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THE CfflLLlCOTHE CONSTITUTION UNITED PRESS NEWS SERVICE BY WIRE VOLUME XXXI XO. 203 GOV. WALTON LANDING BYfflS PROPOSITION CHILLICOTHE, MISSOURI FRIDAY, OCT. 12, 1923. EIGHT PAGES DAILY EDITION Real Gridiron Battle Is Expected Tomorrow READY RESIGN GOVERNOR.

SBBP FOB ANTI-CLAN MEASURE. 1 College Band Will Be On Field to Be Called at Three O'clock Statement Was Made by His Closest Friends in Oklahoma City Meas- we Prepared. Oklahoma City. Oct. J.

C. Walton was standing today upon his offer of resignation as governor with the passage of a bill by the legislature unmasking the klan and the revelation of their membership upon the public records, those close to the executive declared. In a statement issued Tuesday the governor made his startling aff r. Today he was believed ready to deal with the legislature upon terms already outlined. The bill to be introduced at the Letters of Administration Letters of administration on the of Atchison, Kansas.

Al- estate of the late William Murray the Duck team is rather! were granted by the probate court A real gridiron battle will be wag- jBd tomorrow on the C. B. C. field between the Ducks and St. Benedict's College though crippled at the present time, they are going into the game with a determination to get revenge for their defeat of last year.

Tomorrow's game is the hardest LOCAL NEWS NOTES Wetzel of Jameson, who was Purchased 3ayino Home J. R. Slifer has purchased from driving west enroute to the Civil Bend country to make a professional call. According to the nature of the M. E.

Raymo his home on North' accident, the car in which the young Cherry street, consideration $8,000. Mr. Slifer and family will occupy their new home. Thursday afternoon to James H. Cusick, whose- bond was fixed at $18,000.

THE WEATHER. Saturday generally fair, pre- Wetzel was uninjured. ceded by showers extreme southeast east and extreme game that the Ducks have on their cloudy northwest. Showers this af- this year, with the excep- ternoon or tonight ast and south portion of the game November 16, with on Kemper Military Academy, which will be played at Boonville. St.

Benedict's College is a member of the Kansas College Conference and stands among the leading colleges of Kansas in football. When the Ducks journeyed to Atchison last year to meet this college, they were Stengel's Home Run Won Game For The Giants Today A home run in the sixth inning of the third game of the World series it. Dr. Wetzel saw the car coming betwe en the Yanks and th Giants, at a rapid rate and drew to his side gave tne Giants the third game of of the street in order to avoid a prob- tne serie today by the score of 1 to able collsion. He was on the south ehf went the full route for the side of the street as far as he was Giants, while Jones, who started for men were riding, was going at a rapid speed and Orman, who was driving, seemingly was unable to control able to go on account of the embankment, when he was struck by the speeding car ocupied by Miller and O'Bryant.

In the compact the latter car completely turned turtle, making a total wreck of it. Dr. Wetzel's car was slightly damaged, the front axle being turned under the car. Dr. portion.

Cooler south portion. Rain Not Needed A rain, which was not needed in thls section 'ailing Friday mormng at 2:3 clock and contin defeated by the tune of 27 to 6. They have practically their old team ued steadily for several hours. The this fall, which will make it doubly I rain wil1 damage corn which i is on the ground. At 7 o'clock this .38 of ing of the klan, bat failed to include provisions tor the publication of the membership roll of the organization.

Leedy declared the governor's plan for listing of the rolls of the klan would be an "expensive and burdensome" task. His proposed bill would place a fine and jail sentence upon violation of the measure. Fines would range from $25 to $1.000 with 30 days to six months in jail. County officials who failed to prosecute vitiations of the measure would be subject to removal by the attorney general, it was provided. Oklahoma City, Oct.

committee to investigate the conduct of the "legislative, judicial and executive" branches of the Oklahoma gov- with a view to impeaching J. C. Walton, was chosen today in a caucus of leaders with Speaker W. D. McBee.

McBee will announce the nell of the committee, in the house session late today. An anti-mask bill, proposed as a substitute for the measure submitted by Governor Walton, will be introduced by C. B. Leedy in the senate- This bill will have the backing of the anti-Walton faction in the legislature and is less drastic than the measure submitted by the governor. Leedy said the bill proposed by Governor Walton would be "burdensome and expensive to enforce." SIX DEAD FROM DRINKING POISON CORN WHISKY CORONER'S JURY LAST NIGHT RETURNED VERDICT TO THAT EFFECT The Six Drank From Hie Same Sap- ply of Liquor, According to the Evidence, Which Contained Ffcstt OIL I Pana, Oct.

persons are dead and several others are perhaps fatally ill in a local hospital as a result of drinking poison moonshine whisky, according to city police. Blame for the six deaths was placed on moonshine by a coroner's jury last night, following the deaths during the day. The six drank from the same supply of liquor, according to evidence presented to the Jury, and upon investigation the liquor was under the direction of Mr. L. C.

Rutherford, will be on. the field tomorrow to add additional pep and enthusiasm to the crowd of rooters who are expected to be present. Referee Boult, who refereed the game with Graceland last week, commented upon the excellent crowd of spectators who were on hand at last New Pastor Here On Visit Rev. Brengle of Trenton, who has accepted a call to the pastorate of the First Baptist Church in this city, was here yesterday in consultation with officials of the church. Rev.

Brengle will take up his work here week's game and especially upon the first Sunday in November. their good sportmanship. The game will be called promptly at three I Advertising Committee Busy The advertising committee o'clock. $117,000 Land Deal in Livingston County in Sam S. of Kidder His 477-A re Farm In Caldwell County for Livingston County Land charge of the airplane circus to be put on here Tuesday, Oct.

23, will start an advertising campaign next week, which will lead into every home in Livingston county and many homes in adjoining counties. "Wef Had Narrow Escape Trenton folks returning from Chillicothe Wednesday night after attending the bankers' convention and banquet, had a narrow escape when a wooden bridge which lay across a creek, collapsed in the middle. Frank Vencill's car, containing his wife and son, Corwin, and Mr. and Mrs. W.

O. Garvin, almost ran upon the broken the Yanks, was replaced by Bush. The score: Giants 0 00001000- ADVOCATES ONE STANDARD FOR ALL CHILDREN R. E. Yanks 0 0000000 HENRY FORD HAS NOT ABANDONED HOPES Detroit, Oct.

Ford has not given up hope of obtaining Muscle Shoals. In his first statement since the sale several weeks ago of the gorgas plant, which was included in his bid for Muscle Shoals, Ford declared that his offer is still before Congress. "I shall not withdraw he said. Ford indicated that despite the sale of the Gorgas plant, his engin- LEE ALSO EMPHASIZES ENGLISH LANGUAGE, CITIZENSHIP AND HEALTH EDUCCATION State School Superintendent Says 7th and 8th Grades Accomplish Little bridge when the driver noticed the eers have gone ahead with plans for break and swerved away from the bridge. In doing so the car was halted by a tree which was standing nearby.

No one was injured, though the car was slightly damaged. Several other cars came up but were warned by the occupants of the first car. The party then laid some danger signs across each side of the road and proceeded to Trenton along another detour. It is not known whose car was the last to pass over the bridge and it is evident they did not realize what had hapened or they would have stopped to warn others who were Republican. project.

WILL ATTEMPT TO PASS DICTATORSHIP BILL ON SATURDAY sup- Stresemann cabinet Playing On Muddy Field The Chillicothe-Brookfield high Home From I. O. O. F. Meet One of the biggest land deals in Livingston county in years was ron- sutnated the first part of the week when Sam S.

Hackett of Kidder been here in many years." traded his farm in county tc I rank A. Border of St. Joseph, taking in on the deal Mr. Border's 400 acre farm near Avalon. Both of these farms are extra good and the money involved is estim.it ed at $117,000.

Mr. Border is presi dent of the Missouri Valley Trtist Company at St. while Mr. Hachctt has the reputation of one of the best ti rmers and stoofc- men in Caldwell county. Mr.

Hack- expect to give the big fall event wide school football game is being played publicity," said a member of the on the C. B. C. gridiron this after- committee today," "as we will not noon. The rain today made the only stop in Livingston county, but field muddy and many fumbles were we are going into adjoining counties.

We expect to see the largest crowd in Chillicothe on that day that has expected. Some Fine Corn. Lewis McCoskrie brouht to The Constitution office this afternoon five John U. Mitchell and W. A.

Lewis i ears of white corn taken from three returned last night from Nevada, where they attended the grand en- pecks of corn gathered at random in his field near Dawn station. The corn Berlin, Oct. porters of the were hurrying to Berlin from the provinces today for the second attempt to be made tomorrow to drive the dictatorship bill chamber. Maryville, Oct. English language, Citizenship and health education are the fundamentals in which Missouri school children should be trained, Charles A.

Lee, state superintendent of public schools, today told members of the Northwest Missouri Teachers' Association during an address to the teachers on the policies of his office. The school superintendent advocated one standard of instruction for all children in the elementary grades and declared his opposition to a dou- ble teaching for the rural schools and another and higher standard for those' in the schools of the larger cities and saying that the practice would result In a stratified society. Mr. Lee said that he favored the "six-six" plan for the state high schools. In support of this he asserted that there has been less accomplished in the seventh and eighth grades than in any other grades in the elementary schools.

The present system, Lee said, does not provide for individual difference; does Count in Junior World Series, Even Kansas City, Oct. count in.the junior world series between Baltimore and Kansas City stood 1 to 1 today, with no game scheduled. The battle will be renewed on the Kansas City grounds tomorrow, the final game being played here Sunday, when the two teams will move to Baltimore to wind up the series. The Orioles took yesterday's game 3 to 1. Crowds continued skimpy, a total through the not stimulate interest In education; does not socialize the individual; makes no provision for self-discovery and does not allow the children to investigate.

He advocated "broadening and finding courses in the seventh and eighth grades. The school problem in Missouri is essentially a small town and rural problem, according to Lee. who stated that there are only eight cities In the state with more than 15,000 population and that the average population of towns possessing schools of the first class was less than 1,000. Card of Thanks We desire to thank our friends for their kindness during the illness campment of the I. O.

O. F. is the best white corn Bought to this The meeting was a good one and was well attended. While in Nevada, Messrs. Mitchell and Lewis met officethis season.

Mr. McCoskrie said he believed the 90 acres would average 60 to 65 bushels an acre and is A number of former Chillicotheans the best corn crOD raised on the farin ThTey were taker, to the chicken ranch of Vern Norman, near Nevada, ett gets possession of his Livingston I and shown over the ranch by Mr. county farm March 1. 1924, and Mr. Border gets possession of his farni at thf- same time.

The deal was cji Norman, which is one of the best in that section of the state. Enroute home the Chillicotheans stopped at in the past forty years. LABOR TO OPPOSE CANDD3ACY FOB SENATOR OSCAR UNDERWOOD sunimated by the Roberts Land Liberty, where they attended the Portland, Oct 12. Adopted la in of the corner stone of the new without debate, the American Feder- I. O.

O. F. hall being erected in that ation of Laborj approved a motion The management had 9 00 to, sac, gan poor management of the ticket to sale, many who had expected to see the game, remained away. Loan Company of Hamilton. SAID HIS UNCLE COMMANDED HOI TO KILL STEPMOTHER Marshfield, Oct.

Covall, 15, today confessed muredr- ing his stepmother, claiming he had been directed to commit the crime by his helpless, crippled uncle, Arthur Covall. The boy said his uncle read the planets and ordered the murder. After killing his stepmother, Alton said he reported back to his "commander" for further orders. Th euncle, 46 years of age, has read horoscopes for thousands of people in all parts of the United States. Both he and the boy are held for further developments.

Our new 8 per cent Preferred issue city. They also visited the I. O. O. F.

home there. The 1924 meeting will be held in Liberty. Get More Booze at Carlow. "The law is on the road," said a to make part of the federation records a telegram from Birmingham, opposing the candidacy of Sen. Oscar Underwood of Alabama, for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1924.

tip to three alleged bootleggers, near Tne action had the effect of placing the federation on record against Carlow last Thursday, but the tip was too late. The "law" was there at the same time the O. was given, and consequently Claude Lipps, Jennings Snyder, Jas. Lipps and Millard Cecil, all of Carlow. are the senator's candidacy.

SAVE MONEY SATURDAY AT 713 LOCUST ST. Cabbage, 25 pounds 63o TOLL GATE PASSES AS STATE ASSUMES CONTROL OF HIGHWAY With the abolishing of the old toll gate on the Blackfoot gravel road Saturday, Boone county witnessed the passing of a landmark fifty-one years old. Since the road was opened the toll gate has been in the same place. Money taken as toll has been used in keeping the road in repair a THE CHILDREN. POSSE FINDS FOOTPRINTS OF TRAIN BANDCTS BANDITS ESCAPE WITH LOOT FROM MAIL CAR AFTER KILLING FOUR certain amount of the sum going to SherUf Calkins Is Leading a Through the Rugged Sfekiyon Mountains Trailing Bandits.

the keeper of the gate. The board of directors decided recently to give the road to the state. Highway No. 7 will pass over it, from Moberly to Jefferson City. The road I edding, Calif, Oct.

12. Foot- will probably not be completed for Drints of three men in the Sandy dirt two years, but during this time the were discovered when searching par- under arrest. Claude Lipps, Snyder Sweet Potatoes, 7 pounds 25c Lump Starch, 4 pounds 25c and Millard are charged with the manufacture and possession of liquor. Sheriff Frank Gildow, Prosecuting Attorney Dean Leopard and Deputy Herbert Tague made up the raiding party and some 15 gallons of liquor and 8 barrels of mash were confiscated. Jas.

Lipps, father of and Profit Sharing Common Stock Claude Lipps, was the one who was Bonus Plan assures the investor least 12 per cent Cash dividends, payable quarterly. Full details upon found to contain a great amount of request. The Kansas Petroleum fusil oil. Corporation, Chanute, Kansas. An inquest Into the death of Ed- ward Ctenghan, 49, contracting painter, first to die.

showed he had died fusil oil poisoning contracted from liquor purchased from John Tokoly. soft drink parlor proprietor, according to the coroner's jury verdict. were: Wright Eblers, 50, dealer; George Baldwin, 4tf, insurance agent; Chas. E. Gaughan, 32, locomotive engineer; Maurice Clark.

45. stock buyer; Edward Biehl, 55, contractor. No recommendations were made by the jury and police had made no arrests today. SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY AND MONDAY. 10 Ibs.

Sugar $1.00 100 Ibs. Cabbage 2.00 Apples, Jonathan, per bu .85 Fancy Peaches, basket .25 tipping off the boys about the "law," but the officers were in hiding and heard the elder Lipps give the warning. Dan Cecil is farming the land on which the liquor was atln North Missourian. Auto Crash Is Fatal Orman (Freck) Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Arch Miller, of Gallatin, deid Wednesday at midnight at the Trinity Lutheran hospital in Kansas City, where he was taken Tuesday af- 6 bars Swift Naptha Soap .25 ternoon following a fatal auto col- Ben Hur Soap .25 New Evp. Apricots, per Ib .15 New Evp. Prunes, per Ib .15 New Evp. Peaches, per Ib .15 2 pkgs. new Mince Meat .25 PHONE 93.

C. E. BRADFORD GROCERY. Seneca Beauty Potatoes, per pk 20c Fig Newtons, per pound 18c Shoe Polish, white or black lOc Fancy Sunkist Oranges, per doz 25c Shasta Red Salmon, tall can 23c Gallon can Cherries 90c Corn Flakes, 2 large pkgs 25c Beechnut Spaghetti, 2 cans 29c LAMBERT'S BASKETERIA. state will keep the road in repair.

Only six miles of the Blackfoot gravel road was completed at the time the toll gate was installed in 1872. The rest of the road has been built in the last fifteen years. The ties organized today to trail the bandits who killed four trainmen on the San Francisco Express and looted the mail car. Sheriff Calkins of Yr ka arrived on the scene of the robbery and led the toll keeper has for many years occu-) searchers who are beating through pied an old log cabin, built of tn rugged Siskiyou mountains in smoothed logs with the cracks search of the murder bandits. A D'S Along with our many other good values in Meats and Groceries, we offer for SATURDAY and MONDAY the following: Skinners 1 Macaroni or spaghetti, per box 5c (Limit, 2 boxes to a family) Monarch Pork and beans, 3 cans for 25c Bulk Cocoa, 2 Ibs.

15c lision Monday night. The sad acci- Fancy Rio Coffee, per Ib 2Oc dent happened in front of the O. M. I New Navy Beans, 3 Ibs. Venable home, West Van Buren Sugar, 1O Ibs.

l.OO chinked up with mud, in true pioneer style. Just who was the first one to take toll at. the gate is not known. The latest toll keeper was Henry Bradley, who had been in charge of the gate three years. Mr.

Bradley plans to continue to live in the toll house, and farm the three and one-half acres which surrounds it. Many toll keepers have made much of their living on this small plot. Tom and John Alton, of the Alton Garage, were reared in the toll house leaving there ten years ago. "I was born in Columbia, but my first memories are of the Blackfoot gravel toll gate, which for many years was home to me. Lots of interesting things TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY 4 FORSALE One set of gooTwork harness and a good wagon.

Phone 823 FOR SALE Womens Clothing Call 12-2t 1'OH furnished rooms for light housekeeping, 431 Vine. A-hcne 1415-R. oil -ti FOR nic ly furnished modern rooms for light housekeeping on ground floor. 438 Walnut street. FOR happened there," John said, Evening little suburban lots, six-room house, cellar, $1,600.

street, shortly after 7 o'clock. With purchase of other goods sourian. Orman, with Owen O'Bryant of Picnic Hams, per Ib. 15c this city, was driving east on the Dixie Square Bacon, 2 Ibs. 35c There will be a man at the Tom street mentioned, when their car col-' South Side Square Campbell orchard all this week to home, two lights, fruit Mis-1 Terms.

Also a nice suburban home of about 1 1-4 acres, with good six room house, new garage, chicken house, lots of fruit, etc. Price $3200. 12-2t Htled with the one driven by Dr. N. 12-2t Phone 106 your order.

Mo. Ryan, Chillicothe, 12-4t.