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THE COLUMBIA EVENING MISSOURIAN
FOURTEENTH YEAR
DIRECTORS OF
CLUB DISCUSS
NEW CAMPAIGN
Jfjjority of Commercial Club
"Officials Want the Drive
to Start as Soon
as Possible.
OPINIONS VARY SOME
Foster Thurston Says, Wait Un
til New .Board Comes
In. Then Start Pull
for Members.
The Gimmercial Club iliiif for 500
permanent members and a budget of $7,
500 should ! put on at once is the opin
ion nf mot of the member of the pres
ent Hoard of Directors of the club. The)
bae ih'ir drri-ion on the expression of
the citizen' f Columbia at the mass
meetinp Monday evening.
A few mrm!ers of the lioarri feel thc
would be ovcr-lcpping their authority to
mt on ilii drive now and perhaps not
quite complete it before the new board
comes in April I. A majority agreed
that the drive lor memners nouiiI De
put on "while the iron is hot" and not
allon the inlere-t and enthusiasm which
' a shown at llie .Monday night meetinp
to cool.
TV iiienilier of the Ixunl are pracli
rall) agiecd that the offer of Fred 15.
Karnes fit-Id rcpre-entalive of the de
eIo mini service bureju of the St. Louis
Chamber of Commerce, should be enact
nl, as he Mould brinp experience and
Mffsi(iii from hi experiences in as
king campaigns in other places.
"The opinion of the board when the
matter was discussed, was to start the
campaign al nine," sas John IF. Estes.
"I am hcarlilv in favor of co-operating
villi Mr. ilarnes and putting the Com
nrrrial Club where it sbould be as soon
; possible, lie can bring many ideas
ami suggestions of how commercial club
hire done thing both as lo a campaign
and community development."
E. 1. Ilamford ays: "I think the
rarapaign should be started as soon a
IKisable, and that as large an accom
pliJimrnt as possible lie turned over !.-
the new administration. A few business
men must not be allowed to carry the
burden of I lie ilub longer. It must be a
community organization .supported by the
entire communitv."
F.A. Tra bridge: "The present board
utM Wtite to do anything that would
lanA'mv ne incoming board. I would
sufi,f4 tlit appointment of a good' sized
rrnunillee. prtferabl outside the pres
enl board, to consider the advisability of
pulling on the campaign this month.
The) shntild reort to the full member
ship of the club. l best I think there
nouhl be no disadvantage in starting be
fore the new board is elected and on
the job."
Fosler Thurston: "I am in favor of let
ting the drive wail until the new board
tomes in." j
John McMullen: "We should have the!
drive as won as possible. I don t think
!li board, which holds office only a few
. HffU, should undertake it, but I think
J tomeune should do it right away. Mr.
Barnes could be of much assistance U
U-"
I Perc) Kla-s: "I think Mr. Barne
1 should be gotten here from St. Louis to
' handle this campaign as a busine pro
' position. Let him direct the campaign
and bring us some of his ideas from ex
periences with oilier towns. The drive
should be put on at once.
Will G.nlev: "I should think the drive
ought to wait until the new board comes
m. I think Mt. Barnes should help us
lince he has offered hi assistance. He
fa a good man with considerable exper
ience in commercial club work and 1
think the club should avail itself of his
ftrvices."
William' Harp: "The sooner we do it
the lielter we will be. The campaign
droulri lie put on while the iron is hot."
F. W. Leonard: "I think now is the
time to do things and put on the Com
mercial Club drive, and leave everything
as nice as possible for the new board of
directors. 1 think we should pet Mr.
Barnes to a'ist us."
Oilier members of the cfub suggest
that the present president, secretary and
board of directors keep up the publicity
and educate the bu-iness men and citi
Jens of Columbia aliout the, Commercial
Oub and prepare the way for a drive to
he put on as soon as the new lioard
si directors comes in.
.OFFICIALS INSPECT BOILERS
Mton Citizens Visit Light Plant
Before Buying Equipment.
W. C. McClure. superintendent of llie
School fr ihe Deaf at Fulton; August
Stephens, thief engineer for the school;
Sam K. Black, a Fulton councilman, and
J. W. McCarroll, electrician, inspected
he lmilrrs and stoker of the Colum-
; '"'a electric light plant Tuesday. Fulton
I badl) in neeil of new lmilers for
" plant, and the School for the Deaf
"enlly secured an appropriation for
nr engine room equipment.
i Columbians Exchange Property.
' W. H. Van.bv enter of the Parker
Furniture Co- and A. L. Jones of 807
onh Eighth street, have traded homes
A are moving today. .Mr. Vandevenler.
lived at 614 Range line, is moving to
'7 North Eighth street where Mr. Jones
ned and Mr. Jones will occupy the for
,a Vandeventer home.
The Weather
For Columbia and vicinity: Unsettled
tonight with rain; cooler. Saturday
cloudy to generally, fair, and slightly
warmer in he afternoon. Lowest tem
perature tonight a few degrees aliove
freezing.
For Missouri: Unsettled weather to
night and Saturday, probably rain;
somewhat warmer Saturday west and
central portions.
Shippers forecast: Within a radius of
200 miles of Columbia the lowest tem
perature during the next 36 hours will
be 30 degrees west; 30 degrees north;
40 degrees east, and 36 degrees south.
MIKE BRIGHT BURIED TODAY
Funeral at First Baptist Church
This Afternoon.
Funeral service for Mike Bright, who
died of heart disease yesterday morning,
were held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at
the First Baptist Church, the Rev. T.
W. Young officiating. Burial was in the
Columbia Cemetery.
The pall bearers were: S. M. Stevin
son, L. D. Shobe, J. W. Straw n, Ceorge
Williamson. Mode Glenn and A. II.
Shephard.
Mr. Bright had been a resident of
Boone Count) for forty-seven years, hav
inp come here from Callawa) Count)
where be was born April 20. 1818. lie
was a farmer and stock raiser until ten
ears ago when he retired and made his
home with his son near here. He was a
member of llie directors of the Boone
Count) Tru't Company anil one of the
trustees of Stephens College.
A nephew, Ben M. Bright of I'aola.
Kanswas expected lo arrive for the
funeral.
BAND CONCERT
BY RADIOPHONE
University Cadet Band Plans to
Send Musie by Local 1!.
O. T. C. Station.
Arrangements arr now under way for
the University Cadet, Band lo send con
certs over the It. (). T. C. wirtless tele
phone, according to Ceorge Veiiable, di
rector of the hand, and Col. W. E. Per
sons ranking officer of the local It. O.
r. C. unit.
It is probable that the concerts will be
sent from the Universit) Auditorium if
proper arrangements can be made lo
conveniently transmit the music from
:hat plare.
Mr. Venable said this morning that in
asmuch as many other musical organi
zations are sending concerts by wire
less successfully that there was no rea
son why the University Band could not
du so. It" would give the University
more publicity and be an asset in every'
way," as he put it.
Weather reports are being sent daily
by the U. S. Weather Bureau over the
R. O. T. C radiophone, and market re
ports and crop conditions are being sent
by the College of Agriculture.
The average distance the local mes
sages can be heard is between 100 and
150 miles, although points at much
greater distance have caught messages
-manating from Columbia.
.MISSIONARY CIRCLE MEETS
Olivet Church Women Hold All-Day
Meeting Columbians Talk.
The Missionary Circle of the Olivet
(Christian) Church, near Harg, held an
all-day meeting yesterday, at which four
Columbia women, as well as a number
of women from Harp, gave talks.
Mrs. J. J. Phillips, president of the
missionary circles of the Christian
churches in Boone County, spoke on the
program for the coming )ear. Mrs. R.
L. Hill talked, and Mrs. William Mc
Harp spoke on "The Christian and the
Home."
Mrs. W. P. Djsart had as her sub
ject: "Temperance Work in China." She
explained that the W. C T. U. lus a
missionary in China and that as a re
sult of the work being done there, ten
Chinese boys recently dedicated iheir
lives to Christian service.
Mrs. William McIIarg and Mrs. Law
rence Cannon were iwo of the local
speakers. Special music was furnished
by the community.
GRAIN PRICES ON ADVANCE
Wheat and Corn Increase Twelve
Per Cent Within 6 Months.
Grain products sold by Missouri farm
ers have advanced steadily in price dur
ing the last month, accordinp to the
February reports of the Slate Board of
Agriculture. Wheat prices in the slate
have increased from an average of 97
cents in January to an average of SLOT
a bushel in February. This was an in
crease of 12 per cent.
Corn increased about the same as
wheal. The state average for January
was 47 cents a bushel and in Februar)
was 53 cents, an increase of 12 per
cent.'
Oats, however, increased 17 per cent.
jumping from an average ol 31 cents in
January lo 40 in February.
E. W. Henderson Buys Home.
Earl W. Henderson has Ixmght a bun
galow at 1403 Rouchrlle avenue, which
was the properly of Carey & Fra'ier.
Possession will le pi"-"" April 1. The
sale pice was $6500.
Mrs. Northeutt Back Tomorrow.
Mrs. C E. Northeutt, who has been re
ceiving medical treatment at the Ma)o
Brothers Hospital in- Rochester, Minn,
will return home tomorrow,
i
BRITISH WILL
SEIZE GANDHI,
INDIAN LEADER
Millions of Natives May Rise
in Revolt at Arrest of
One Regarded as
a Saint.
IS REMARKABLE FIGURE
Opposing All Things Modem or
British, He Exercises a
Strange Power Over
All Classes.
By United Press.,
Loviov. March 10. "Mohandas Kar
atnehand Gandhi, leader of the non-co-operative
movement in India, will be ar
rested today in the locality of Ajmere,"
a news agency dispatch from Delhi an
nounced. The Indian government, following the
serious situation createil by its demand
regarding Turke) and the forced resigna
tion tif. Edwin Montagu, secretar) of
state for India, has definitely decided to
arrest the famous leader, it was slated.
Crave fear of an uprising in India was
felt here following this announcement.
It has long been recognized that the ar
rest of C-audhi, who is regarded as a
saint b) many Indians and who has
steadily preached passive resistance lo
Itiilish rule and to the influx of western
.hili'jliiHi. WMtild be t-ffecled onl) in a
ihs.iH.TJtc emergency.
Molundas Karjmchand Gandhi is one
of the most striking figures of the age.
In spiic f every power exerted by the
British government to counteract his in
fluence, his sirjtige power, seemingly
half-siipernaturjl. lus Into shaping the
de-tiiiies of the three hundred million
inhabitants of India.
Ill's ancestors held Irish office under
llie njliie princes, generation jfler gen
erjtion. He himself is 52 years old.
Part of his education was received in
London, where he studio! law, together
with Christianity and Western civiliza
tion. Gandhi is violently opposed In every
thing British. He does not advocate ac
tive resistjiice, however, but has pro
claimed a remarkable doctrine of pjs
sive opposition, the defeat of the enemy
by whal he calls "'soul force." He for
bids violence, and his surprising revolu
tion lus been accomplished without the
use of bullet or knife.
1 During the war. Gandhi's loyally was
I irreproachable. He Ininrri that by sup
porting the government, concessions
I could lie gained. ,
I L
j SPRING FESTIVAL PLANNED
Annual Banquet for Upperclass
women Only, Says Council.
Junior and senior women onlv will be
j allowed to attend the annual Junior-
Senior Banquet this ejr, it was decided
!at a recent meeting of Women's Execu
tive Council of the University. The ban-
Iquet will take place some time in April
and the Spring Festival will take place
about the same time. The junior women
of the council will take charge of the
banquet and the senior members of the
council will be the executive committee
for the Spring Festival.
University women speakers will go to
every organized house next Wednesday,
it was also decided, to explain the pri
mary election of W. S. G. A. to take
place March 23. The committee on elec
tions is Margaret Way, Aline Smith and
Louise Landis. The Itoue Presidents
Council's dinner next Tuesday at the
Broadway Methodist y Church wil be
given over to the discussion of W. S.
G. A. elections.
Women's failure to pay W. S. G. A.
dues was discussed at the meeting and
several plans for collecting dues were
suggested.
PRIZE OFFERED FOR PAGEANT
$10 Will Be Given for Play for
M. U. Spring Festival.
A $10 prize will be given to the Uni
versity woman who writes the best orig
inal pageant for Spring Festival this
year. The play must be in by March
20 lo Mildred Northrup, secretary of
W. S. G. A. All University women are
eligible lo contest.
The play will be enacted before the
May Queen at the Spring Festival the
last of April. Previously professional
plavs have been acted but this year the
new plan i being tried. All women
are urged lu enter the contest.
The judges will be members of the
English faculty. MUs Dorothy Kaucher
is chairman.
Market Men in Conference Here.
it ,.,;..! r l!.rrs f the Stale Market
ing Bureau and John M. Borders of the
Bureau of Markets are in the city to
see A. J. Meyer of the Extension Div
ision. A meeting will be held tomorrow
i.. .l.w'.l.. ininn tlic standardization of
I eggs. The Bureau of Markets of the
United States Department or Agriculture
i i. l.tml in nil Inrire cities
lias ictmiris iir.i... .i. .- e --- j
who turn their information in to the wire-!
less station and it is transmitted to
small towns over the United States. The
local IS. O. T. C wireless receives the
market reports from Jefferson City every
day.
Mrs. A. W. Pasley Has Influenza.
Mrs. A. W. Paslc), 1415 Bass av
enue, was. taken to the Boone County
Hospital al noon today. She is ill with
influenza.
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1922
GOVERNMENT SUPERVISION
OF RADIO PHONES ASKED
'Conference Submits New Plans to
Hoover on Regulating Radio
Phone Traffic.
By Unite J Press.
Washington, March 10. Tentative
recommendations of the government ra
dio telephone conference embodying
complete new plans for government su
pervision of wireless phone traffic were
submitted to Herbert C. Hoover, secre
tary of commerce, today. The recommen
dations include:
Registration of twenty wave lines to
be assigned to various phone users.
Suggestions that diverse types of ra
dio apparatus be made freely available
to the public without restrictions.
Resolutions urging increase of legal
authority of the secretary of commerce
to control the radio transmitting stations
except the amateur.
DRYGOODSMAN'S EDITOR HERE
Miss Ruth Sanders, B. J. '16. Will
Speak on Trade Journalism.
Miss Ruth Sanders of St. Louis, map
aging editor
of the Dr)goodsman, jil
ade Journalism Its Scope
talk on "Trade
and Its Opportunities" at 10 o'clock to
morrow morning in the auditorium 'of
Jay II. iNefT Hall. Miss Sandeis rl
ceived her B. J. degree here in 1916.
While the talk is open to the public',
women in the School of Journalism and
those especially interested in trade and
technical journalism are particular)'
urged to attend.
Theta Sigma Phi will entertain with
a luncheon for Miss Sanders at 12:15
o'clock tomorrow at the Daniel Boone
Tavern.
RESIGNATION OF
PREMIER FALSE
High Authority Claims Report
in Saturday Review With
out Foundation.
By United Press.
London. March 10. A denijl that
Lloyd George lus resigned was issued
today from the Premier's official resi
lience. On highest authority it was declared
that a report fn the Saturdjy Review, an
ultra conservative weekly , which sup
ports Sir George" Younger, that Lloyd
George had already resigned is "without
foundation."
PETITION HAS 200 SIGNERS
Indorsement, of" Ljbrarx , Plan Jgr
ah iiuus is aougni.
Petitions being circulated in Colum
bia, for a tax for the maintenance of the
public library had at 2 o'clock today ap
proximately 200 signers according lo a
statement made by T. J. Walker, rhair
man of the petitions committee of the
work. Only 100 names were needed in
order lo present the petition to the City
Council.
Indorsement of the petition was made
also, by the Rotary" Club at its meeting
yesterday afternoon and plans are being
made to present the petition for indorse
ment at the membership dinner of the
Commercial Club Monday. Both the or
ganized committees in charge of the
work on publicity and on petitions in
tend to place the petition before every
civic and fraternal organization and all
the women's clubs in the community, and
to get if possible their indorsement as a
unit.
PROGRAM AT HALLSVILLE
Annual Carpenter Medal Contest to
Be Held Saturday Night.
The annual Carpenter Medal contest
will be given at Hallsville Saturday night
in the Red Top Church. The program
is as follows:
Piano solo Miss Ruth Mitchell
How "Ruby" played James Hendrix
A Transaction in Mumps
Belle Pemberton
Freshman Party at Siwash. .Ivis McBride
Changing the Ethiopian
. Helen Stevinson
Solo Miss Lois Roberts
Fauntleroy's Wail William Strange
Who Cares? Gertrude McKenzie
Hazing of Valiant Owen Pulis
Piano solo Miss Ruth Mitchell
Awarding of Medals.
"RADIOGRAM" ABOUT POTATO
Today's Message to Farmers Names
Best Tubers to Plant.
The daily agricultural radiogram, pre
pared by tile College of Agriculture
and distributed by the R. 0. T. C wire
less station today read:
"Fnr Missouri's earlv notato crop only
two varieties are worth considering.
Trials of many varieties for four years
at the Missouri Experiment Station have
shown Early Ohio and Irish Cobbler to
be lite leaders. All others gave smaller
yields with greater proportion of culls."
Entomologists Give Demonstration.
A scries of demon-trations on fruit,
trees is being conducted ibis week in St.
Louis County by Leonard Baseman and
O. C McBride, associate professors in
the department of entomology in the Uni
versity. Next week the demonstrations
will be given in Cooper County, around
Boonville, and the wcck following in
Southwest Missouri.
A. E. Rothwell Purchases Home.
Allen E. Rothwell has purchased the
home of Mrs. A. II. Shepard at 401 Col
lege avenue. Possession will lie given
August I. The consideration was $8.
000. Carey & Frasier made the sale.
PRONOUNCED EARTHQUAKE
RECORDED THIS MORNING
California Cities Feel Shocks That
Seismograph Registers at
Georgetown.
By United Press.
San Louis Obispo, Calif, March 10.
llie oil pipe line of the Union Oil Co.
of California was broken in four places
today by a heavy earthquake shock.
The quake also did heavy damage lo
telephone systems.
Several other California towns rrnnn.
ed they felt the tremors. Dishes werv
rattled and windows broken.
By United Press.
Wasiiiscton, March 10. A pro
nounced earthquake disturbance was reg
istered tin the seismograph at George
town Universit) today. It lasted from
6:40 to 7:25 o'clock this rooming. The
distance of the quake was intimated at
about 1800 miles in a southwesterly di
rection from Washington.
Several California cities reported that
shocks were felt anil dishes were rattled.
BATTERY BUILDING RESUMED
Armory Will Be Moved to Seventh
and Walnut About April 1.
Work of remodeling the interior of
the Roy Creed building at Seventh and
Walnut streets to meet the requirements
of Baltery B was resumed yesterday,
upon authority of Captain Eugene May
lior, who conferred with Brigadier-General
W. A. Raupp at Jefferson City
Wednesday regarding the proposed mov
ing of the armory from the Orear build
ing on East Broadway to the Boy Creed
building. Owners of the Orear building
protested when they learned that the
battery commander had leased another
building and would move into it about
April 1. Work of remodeling was
stopped, but resumed again after the
lease on llie Orear building had been
examined.
Target practice will begin as soon as
arrangements can be completed for a
range to be. loraled on Providence Road
on land owned by C B. Rollins. Ibis
rjnge will be used by Both Battery' B.
128 Field Artillery, and the R. 0. T. C.
field artillery units under Major Lloyd
E. Jones.
Orders have been received by Captain
Mavnor ijiat all men of the baiter)' must
lie iiioculjted and vaccinated. Serum will
be furnished by the government ami
administered by Dr. W. It. Shaefer.
EXALTED
RULERS MEET
Ll J. Slate Presides He Is One of
B. P. O. E. Charter Members.
L. J. Slate, oldest living exalted ruler
of llie Columbia Elks lodge, presided last
night at a meeting of the lodge conduct
ed by former exalted rulers. He was one
of the three charter members present
at the lodge meeting. The other two J
charter members were B. E. Hatton and
W. B. Cauthorn. Mr. Cauthorn is also
llie first secretary of the Columbia lodge.
Other officers presiding last night in
addition to L. J. Slate as exalted ruler,
were Boyle J. Clark as esteemed loyal
knight, F. W. Neidermeyer as esteemed
lecturing knight. O. B. Wilson
a"
esteemed leading knight arid II. A. Col
lier as inner guard.
Talks for the good of the order were
made by Nine of the twelve living past
exalted rulers. The nine present were.:
W. W. Garth, Jr. John F. Tehan, W. B.
Cauthorn, 0. B. Wilson, L. J. Slate, B.
G. Clark, 11 A. Collier, F. W. Nieder
mever. and L. M. Price. The three ab
sent past exalted rulers were J. P. Mc-j
Baine. J. F. Rollins, Jr. and W. fc,
Smith. z
GIRLS MODEL FOR STORE
Wolff-Berger's Show Bright Colored
Styles at Fashion' Show.
A large crowd of women saw the Fash
ion Show at Wolff-Bergers' store yester
day afternoon. Sports suits afternoon
dresses with capes to match, and evening
dresses were shown. Long, straight, sim
ple lines were predominant. Two-tone
shoes were featured by the Levy Slioe
Store for sport wear. '
Four University girls, Misses Melvina
Lamon, Kathryn Ware, Dorothy Dick
and Margaret Hutcheson, and four
Christian College girls. Misses Eriwina
.Lingle, Mary Ncal, Jo Blade and Lucille
Richardson were models tor me ciomes
fr ..., women. Miss Betty Bamford
showed altactive outfits for high school
girls. Elsie Burton and Kuth Uamtorq
gave the audience an idea of what lovely
gingham dresses and straw sailors will
be worn bv the little girls this year.
Music was furnished by Junior Har
per. Miss Lucille Richardson sang sev
cral popular songs. Each guest was giv
en a pink carnation.
College Club on Imaginary Trip.
The Sorores Arvales, Latin Club of
Stephens College, held a special open
meeting at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon
in the obsenatory, the members and
guests having been invited by Miss Gen
eva Drinkwater to join her in an imagi
nary trip through Europe. Miss Drink
waler reviewed her recent tour of Europe,
emphasizing her trip to Pompeii, and
through thai district. This phase of her
talk was of special interest to the Latin
4;udens. Illustrations added interest
to the lecture.
Negro Plays With Gun Looses Eye.
John T. Branham, a negro, 12 years
old, who lives nine miles north of town,
was taken to the Boone County Hospital
today to have his left eye removed. The
eye was injured when the boy was play
ing with a shot gun. He had placed the
barrel of the pun in the ground. Then
he picked up a rock and hit the shell,
which resulted in an explosion.
SUIT BROUGHT
BY FRATERNITY
FOR $20,000
Sigma Alpha Epsilons File
Damage Claim Against the
Columbia Telephone
Company.
COULDN'T GET OPERATOR
Petition Alleges That Efforts
to Call Fire Department
Over Telephone Were
Futile.
A suit for $20,000 ,as been brought
by the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity,
Rollins and Maryland place, against the
Columbia Telephone Company in con
nection with the burning of the chapter
bouse August 24, 1920.
The petition, filed with the circuit
clerk today, claims that after the dis
covery of fire efforts were made by Dr.
Joseph I). Eliff, 705 Mar) land place and
by Mrs. John E. S)kes. 511 Rollins, to
notif) llie'fire department which was on
duty at the lime. It is alleged that for
lony-live minutes tlieir attempts to get
the operator were futile, and lud the tel
ephone company's service been prompt
that the danuge might have been avoid
ed. The Signij Alpha Epsilon houe and
furnishings were valued al $25,000 and
were partly covered by insurance.
STUDENT POLITICS BUZZING
Various Presidential Aspirants to
Be Announced in Few Days.
The prevailing topic in the minds of
students of the University is the elec
tions to be held March 30. Alrejdy sev
eral aspirants have I-en selected, and
campaign managers are rmistanlly pass.
ing the word among the student hotly
to vote for the untlidjles llie) are hark
ing. Student solicitor have sfjrled
working.
Candidal! 3' petitions must be fried by
tonight and within a 'few days the
names of the candidates will be an
nounced. Accordinp lo the opinions of some of
those who claim lo have inside informa
tion, this year's election is to brejk all
precedents for intense interest.
It has, moreover, been the generjl talk
for the last few days that politics in
the coming election will be free from any
factional interest. At least all of the
candidates who have been mentioned
thus far are said to represent the best
interests of the student body.
EXPECT TREATY TO PASS
Canvas Shows Majority of Senators
in Favor of Pact.
Br United Press.
Wasiiincto.v, March 10. Ratification J
of the Four-fower 1'jcilic fact by an
extremely small majority will be the re-
J suit if the final vole is taken by the
Senate soon, a careful canvass today
showed. Voting on reservations is expected to
start late next week.
By United Press.
Washington, March 10. The Four
Power Pacific treaty was '"very much in
the mind" of the American delegation
to the Arms Conlercnce, and ol sena
tors who were not delegates, long before
it was negotiated in the conference. Sen
ator Lodge of Massacjpisetts revealed to
the Senate today.
SEWER MAIN WORK HALTED
Strikers to Be Replaced, However,
and Work Will Continue.
The construction work on the West,
wood sewer main, which was halted at
noon yesterday by a strike of fourteen
laborers, was further delayed today by
the rain. However, the strikers will be
replaced and the work will go on as soon
as weather permits accordinp to W. A.
Burton, manager of the McCoy Construc
tion Company, which has the contract for
the construction of the sewer.
When the dinner hour was over yester
day, fourteen of the forty -one laborers
refused to return to work. They insist
ed on forty cents an hour instead of the
regular thirty cents.
SCOUT TROOP PLANS HIKES
Boys Will Have Two Indoor Meet
ings Each Month.
Troop 4 of the Boy Scouts in Colum
bia planned last night at its regular
meetinp at the Y. M. C A. to have hikes
on two Sundays .of each month and in
door meetings on tvro Sundays The
troop meets at the Y. M. C A. at 2
o'clock Sunday afternoon for .both the
hikes and meetings. Last Sunday the
Boy Scouts took a hike southeast of
town on which they signaled by the sem
apltone code, had snowball fights and
climbed hills.
NORTHCUTT PRIZES AWARDED
!"My Public School Rally Day" Suli-j
tect of Essays! in Contest.
Prizes offered by C E. Northeutt, j
county superintendent of schools, for the 1
Kt msiv written hv nunils of the Boone!
ronntv schools on the subject "My Pule!
lie School Rally Day," have been award-1
ed 10 five students in rural schools.
Aleta Lloyd of the Vawter School, rr.am;ners of the United States, who wajaPres ;n Howard County and the other
da Pearl Lewis of the Searcy School Jo
sephine Smith of the Strawn School,
Blanche Bugs of the Dunbar School,
and Mildred Cook nf the Hickory Grove
School were the prize winners.
LAST EDITION
40 DISABLED VETERANS JOIN
F. L. Abbott Elected Commander of
Columbia Chapter.
The Columbia Chapter Post No. 1 of
the Disabled American Veterans of the
World War was organized last night by
the disabled veterans in Columbia, in
cluding all vocational students. The
meeting, which was held in llie Agricul
tural Auditorium, was first addressed by
William J. King, a member of St. Louis
Post No. 1 who is now a vocational stu
dent in the University. Mr. King ex
plained the manner in which the St.
Louis Post had been organized and
pointed out some of the social benefits
which its members had received. He
said it was desirable to have as many
charter members as possible. A. M.
Ward was elected temporary chairman
and Elliot Hough was made temporary-
secretary and treasurer.
After much discussion the following of.
ficers were elected: Commander, Frank
L. Abbott; secretary and treasurer. El
liot W. Hough. Abbot said he favored
a program of action that would keep the
membership livened up and thought that
the organization should see to it that
the veterans received the best medical
treatment. The dues were fixed at $2,
to run till next June, which is the end of
the fiscal year for the national organiza
tion, and the secretary was instructed to
apply for a charter as soon as ten elibi
ble members had paid their dues. There
are 300 disabled veterans in Columbia,
about forty of whom signed member
ship cards last night. The next meeting
will be held in the Agricultural Auditor
ium Tuesday. March 21.
SCHOOL BONDS
SIGNED TODAY
St.
Louis Brokers Send Them
Herein $1,000 De
nominations. The srhool bonds recently voted in Co
lumbia to the amount of $95,000 were re
ceived by W. II. Sapp this afternoon
from Smith, Moore and Co.. St. Louis
brokers, who are in charge of the -sale
of the bonds. The bonds are in $1,000
denominations. They were scheduled to
he signed late this aflernnn by F. W.
Nierier?ne)er, president of the Columbia
School Board, and F. I Boggs, secre
tary. The school board will consign the
bonds to Smith, Moore and Co., on
March 14. The amount paid will be
$96,077 plus $S40, representing the
accrued interest since Februjry t, the
dale the bonds were supposed to have
been put on sale. The bonds will be
sold in St. Louis.
REV. YOUNG IS ENTERTAINED
Baptist Ministers of Columbia Give
Luncheon in His Honor.
The Rev. T. W. Young was entertained
In- th Rintist ministers of Columbia
with a luncheon at Harris' at noon today, j
The ministers took this occasion to ex
press their appreciation of Mr. Young's 1
services and their regret at his departure.
The following were present: The
Rev. G. W. Hatcher, the Rev. W. M.
Burnham, the Rev. William Tipton, the
Rev. J. S. Benton, the Rev. S. S. Keith,
the Rev. C. C. Hatcher, the Rev. W. O.
Dixon and the Rev. 11. P. Cheavens.
Three more ministers were to have been
present: the Rev. S. F. Taylor, who was
ill, and the Rev. W. M. Dorgan and the
Rev. E. L. Painter, who were both out
of town. The Rev. C. C Hatcher read
a poem which he composed for the oc
casion. COUNTY
PROPERTY
SOLD
W.
O. Wool folk Buys Farm From
J. T. Mitchell Heirs.
W. 0. Woolfolk has purchased of the
heirs to the J. T. Mitchell estate a 90
acre farm about four miles north of
Hallsville. The property sold for $-1,000.
Mr. Woolflok has also sold to P. J. Mit
chell a farm of 160 acres. The farm is
two miles southwest of Centralia. The
consideration was $12,000.
M. N. Hollon has bought a thirteen
and a half-acre tract of land from II.
M. Brown. The property, which sold
for $1,200, is about three miles north of
Rocheport.
Beltie E. Frosh has sold lots three and
four in block eight in the city of Cen
tralia to Mary Sue Palmer for the sum
of $115.
FEEDER TO BE
CONSIDERED
Shipping Association May
Bring
Stock to Local Buyer.
The Columbia Co-Operative Shipping
Association is now negotiating with sev
eral cattle sellinp agencies in the interest
of local stock men, particularly the small
lot feeder, according to Gentry Clark,
manager of the association. The propo
sition to bring cattle to Columbia con
signed lo the selling agency to lie sold
in lots or les to local buyers, either by
direct sale or at auction lias been made
and ! bring given careful consideration.
jjr ciark says that thee sales proba-
i.iv voolri be made on Saturdays in con-
necl;on w;th Home Sales Day, on whichJ
,j,e aociation has been working.
E. S. Elwood Did Not Arrive.
Everett S. Ellwood, managing director
if the National Board of Medical Ex-
to have spoken lo the School of Medi
cine today, was unable to reach Colum
bia today, according to a telegram re
reived yesterday by Dr. M. P. Ravenel.
His visit has been postponed indefinitely.
NUMBER 165
BOONE CO. TAX ;
VALUATION TO ;
BE CUT DOWN
State Board of Equalization
Will Continue Poliey of ,
Full Valuation of -
Property. '
W. E. PACE AT MEETING
County Assessor Brit
IKS tiacK
Report of Convention
Which Was Held at
Jefferson City.
The State Tax Commission and the
State Board of Equalization are deter
mined to continue their olicy of taxing
property on its full valuation, said
County Assessor W. E. Pace this morn
ing. Mr. Pace has just returned from
the state convention of assessors which
Was held in Jefferson City the early part
of the week.
The State Tax Commission, according
to Mr. Pace, told the assessors that Gov
ernor Hyde had definitely dtcided to
continue taxing properly on its full val
uation. The governor said that he had
conferred with prominent citizens of both
parties in regard to the matter ami that
they were all of the opinion that such
a policy was inevitable.
Assessor Pace is of the opinion that
Boone County land will not be valued
at as much as it was last yejr. .Mr. I'jce
said that the " Commission seemed to
think that the vahulioii last year in this
county was too high and tlut he wjs
practically certain that they intend to re
lieve the taxpayers at the next valua
tion. The county assessors were rompli.
menleil at the convention by the State
Tax Commission. The Commission
showed figures that the assessors bad
made every effort to gel values adjusted
in a nirire equal proportion and condi
tion. When asked as regards the altitude
of the convention in regard to the pres
ent system of latjlion and valuation,
Mr. Pace said that there were enthus
iasts on both sides. He said that some
assessors were of the lielief that the val
uation was by far loo high, while others
were not complaining because the coun
ties received back from the state a larg
er amount for schools than ever before.
The following officers were elected at
the convention: II. W. Tnrner of Creene
County, president; William Lloyd of
Howell County, secretary; Frank A.
Jones of Cole County, treasurer.
LAST FORUM TO BE SUNDAY
Open Meetings at Y. M. C. A. Have
Proved Popular.
Unusual interest has been shown thit
winter in the tqien forum meetings id
the Y. M. C. A, according to P. II.
rerreien, cuairniau 01 ine open lorum
committee. These meetings were first
called to riicus campus problems in
open sessions hut llie audinces were
too large to conduct such meetings, and
it was decided to bring in prominent
speakers.
"The Conflict nf Moral Ideal," is the
subject of an address lo be given by
Dr. J. W. Hudson Sunday afternoon in
the Y. M. C. A. Auditorium. This will
be the last meeting of the open forum
for this year.
Among those who have talked before
these meetings are former Congressman
W. L. Nelson, II. M. Beardslry, Dr.
Charles A. Ellwood and Dr. J. W. Hud-
TOWNSITE
AT AUCTION
Historic Ground at Providence Sold
Here Today.
Forty acies of Missouri bottom land
and the entire lownsite of the old town
of Providence were sold at auction to
day in front of the Giunty Giurthou-e by
the Boone County Trust Qimpany, to sal
isfy deed of trust for $2,800 held by
that company. The property, which was
owned by Jame II. Nixon. wa purchas.
ed for $500 "by Mrs Ella P. Gillespy, a
former owner of the land.
Providence, which was founded by
Mrs. Gillespy's grandfather, was at one
lime the docking place of all vessels on
the Missouri River thai had a cargo as.
signed to Columbia. The goods were
then hauled lo Columbia over the nine
mile plank road between this town and
Providence.
MRS. MARTHA NICHOLS DIES
Ashland Woman Survived by
Daughter and Two Sons.
Mrs. Martha Nichols of Ashland died
today at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
O. P. Scott of Ashland. She is survived
by -her daughter and two ns. Dr. Arley
Nichols of Ashland and Prof. Robert
Nirhols of Washington University.
Funeral services will lie preached by
the Rev. S. S. Keith at 11 oVIoik to
morrow morning at New Salem.
BOONE COUNTY
FARM SOLD
Dr.
S. W. Downing of Dent Co. Buys
Land From N. Torbit.
Dr. S. W. Downing of Dent County
has recently purchased two farms from
Natlianiel Torbit. One is a farm of .120
is a farm of 80 acres in Ifcmne County.
The consideration was $15,000. art
payment for which .Mr. Torbit accepted
two small farms in Dent County. Smith
& Catron were the agents.
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