures of the cabinet of tba Civic Association, the Stephensoplua aflernooi OUT at 12:30 hours are given each day to examina lions Br VititrJ Pint. UAsitiM.TON, Fek 23. The army and navy will he cut almost tn their pre-war strength in enlisted man power, with a saving of approximate I) iwo to five mil lion dollars in the next fiscal vear. under plans that were maturing rapidly among House leaders loda). A standing army of 100,000 and a navy enlisted personnel of 60 000 have been praclicallv agreed upon, according to Chairman Madden of the House appro priations committee and Chairman But ler of Ihe naval affairs committee. LiLiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHEalsLiiiiB HARRIS GIVES CONSIDERATION TO CANDIDACY County May Have One Conle. ant at Least for Demo cratic Nomination to Congress. CLASS GOES TO HUNTSDALE Community Organization Students Study Rural Conditions. The t'niversitv lame into closer touch wilh the eople of the communil) yester NELSON MAY RUN AGAIN He Cannot Make Consistent Announcement Until He Knows What Dis trict Will Re. morning aim i:ou o clock in ine i , ,. , . , - - . n on both daj, and will close ,"? T '" n"iSauf 0 o'clock and 6 o'clock. Nine an'"on- '" ''W - Prof. E. L. SALES TAX TO RAISE BONUS vic ''on. in 7"P'" jflfatfe. g( wring ftom.cut. in navy Slaff, ofPcers of the College'Womer InMj- olher f provemenl Club, and of lioy T. former secretary of the college. Davis, SUBSCRIPTIONS REACH $39,800 SI 2,000 Needed to Fill Quota Known Alumni Returns Total 46,550. Previou-l) subscribed $322,000 St. Louis Alumni, 25,000 Kan-as City Alumni 21.550 Freshmen and new students . 39300 Ways and Means Committee Against Assessing Sugar, Tea and Coffee. y tHHtJPltu. v'amiiscto, Feb. 23. Chairman Fordney of the House Way and Means Committee has agreed lo recommend to the bonus sub-committee abandonment of the sales tax as a means of raising cash for the soldier bonus, according to information obtained from one of the anti-sales tax group who consulted him. In place of the tax Fordney is understood to have promised to recommend' disposal of war supplies, sale of British bonds or Total t40&350 Only two life memberships were lack ing this afternoon to bring the total sub scriptions to the Memorial Building to $40,000. Si. Louis alumni had subscrib ed $25,000 this morning and Kansas Cit) reported $21,550 last night. A life subscription was received by mail today from J. W. Wheeler of Mat field. .Ma", who was reached by the Memorial mail campaign. Students subscriptions have not been coming in as rapidly a expected since' the second day of the campaign. Carl Crocker said today that the campaign would not be closed until every student had been given an opportunity to sub scribe. It is necessary tliat the freshmen j .... . ... ! and new students bring the total to M,i By Vmu4 Prtii. Wasiiiicto, Feb. 23. Coffee, tea and sugar and other foods will 'be ex empt from the sales tax wherewiih it is planned to raise cash for the soldier bonus. The House ways and means commit tee. Republican sub-committee, has al ready decided against a tax on coffee, tea and sugar it leaked out today. The majority of the committee is op posed to any foods being taxed since that would hit the poor man's pocket, and probably kill the tax at its inception. Instead of taxing specific commodities the committee favors imposing a "gen eral" sales tax with "specific exemp tions." Andrew- W. Mellon, secretary of the treasury, favors the former. Morgan, went to Iluntsdale lo make I study of agriculture, public health, edu cation, civic affairs and recreation. The cla-s was divided into groups corresjiond ing with these divisions of its work and there were sinilar groups among the people of Hunlsdale. Dr. S. I). Cromer and Miss Julia M. Rocheforl of the College of Agriculture, as well as a number of Hunlsdale men. spuke at the Farmers" institute in the af ternoon. C E. Northcult, lount) suierintendent of schools, worked with the committees on iducaliiin in scoring the sch,Mil plant. At the meeting of the Iluntsdale Continu ity Club last night he spoke on the Count) Unit Bill. Professor Morgan spoke on limiting factors in community progress. The Washington's Birthday program which the club hail planned for its meeting last night was njl held as arranged. iVisj Anna E. iukn afternoon in the Ja) II. Jveff Hall Audi torium. This is the first of a series of lectures that will be given b) successful women journalists nf Missouri in Colum bia during this school term. The speech es are being planned to interest the wom en in the School of Journalism, but ev eiyone is cordially invited to attend. Different phases of journalism work will be discussed each time. It is planned to have a magazine writer, an advertiser and probably si representative of some metro politan newspaper. Miss Nolen, who has come to Colum bia for Journalism Week several times, is known by a number of students who look forward eagerly to her lecture. During Journalism Week last year she talked on "The Weekly or the Semi Weekl)." The topic for her lecture Fri day will be "Rural Journalism as a Field for Women." AIR MONSTERS ARE OPPOSED BATTERY CHECK COMPLETED PROGRAM) WILL BE GIVEN Wilkes Boulevard Mea's Club to Hare Entertainment March 3. The .Men's Club of Ihe Wilke Boule vard Church held a meeting at the tab ernacle on Tuesday evening and per fected plans for another public enter tainment to be given on Friday even ing, March 3. Although the program has not been completed, George S. Slarrell. chairman of the entertainment committee, sa)s the program will be in two parts. The first part will include songs music, readings and character sketches; the second will be a presentation of Frank Dumont's one act farce corned), "The Depot Lunch Counter." The cast for this comedy in- persons, each one tak- Captain Eugene Maynor Assumes . Active-Command. The check on Battery B property, be gun one week ago, vvas completed totlav b) trgeant Frank A. Powers property clerk in charge of the Xivada storehouse and assistant to Col. II. J. Adams, Unit ed States property and dispersing officer of Jefferson City. Sergeant Powes re turned to Jefferson Cit) today. The check was necessary before a new captain could be app-iintnl. Captain Eugene Ma)nnr will now assume active command of the baiter) and all proper!) represented by the chirk as being on liand. 12 MEN GO TO CONFERENCE Former Student Visits Here. Leslie Fabrner of Snta Hixa, CaU who was graduated from the School of Journalism of the University in the class of 1917, was in Columbia Wednesday and Thursday, the guest of the Dana Press Club, on the wa) to Indiana, where his wife, former!) Miss Gertrude Kannall, was buried a few dajs ago. Retail Merchants to Elect. The annual meeting for the election of officers of the Retail Merchants Associa tion will be held in the Commercial Club rooms at 7:30 o'chx-k tonight. The pres ent officers are as follows: President. Barton Itobnett: vice president. Enoth P. Baruford. and treasurer, A. W. Sapp. nnft :r ,1.. :..: r .1 ?nnmv :. wis ii mi. minimum ui 111c jWWv " i . . . . frt Il r9l!tiwt .PMrilm. l ,li nront i ClUllCS fltlCCn outlook ' '"8 a character part and Mr, Starrett No reports have been received from!")' lhal if P05s'D,e "" Pfgram will outside of Columbia, will, the exception , ,urPai : thn,0 P""m of St. Louis and Kan-as City. ,,nw """" I" .Edition, the club plan. to cive one more entertainment this TAX RETURNS DUE MARCH leaon and at present Mr. Starrett is j trying lo make arrangements lo obtain May Be Made Out at Assessor's Of-;,,f t)irre-act corned), "Always in Trou fice if Advice I Needed. Difi" or "The Hoo-dooed Coon," for W. E. Pace.-counly assessor, announces i ihe closing entertainment of the winter that returns for the state income tax j season. must lie in on or before March 1. Thee .. are independent of the federal income PRICE OF GASOLINE LOWER Retail Trade Pays One and Nine Tenths Less a Gallon. Prices on gasoline to the retail trade in Ijilumbia took a arop oi one anu Delta Tau Delta Holds Division Convention in Kansas City. Twelve men from the Delta Tau Delta fraternity will attend the western divi sion conference of the fralernil) to be held in Kansas Cily Friday and Saturday. T. K. Beaumont ami Eugene Stout, who leave this aflrrnoon. will speak at thi conference. The others who leave today are Harry Lewis. Brutus Hamilton. Wil liam Hudson and Robert tan Horn. Waller Williams, John Bruce. Kay Sic mon. E.G. Weber, David Morrison and William Gilgen left yesterday. Harry McCray of Kansas Gt), who attended the Universit) last term, i treasurer of the western division. Headquarters for the conference will be in the Hotel Baltimore. Madden Would Stop Building Dirigibles by Army and Navy. By C Altai JVtts. Wasiiictoi, Feb. '23. Construction of any other large dirigibles by the army or navy will be strongly opposed by Representative Madden of Illinois, chair man of the powerful House appropria ifons commiffee. Because of the Roma disaster. Mad den, after a call at the White House, said he had definitely decided to take steps through his committee lo stop all apporpriations for dirigible, development. A board of inquiry appointed by Gen eral Catrick is now examining scores of witnesses at Langley Field, from where the ship started its disastrous flight and where its crew was recruited. TWO SUITS FILED ' FOR APRIL ROTARIANS ELECT DELEGATE tax returns w'hich are not required until March 15. Returns are being received at the of fice of the county assessor in the court' Aunt of W. H. Vandeventer Dies. Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Vandeventer went to Molierl) tixla). to attend the funeral f Mr. Vandeventer" aunt, Mrs Mitlie Jennings who died of pneumonia Tues- da). . jn siiiunuia iw house, and may he made out there when , nineWbs ,,, the glIon lodlJ. aiivice concerning fieians is nerueu. iw signing of the documents before a notary"! jjj,, gcouts to Meet in Armory. The Boy Scouts will meet at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow night in the aBttery B Armory in the O'Rear Building. Eugene Maynor. captain of Battery B. will ad dress the boys There are still places open for boys wishing lo join the scoul. necessitates farmers coming to town. though th" s'atements may be mailed if properl) witnessed. Both individual and corporation returns are flue March 1. Elks to Discuss "Ladies' Night." Plans for a "Ladies Night" or open house for the women will be discussed at a meeting of the Elks lodge tonight, and date for the entertainment will be' set. hollowing the discussion el plans i four new members will be initiated in to Ihe lodge. They are: Ur. J. W. Hud son, II. W. McKim, J. C. Morrison and E1. Frievogle. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Lee to Entertain Local Club at Dinner. The Seventeenth District Conference of the Rotary Clubs will meet March 30 and 31 in Muskogee, Okla. The Rotary Club of Columbia decided at a luncheon today to send Orville M. Barnelt as a delegate. The alternates elected are Dr. J. W. Hudson and Frank 1!. Rollins The members of the Columbia Club will be entertained at dinner at 6 o'clock Thursday night by President and Mrs Edgar D. Lee of Christian College. II. A. Cardinell Goes to Farmington. II. A. Cardinell of the department of horticulture in the University is in Farm- ngton to conduct a series of pruning schools in the county. The work will be lone under the direction of the rural schools and will include the proper care of old and young fruit trees and grape vines Woman Seeks Divorce Another Asks Granting of Maintenance. Two suits were filed in (he office of the circuit ilerk today to be heard at the April ses-ion of the circuit court. Ceor gia S. Underbill I filed suit for divorce from William C Underbill. Non-support is alleged. They were married in 1903 and have two children. A suit for maintenance was filed by Mary Nichols against Henry Niihols The plaintiff demands $10 a monlh for the support of herself and child. Charles Henry Nichols. They were married in 1921. Thai Boone County will luir at least one candidate for the Denuxratic iiomi natioo for Congress seems probable, since Senator Frank 0. Harris said to day that he had given the mailer sum consideration. Political nqihets f.,r some lime have indicated thai Senator Harris would make the race lhi fall, hut when seen this morning he rrfu-ed to make a definite statement. He said he thought the Democrats ..f ihe di-trict should gel loeelher on siime one man and endeavor lo put the distritl luik in the Democratic column. He has heen urged by many lo enter the rate. Senator Frank Harris has long been an outstanding figure in Boone County and in Tenth Senatorial di-lrh t lnics He served Boone County as prosetuling attorney for three terms 1903 l'JIW. Sen. alor Harris represented the count) in ihe Forty-Sixth and Forly-Sevenlh Generat Assembly. In 1914 he was elected Stale Senator and re-elected in 1918. Boone County has also a tussihle can didate in former Congressman W. L. Nelson. He said this morning when asked if he intended to regain his seat in Congress that until he knew what the district was to be that he couldn't con- sistently make an) announcement. Cole County may also have two candi dates for the Democratic nomination. A. T. Dumm. Jefferson Cily lawyer and for mer president of the .Missouri Slate Bar Association, and Charlie Dewey, a farm- er, are considering nuking the race. Judge E. M. Zevel) of Osage Count) is also being urged to run. The Eighth Congressional district is composed of Boone, Camden, Coir, Coop er, Miller, Moniteau, Morgan and Osage counties. Under the U)ir redislricting plan Boone county would be taken away from this group and placed with seven other counties south of the river. This plan was passed b) the last regular State Legislature but petitions were filed by ihe opponents with the Secretary of Stale referring the matter to-lhe- voters at'thes K next general election. These petitions have not been accepted )et by ihe Sec retary of State and Boone County at l present does not know in jut what con gressinnal distriit it may lieliine. A bill is al pending before Congress which would cut down Mis-siuri's repre sentation in Congress from sixteen to fifteen representatives. Sid C Roach of I inn Creek will lie a candidate to succeed himself uj ihe He- Republican ticket. No older omlidate is being mentioned fur the Kisition against him. LEARN HOSPITAL PLANS NEW RESERVATION OFFERED Burning Waste Paper Causes Fire. The file department was called lo the Parker Furniture Company at o:15 o'clock yesterday afternoon. A shed in the rear had caught fire from burning Enlistments will be taken at the meeting I wale paper blown into the shed by the President Harding: Presents Pacific Treaty Modification. By I'Mited Prrtu Wssiiincto's. Feb. 23. President Harding today sent lo the Senate for eign relations committee the draft of a reservatoin to the Four Power Pacific treaty as a substitute to tlie Brandegee reservation to the Four Power Pacific setts, laid Ihe reservation before the com' mittee, but did not formally offer it. JAPANESE DEMANDS VOTE Universal Sufferage Is Aim Troops and Police on Guard. By lu4 Prtu. Tokio, Feb. 23. Japanese troops and police were called out today to guard the parliament building and the resi dences of prominent officials agianst demonstration by advocates of universal suffrage for men. Between 7.000 and 10,000 troops were on guard during the day. Members of State Medical Associa tion in Columbia Today. Three members of a special committee of the Missouri Stale Medical Associa tion were here today to ronfer with Dean Cuy L. No)es of ihe Sthool of Medicine regarding the plans for the. building of the new lio-pital on the Uni versity Campus and the installation of a four year medical course. Those wIki came were: Dr. Jabez Jaikson, Kansas City. Dr. It. A. Funkluuser, St. Louis, and Dr. A. R. McComas Sturgeon. Dean No)es explained lo the visiting doctors in detail the plans thus far completed for the building of a medical unit and the re-organization of ihe medi cal course. Blue prints giving the ground plans of the proposed new hospital ar rived this week from the University ar chitect. REV. A. M. CAMPBELL DIES tomorrow night. Herman Kite Fined $3 and Costs. Herman Kite appeared in police court before Judge John S. Uicknell today on the charge nf operating a public-service ear without a license. He was fined $5 and costs amounting in all to $13.25. wind. Little damage resulted. C H. S. Faculty to Receive Patrons. The Gdumbia High School Faculty will be at home at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow evening in the study liall to patrons of the school. The entertainment will con sist of dramatics and music. "Beau BrurameP la Postponed. 'Beau Brummel," the play which was to have been given by the Harlequin Play- ers March I, has been postponed in definitely on account of the principal characters leaving school. The Harle quin Players will have a business and social meeting at the Gamma Phi Beta house tonight to discuss plans for the future. Episcopal Parish Meets Tomorrow'. The parish of the Episcopal Church will meet at 7:30 neIock tomorrow even ing at the home of the Rev. James II. Ceorge. 809 Rollins street. Mrs. C R. McDonald, educational secretary of the Woman's auxiliary, will speak. Among business considerations will be the con struction of the parih program for 1922. Former Alumnus Succumbs lo In fluenza Home in Cincinnati. The Rev. .Arthur M. Campbell, a grad liate ot the University of Missouri in J914, died at his home in Cincinnati, fitt Sunday of influenza, after an ill ness of Iwo days, lie was pastor of Ihe Second Presbyterian Church of that cily having recently moved there from Cleve land. The funeral was held in St. Louis yesterday. The Reverend Campbell leaves a wife. Elizabeth McQure Campbell, and one small son, Walter McClure Campbell. Both Mr. and Mrs Campbell were alumni of the University and members of the same graduating claw. Mrs. Camp bell was a charter member of the Phi Mu sorority. Dr. Young's Residence Sold. . The residence of live Kev. anil Mrs. T. W. Young at 1T0R Rosemary was sold yesterday lo Mrs. Margaret Ven. able who will lake possession April 1. The sale was transacted through Carey and Frazier and ihe pme paid was $9,500. Japan Soon to Withdraw Troops. By Csuz Prtii. Tokio, reh. Z3-foreign oUiee an- nouneed today that Japan will withdraw its troop from the Manning railroad as soon as China a-w-umes guard over tha road. I f