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XJnitcd Press By Wire Our Waritaicls Get Results VOLUME 51 MOBERLY, MISSOURI, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1922 ANTI-DANCING SOCIETY WAS ORGANIZED HERE New Hfnvtcil "With Thirty "Who Htivc Xot to An anti-dancing society was organized at of Rov. K. Lamb, pastor' ol' -the First 'Baptist Church. last night: The organization has thirty members. fEach of.

thorn has signed "a pledge 'card not to danco. Rov. Lamb says tho cl-ub's purpose IH to proa to a new social conscience, that 'it Is getting so that an ontortaivi- ment cannot -be held, it seems, unless there is dancing. Miss Mildred Nebergall Is president of the clpb, and Missr Gladys Sparkman, of the members of the club are: Marie Stacey, Mr, and Mrs. Victor and Mrs, George Evelyn and Carlylo Alderson, Victor vinco, Evelyn Holmes, PJancho Sturgeon, II.

Bnrr, 'O. G. Burton. IQdna May' Stephens, Clon ftparkninn, Josephine and Komro TefterliolT, TJorJha merman, John Torrill Wuyland. Alliene Burhaii), Jessie Jluyos, EK Lambi Marlon Creason, Mildred Xob- ergall, Gladys Sparkmnn and Martha Hill.

organization open to all who wish to sign the pledge caul'net lo dance. The society meets onco a month. HARDING'S ''PLAN TO MINES, HALTED .1 and Rumpmen Threaten to Quit If Are Sent In. i D. July TIarding-'m plan '(o increased coal production despite the atrllco 000,000 inJn'ers -by a tempi- operate protection minon' mines with working received a shnrp to strike' troop setback today.

Officials of the "United Mine Workers served notJ-co on government officials ha'ndHng the coal tie-up that any a't tempt to send strike breakers (o the closed shop mines' will result in 'a strike of unkm engineers, nn'rt pumpmen other working to prevent the workers now from with water and tli or wise ae- Washington, IX July, striking miners "cannot -bo driven back to tho mines. President. John "Lewis, of the United Mine warned loday -in an exclusive state-' mont'to the prompted 'by President'Ilardiug's plan 1 to re- 1 'open the mines' with Iroop protection. Lewis then nmphatically dootnroci thai 'Hie miners will sott'lo strike joint oornfoi 1 orico with utorA "regardless ol" what tbinks oi' tCoa.1 assented, arc 011 destroying tho lOOSTRIKEESARE CALLS-QN-ALL UNIONS-' TO R. STRIKERS Samuel Gompers Issues Proclamation Asking Other Unions to Refuse to Do Strikers' Work.

TEMPT OF COURT AT AND ST. T.OCIS^IUST IN FKDTBRilJ; COUTtT, Louis, rluly -United yl 1 125.00' militiamen mnlco up tho au'Uioi' iced strength of tlio stale forces in tho twenty-eight Voal; state's, which have been asked by president KarclingMo use force ii' necessary to prof ect I ho mines. Pen nay Ivan in lends witly than .10,0000 men; Illinois, is second, wirl) more (hnn I and Texas comn.s next more J.hfln. ,7,000 soldiers. States- 1 biBtrict J'udfeo' Trieber toc5ay 'cited more 100 striking employees of the Missouri, Kan'sas 'and Tex- 'as and tbe Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railrpads 1 for' contempt of court for' alleged violation- of order of the K.

The strikers fnstr'uctcd to 'appear 'in tfourt'Jiily 27th to show cause why they hot: be fined. The" men cited 1 formerly sverc, -em- loyed- by the -I. wo roads bouis, Hanhibnl mid Now 1 Washington, five council nt" tlie American tion of La'bor today called' 'organized labor 10 -assist the railroad strikers (o win their fight by ref-using to carry ton any of the work dropped by the strikers; The council. by: unanimous vote, authorized President Samuel to 'issue thfa' proclamation, to tho 'Workers. Despite continued peace RAGSDALE IS FINED SI AND COSTS TO-DAY Hog Case, In Police Court tcrcstofl Crowd This Tho oC the city vs.

JScU Haga- for keeping hogs in the-city Urn- its was tried in polico court this W. Cave represented and City Attorney Austin Walden handled'the city's pi'osocu- tion. "Many witnesses were for both sides. Ragsdalo used O. Lash, Col, Frank Frank Babcock.

C. Hardistor, and Mr. 'Lit- tlo, Tho city had H. McJilton, Jeff Goon and J. ton.

The defense witnesses told of how pure bred hogs wore raised and kept. They must be kept in the best oi sanitary conditions, it was brought out. Several testKied that they had never detected any odors from the herd. While other witnesses claimed they wore uri boar able. Ragsdale's equipment for taking care of tho hogs was said to -be worth or more.

Witnesses claimed that a hog would respond to cleanliness quicker than any animal, oven a person, and that cleanliness was the main' thinff in raising 1 and keeping a pure-bred herd such as Ragadale's. 'Other witnesses, who were neighbors living near Raffsdale, claimed' tho herd was very undesirable--and made very disa'groa-ble Tor them. The case was tried before Judge Tlohannon and a jury. i Ragsdale was found guilty, and fined $1.00 and costs. Every day-the hogs remain in the city limits as they arc, the.

owner is subject 'to fine, 'if the fine is. imposed, every-day for a year, the total amount will make a huge sum. Ragsdale appealed the case to tho circuit court. Those who composed tho jury 1 for tho case are: Loo BalUnger. W.

S. Pratlior, U. McGInnis, T. Buff lo; John Hogg and Clid Potors. Rucker, a Servant Of the People In An Square, Delivered in Klplry lfl Why He Should Re-el cctcd, Hon.

Rucker visited Marce- 'line Monday and Tuesday. He loft lite car at 'Keytesville, in charge' of iiis secretary, -Mr. Barker, on account of heavy and carno by rail. Judge Rucker is looking He bears up wonderfully well under 'the stress of his for' the judge is a hard m'an who feels' k'eenly the responsibilities' of his position and never shirks a id-uty. Although a native of Virginfa, Judge Rucker lias lived so long' in Missouri at heart native son.

He belongs -to a type, fast' disappearing to the infinite loss of the state arid type of the polished, old school gentlemen, whoso word is their bond, and who would rather suffer than offend. Judge- liucker spoko in llipley Square Monday night t9 a largo The hand', directed by Stray- gave a short preliminary "concert, including 1 such stirring airs as "Dixie," and "Tho Star Spangled Banner," and C. M. Kendrick made a fine introductory address, highly eulogistic of Judge Rucker. Judge Ruckor simply and to the.

point. Ho makes no effort oratorical display, and' Isv never happier than when "just visiting-" with his aii-cUonce. In crowd that heard.ihim Monday night, were old HChoolmates, boyhood' friends and boon companions of the judge in days gone by. No wonder th'ad he grew reminiscent, and that at he about 'the important issues confronting all candidates before the priTnary, and launched into idiscus- slons of old tiinoa in Missouri. Judge Rucker m'ado' a b-rief allusion to tho so-called'platforms of his Uhat while meritorious lacked interest because everything they advocated had become his vote.

Frequent allusion h'ais Loon made to tho farm bloc, Ho explained that It was not an organization, had no ritual, no secretary amd was In fact intangible, invisible; just an association of men in congress who stood'logoLher in advocating the tho farmer. fJfp offered $100 to anybody who, would find a single measure he had'voted for'ad- 'vorse to the farming interests. "Judge Rucker said that fault had been found with him because he had held office so long. Ho was of tho fa.ct that he luvdi served people in congress for 24 years; and further, oil'tho before going to congress he had served in the- neighboring icounty of Chariton as prosecuting attorney for six years, and as circuit judge for six years. Ho challenged tho public to find a 'person in this district 'Of the 200,000 'people that i comprised its population, who could say aught against this record.

"You have an unerring way of finding if a. man -has been in office too long," said the judge, "it he becomes reckless, 'improvident, neglects his he has been, in offl.ce too Jong. 'But as long as he does his duty and as long as he is true to the prin- of his he served too long." Judge Ruckc-r cautioned his hearers thiut -there might bo a coalition of his opponents directed against his candida-cy in the' primary. Secret meetings of at least'two of them had 'been held Moberly, and while lie would not be surprised to hear that, one of them hmd withdrawn In favor of the other, lie did not believe that any combination, (could defoaL rhim in Randolph and Monroe counties. His record in Congress was an open booklj-he declared, and he defied anybody to show where he had ever deviated one iota from tho line of duty, The relative importance'of 'the senatorial o'tllco and the ofll-co congressman were discussed.

As an example ho cnilled the attention oF this to the that while the senator might receive 50 letters from the after the election, he woukl receive his constituents wanted'service they knew whom to direct their lettorsUo. In concluding lie urged his hearers to stand PRICES ARE ON THE INCREASE Washington, D. July 19. Wholesale prices for some of which will not reach thd consumer for six months, continued their upward trend dfuring making an increase for the month of i 1-13 per cent, as compared with an advance of 3 1-2 per cnnt during May. according to sta-tistiOK published by the department of la-bor.

The cent. Pood was .1 1-2 per 'cent above last year's n.nd 50 -per above the the 'report shows. building materials show tho sharpest advances, rising 4 pei cent. Fod was 1 1-2 per ''cent abov-i the May average rising more than 2 1-1 per cent. Farm products decreased 'more that 3-4 of 1 per cent ili'e month, but are scilh 1 5, per cent above tho Juno, 1021, average.

lighting materials lend the aclvnnce with per cent. Tho citation. -was baaed on furnished' by CharloM, Schafr 1 Vecbivei- 'for the who UiaV tho strikers intimidat- ecl tiiem through, fear' to' leave 'their jobs, 'lie charged that several striking employees of tho Burlington lines aided in The order which the strikers 'are charged with violating is the injunction clause of the receivers-hip order entered in' court seven years ago. The clause prohibits ageats 6r employes of the road from -wit'h the 'operation of the roiuds' as directed by the Receiver; tion's which seem ma.y be -successEul 1 the- railroad situation (became more acute today as of 2fj. more Annulled trains reached' the- 'fice iDepartinent, Intervention President Harding may be ii' an not soon reached Prosidoivt Harding and Aliorney' General Daiighcrty conferred "at' length on the rail' strike, situation; after 1 which the latter the administration- was framing possible course of action.

'Daugherty said, however, th'o' government; will developments before -definitely deciding upon' any year's Democrat want arts bring results. MANY TOURISTS MAY PASS THKOUG HTORE i Owing-to highway conditions west of Macon. Quincy an.d MTahnibal are nOjW routing n.ll-. tourists that enter those gateway cities by way ol' Mo- borly, Huntsvillo, and thence by the Golden Belt Highway to Kansas City. Tn return Kansas City is Bonding tourists 'to Chicago and -Northorn Il- linois'by tlje same route.

Tho tourists trnlTic is valuable to this city and an effort should be put forth by the cities and towns oh this 'system of highways to hold this traifflc. Every courtesy be thb tourist and routing information cheerfully given. The ro'aids should be drag 1 go'd frequently and necessary detours well marked. The contractors on road construction work are required' 'by law to mark -all and, in cases of neglect they should be, reminded Way Committee, Chamber Commerce. General.Amnesty For Political prisoners Refused Harding eral annneslyj'or the S7 polilicarpris- oners still 'held in this country is im (possible, inform- 'ed a delegation of 50 of the 37 national called 'at Uho The president told--them that tfoc cases wore being taken up one at a time and this policy would be outlined.

It is not he said, to grant general amnesty -as asked by tho petition said to contain a million names w-hich wtus presented. Investigation of Uie cases individually ought to be completed within sixty days, the president, indicated'. The cases are being considered individually the president told the delegation, because lie is opposed to freeing anyone whoMs, heJcl for overt acts or violence against govren- ment. Members ol'. the children's crusade who are picketing the white house accompanied the delegation.

T. Oi'oss on J. T. ex-mayor, of Moberly, and' head' of the T. Crosa Lumber Company, of that city, arrived in Portland yesterday from Weed, en route to Seattle, after he looks over the (lumber situation in He maintains that the is due -to the 'of waiting lo revival in -building' people geting tired Frisco Takes Off Twenty-six Trains Sit.

tJuly trains of the lf 'Frisco Railroad will be -taken off tomorrQW, to an an- today. With on'o to two exceptions tliey are all' branch lines where present conditions' do not warrant a continuation of- tho service, Because oi 1 the publicity (o the strike, travel has'fallen, off considerably, according 'to officials oi the road; The cancellation oi these, trains was not made because of a Wilkes-Barre. July 1 road guards late last night.fired into a mo-b oC several, bund red'young "men who were bombarding the Lehigli ya)ley round house wounding A was diken to a hospital' suffering from shock, third 'man 'Chicago. 111., July more vornblo attitude toward' railway, strike peace developed last Anight when fear.that the 400,000 maintenance pf way employes might join- the walkout of the shopmen "was'vir-. tually, removed through action of the Uniled States Labor Board, ti 'The'boni'd'lnd'icateci it would'grant the maintenance of way brotherhood a hearing on the wage question, and disputes' of- this sort would be given! ri-ght of way; over many other cases.

As an, expression of 'good faith it promptly docketed one wage controversy the maintenance men and the and'St'! Paul Railroad. Announcement of this action was made following a -board -conference attended by 'F, Grable. chief the, maintenance of way' broiher- New 'wage decisions, 'providing a change in the wage scale is made, are to be retroactive to July .1922, it was agreed; thus given probably serve not only to avert a walkout-of the.track men, it 4 was predicted, it may also have strong influence on the negotiations settlement ol! the strike of'the shopmen. Coming as considerable support to the peace program assurances the 'wage' issue from Senator Cummins, coauthor of the Esch-Cummins otherwise known as Transportation Act. from 'the United States Railroad Board der.iyes.Jts a'statement issued following' his meeting the Labor ''Board." members, President Grable said Senator Cummins, who is of, the Interstate' Commerce Committee the senate.

1 had advised him that he, 'is to hold hearings 'immediately on disputed points of ths Transportation principally, to ascertain 1 how the law maybe amended so that the 'living wage'principle Avill be made clear and so every employe would'be'guaranteed living' wage.V This'-was'regarded-in some quaiv ters- as.one of the most important concessions '3 et offered railway unions, which fought "which" have" since directed fire at many of its provisions. CAIRO FAMILY FEUD TO CIRCUIT and AViih Wi(U Intent; to Kill Prosecuting Attorney Cairo. M. J. represent the defendants in.tl preliminary .1 before-Justice B.

men released. 1 dndf to the i f'' ci cu it con at -The trouble, grew' out of feud, have" ore" tha hr ce year days the, charged of shots at the 'home- Gartner and them. I'esenled at The highway Chamber of Commerce splendid sent to commercial reprsentative -citizens and ciites located our state. Ther delegation present from The general tenor ceived "Let well The system is too good any changes' that would any of the, highways, Ron. Theodore Gary, ed the receipt 'of the resolutions.

tiief following; communication i of 'Dcmpsey's boxing gloves. Snub, scoutmaster of purchased the gloves from the 'American Legion Post here, them 1 to his troop. The gloves arc the ones'Jack Bemp- sey use in his exhibition here on July 4th a-t the American Legion and Col. Hoi (singer, athletic carnival. The 1 scoutmaster, who is already much liked by his troop, made, himself solid' by the sift pf Bempsey gloves to i the troop: Electric Iron coal shortage 'but because 'of traffic, ft was stated, There wTll be no of the mail seryico by reason of'the annulment of these trains.

The mail will me transferred Most of the building to some other trains reaching- the his part of the country is marie up oil small houses. Homo owners were getting tired of delaying their ing and as soon as 11 conditions Ipos- enocl up they began to get busy. find this (rue everywhere I go, 1 he added. "They are fast clown in California and all through the west. There arc more people than there and that explains it." Mr.

Cross is buying a few par- loads of lumber everywhere he stops, he said, because he 'believes business will stay good and that prices -now are as good as they are going to' be. He asserted that there'would be no more drops in lunrber Irish Rebels Turn Cork Into an Armed Camp Dublin, July rebels made an armed camp out of Cork today in preparation to defend the city against an atack of free staters. Barricades' 1 were thrown up and hotels seized 'by tho as done in D-ufolin during the Civil War that raged a weelt there. same territory. Navy, Deriby 1 Airpilane Crash in Pekin, China Pekin, China, Jhiiy of t)ic-Navy Denby escaped injury today in -a thrilling' Airplane accident.

DeiVby with'a pil'bt' was flying aibove the great wall ol! China of Pekin when suddenly tho airplane engine'stopped for some undetermined cause. The-plane began' dropping but the pilot righted it'and safe 5n a high pass. Skillful handling averted a serious accident. uninjured and apparently not sliakcn by his experience, re'- turned to Pekin by Boy Scouts Here Dempsey's Bout Gloves Troop No. 5 of the local Boy: probably the happiest in the city, Thdy are, the extra proudupossessors of pair Caught Fire Mrs.

of 523 Woodland avenue, was painfully injured yes- terday'while ironing. The cord to her, electric iron caught "fire of a crossed current or something and when she reached up to turn off the electricity she was knocked vip-' lently lo the floor and rendered unconscious for a-while. A doctor and an electrician were summoned. Tne doctor, after examining 'Mrs. Miller, said she would be all right agfiin in a few- days.

He said she received a pretty severe The electrician said it was a wonder she wasn't electrocuted. -3-re declared Miller was indeed lucky and her escape from fatal injury was indeed a narrow one. Roml Ini'oi'iiinlioii' ,7. Jones, secretary of Glacier Association, for the 'Missouri, arranged-for' tho' forwarding of semi-weekly reports of the -condition' of t-r'ail between Jacksonville ami; Clark. These, the Automobile club oil St.

JLiouis. Mr. 'jones urges that every effort be made to keep tihis section of -the highway passable-condition- in orderj that it may become the popular r.oute to the'north for a.li ton-rists entering 1 the St. Louis gateway. Mr.

Jones expects to attend the public hearings of the highway commission at Jefferson City, -July 25. Tourists can secure, folders and routing informaton at the 'Chamber of Commerce office. 2 Killed; 12 Hurt In T. Wreck Alsumd, July trainmen killed and 'twelve ass i ur ed tod ay wh en a jKaty train from-Tulsa to Muskogoe collided with a freight trkiir near f( GASOLINE TWO CENTS TODAY prices in the eleven states of the 'middle west will be reduced 2 cents a gallon, effective today, according- 10 an announcement by the, Standard Oil Company'of Indiana. Refined-oil prices wiU be reducedM cent per gallon by the same order, the company announced.

Tulsa, July, second cut of 25 cents a barrel iivcrude'oil, making the price midcontinent fields, was announced'by the Sinclair Oil Purchasing" Company yes. terday. The first reduction of 25 cents was. made Monday. only doifo ,1 i i tf il the'ultimate main frei'glit (he state will question of time primary, roads which 'will enlarge cilities- tTTroughoxit nated are the the- engineers and York, H.

Shv claiK chairman of Uie Sinclair 'Consolidated' Oil) Company, commenting on redUction in prices of crude oil, said: Too much crude oil is being New fields have' been discovered which nre adding many.thou- sands of sb'arrels daily. of crude'oil have been increased 100 million'barrels in about a year. WG have been storing crude oil steadily and will continue to do all we consistently can to take care of the SITU-' ation. Many producers apparently have been nrisled by the fact that'de- mand for gasolino is increasing so. rapidly'.

-In my opinion this summer will see tne greatest gasoline consumption in (he'history of ihe ccunV try, -but gasoline' carry, ibe full -burden." in upholding posed' plan of the highway' sion, and will be hearing -by Senator Kivksville will be the hearing by C. Baxter strong for the sires to, see the by providing for 'tween Moberly Jvirksville to the letter to the Moberly highway 1 mittee they say: intention of ville committee, to be It will commend the highway engineers'o their most excellent solution of the' system. il Mexico will.be' 1 represented-. 1 Shreveport. July- Oil Company yesterday announced a reduction of 25 cents a barrell on'all grades of crude oil in this territory; Fire at John S.

Sours' Grocery Store The fire department was called out a't 1:20 this afternoon to, John grocery store, corner of Coates and Johnson streets. A practically awning was entirely destroyed and a couple of the upper front glasses were cracked. No one seems to know'what caused tbe awning to ignite. Some small boy might have thrown a lighted -cigarette "it-in that. is merely a surmise.

The origin the small- blaze is a T.ho fire company 7nade a prompt response and extinguished'the flames The los-s will approximately $100. their "co-operation ife assured, Macon Avi'll be represented L. Martin aiicl others; Carrollton is strong tor the recommended by the- engineers" 1 their iette proval' drafted -by, our highway mi'ttee. The -committee anticipates froni Madisonj Paris, Stoutsville's Monroe City. mmended -by the- T.r'V-* co-operation endorsing resolutions of -ap 1 aftd -b hihwa cbnt- IX PAIJIS Wilfrid Fleisher) in Paris and headline appear page of the paper.

its readers to take part-In with a reward of This newspaper purports to" have-" organized the contest on- ian' grounds, in better ditions among labor by giving- pub-f, licity to cases of-abus-5 thus to its attention. The Weather, Generally, fair tbnight day; risirig temperature and' hi west portion tonight. 7.