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United Press 9 News Service MOBERLY Our Get VOLUME 53 MOBERLY, MISSOURI, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 26, 1923 NUMBER 53 LIONS HAVE CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR KIDDIES More Two Hundred a( and 'J'rco Show Who i ti Han la hundred klddtos of ostH at the Lions' su-rl In in on t. given o'clock, of I he Salvation LJons Club More ihnn fjr.y were C'ub ChrlKtmas erc ru tho Fourth sir day morning at 0: Through the aid Army and instructors, of FCbook of city obtained a list of the worthy (tff-n and enrh wan clvcn to party and they inurie ftood usu- of it. A Christmas trof; Iho as tlH-y fhc 11 and it before Su UL Clrus hlnwlf ontorcd in fhe porson of Pore SUiuffr-r. Santa I'mnediutoly V'Knn a shower of to the "sovornl hundred which included various WmL-rorf toys, apples, crantcfc.y and othsr fruit, A pound "bag of candy, made- the list, complete-, and all wr.ro hnppy.

Following the Christinas outer- and 'the nppeavancu of Santa Clans with his pack, klda woro K'vou a real treat the buzz of the picture machine proved thai they Tom Mix In ail hSa on Though thoro Avwre more than two hundred at the thertre -Lilly could not make awny with the gifts sweets that wore on hand; so ilie balance of the articles were turned over to the Salvation them to various and in any children In all party of the "it waa a big and glonothi Christmas," the klcla said, who attended tbe party yesterday. A Message of Courage From Nellie Revell, the Invalid KANSAS MONSTER STEER NOW INCHARITON CO. "Uncle Bing," Claimed to Steer In World, Hough t. 'by Salisbury. A tnonator steer', weighing a little more than a ton and a huH', 22 foot long from TIOHO to tip of tnil, and alrtioHt sf.v foot high, claimed to bo tho largest ateer in the -world, now at In Charlton county.

Tho animal vlowocl with much curiosity, and woirdar by many of our pooplo, wasi brought horo tho first of tho from Gardon City, by 7,. Taylor of flouHioftsl of (own. Mr, Taj'ior wont to Kansas last week looking for louda of goncl muloM, with no intention of buying anything at Garden City some o'ne called his attention to big which tho Kansans claimotl to bo tho stoor in tho world, and Invltod him'to take a look at the monster. Mr. Taylor made an offor for tho animal and it was accepted, HO Kansas has lost tho honor of possessing tho big steer and Charlton county can now Justly hoast of the honor.

Tho stoer IH only In ordinary flesh and Mr. Taylor intends to fatten him fox' oxhlbition purposes sit jiomfi of the bis showH iit'Xt yoar. Taylor and other judges of cattle hallovo the- plant can easily bo rnado to weigh two tons. Tho Gardf-n City (Kansas) TOlo- mentioning the purchase by Mr. Taylor, "Undo IMng," tho mpnntor stoor, which, was by A.

Greathouse on his ranch north of this city, was shipped this week to Salisbury. whore he will make his future homo. The steer was sold to.Z. Taylor Son, big stockmen of Missouri and they plan to place him on full feed that he may take on enough tat lo pull tho scales down to two tons. la the champion steer of the world and Is srtictly a Kinncy county product, His sire was an excellent Hereford and his dam w-13 a fine type of Shorthorn.

Tho steer spent the five yours o( his life on tbe Groathouso ranch and his main source, of food was the buffalo whk'h covers the most of.ihe prairie land of Western press-Spectator. RKTUUX cmEVSCR Paris, Dec, Vcal- will return to Greece In answer to the call oC his countrymen, First the veteran statesman will the political turmoil in his land with a delegation from fa considering ing a plebpselte to determine whether Greece shall bv a republic or monarchy. He will leave for Athens Friday, By ALICE-ROHE: (Written Cor the United Press) New Yo.rk, Dec. Four ars Nellie Revell has been the host invalid." Before that she was tho. "world's host press agent" Today she is the world's host author on courage.

Tomorrow, if the greatest interest ever manifested in tho publication of a book counts for anything she will be tho world's best seller. 4 For Nellie Revell has written a book! It 'is called "Right Off the Chest." Give that title a thought- If. means that every word of this David, Belasco calls written as she lay flat on her back in St. Vincent's hospital, her hand moving laboriously over the pad of paper on her chest. But It is a book of golden sunlight and soft shadows.

Never once does tho horror of. those black places through which Nellie Rovell found her tortured way cast a mark on these merry pages. There is pathos lurking evor around the corner, too, but thai, after all, is what real humor tear trembling perilously near laughter. And Nellie Revell is a humorist. Once she said to me: "You're tho only friend I have who never gave me, 'Speaking of 1 What's the matter?" "What's the use," I replied.

"You will write a book that will make Irvin Cobh alt right straight up and take notice." And, she has. He has taken such notice as to write tho foreword to "Right Off the Chest," one of the greatest tributes to Nellie Revell's fine courage and beautiful spirit that has over been penned by one author In praisb of another. And, still more, George Doran has published the book at cost as his tribute to Nellie Revell's fighting courage. James Montgomery Flagg has. made the frontispiece portrait.

The most famous of modern artists have made the illustrations. It's a book, aside fronVtho great story of bravery it tells, which Is one of tho most unique of publications. President Cooliclgo says of it: "Miss Revell's Cine spirit, patience and fortitude Have made her a beautiful example for all of us, and she MANY WEDDINGS FOR CHRISTMAS TIME Six Brides awl Grooms Havo Been Added to tbe of Xmvly Wcds in Afoberly and Vicinity. Miss F.iUa Buster of this city Europe Is Awakening From Her Nightmare Is entitled to the affectionate interest a rl Dpwey Byc-rs of CoHimbin were of the entire world." The book deals with Nellie Revell's -reactions to life these past four years, since tho day she was stricken down in the an energetic life with spinal Intense suffering, real imprisonment in appallingly awful casts and braces, every known torture has been her lot. Yet she has glimpsed the humor of life between the pains and she has thanked dod for her whom no person in the world has so many.

She writes 'of doctors, nurses, hospitals, and that Is why the.tribute from Dr. George David Stewart, president of the Academy of New York, Is unprecedented. Any reporter knows what It means to get an expression from a doctor on anything even faintly relasting to his profession. Yet Dr. Stewart "I have road Nellie Revell's book carefully and strongly recommend to Uie various boards cf education thai, it be made an official text book for doctors, nurses and patients," In tho old days, before she beeam-3 the most famous of press agents, Nellie Revel! chased the elusive news Horn to its lair.

A tribute from Roy W. Howard of the" Scripps-Howard newspapers, "Every editor knows that Nellie Revell was a great reporter and her account of her own battle for life puts her in the front rank of war correspondents." Now you don't see Nellie Rovell's story staring at you from the pages of an Italian or from lil(cations in Franco, just because she has corner on suffering. No, tho she is beloved the world over shines from the pages of her book. It's because she Is the eternal ray of hope, the battle hymn of courage for all other sufferers. It's because she never whines just call her then Hers is- tho- real sp the soul of a bravo not east to -syhom the book will appeal are -those whose spirits sometimes falter and whose courage sometimes wanes.

united in marriage at li o'clock yesterday afternoon' by Rev. V. Lamb at the home of the bride's mother, TUie. Emma Buster, 701? East Logan street. The bride is a cultured ho has'been employed in the check- department-at'Bowers store.

Mr. and Mrs. make.their home at Columbia. evening Lamb at. 8 officiated at thu c-f Susie This couple Ip-ft o'clock Rev; E.

to Floyd to spend 'Christmas nWr" Madison and will- return the first-'of-the year to live in ISloMlay c-vpning 0, 0: novers and Miss- Maggio Bailey pledged their vows of mnritnl loyalty with I.nmb as the officiating minister. Roscoe W. Graves and Miss Deltha wore joined in wedlock Monday evening toy Rev. T. Menson at his hrinie on Ua.rrov The home of'thq bride has boen at NINE BUSINESS HOUSES BURNN LA PLATA from Firo of Unknown Origin Tut at La Plata, Nine busl- houses, occupying tho entire South Side of the business sqUaro of La Plata, were destroyed by, fire of undetermined origin which raged for four 'h6urft''and caused 'a total damage of here Christmas Beginning in tho La Plata Dry Gooda Store at 9 o'clock Christmas morning, the blaze spread rapidly because there is no waterworks and no tiro fighting apparatus hero.

Bucket brigades fought valiantly, but were, unsuccsesful against the flames, which burned themselves out at 1 o'clock In tho afternoon. In addition to the building's consumed, several places were badly damaged. Tho places 'destroyed were the La Plata Dry Goods Store, the Johnson Shoe Store, Williams Williams' Department Store, Turner Elgin Hardware Store, La Plata Republican Printing Company, Hamcl Harness Store, Spencer Implement and Grain Company, Lhulley-Buster Poultry Store, and the Swartout Produce and Feed Store. Most of tho buildings were insured. A proposition to erect waterworks here has been voted on twice in tho past yeaV and defeated both times.

Gen. Wood's Son Has Made $800,000 In Wall Street New Dec. a little more than one year Lieutenant Osborne Cutler Wood, son of Leonard Wood, governor general of the Phil- lipinos, has made approximately SSOO.OOO in Wall street, doing his trading from Manila by cable. This was revealed today in a. copyrighted Manilla, dispatch to the New York Tim lea which was confirmed by the United Press from other sources.

Lieutenant Wood, who is 26 years of nga and aide to his father, made his first big winnings in the fall of 1922 when he bought Standard Oil of New Jersey. The stock gained 60 points giving him the capital with which to engage.in other ventures which netted him heavy profits. Now that he has made his fortune Lieutenant Wood intends to resign his commission and enter the diplomatic service, Japanese Protest i Against U. S. Alien Land Law Rilling Washington, Doc.

-Jajpan made formal representations to 'the United amounting -to a protest against" tho land laws of states California and other it was learned today. This step by Japan follows closely the" decisions of tho United States supremo court confirming tho constitutionality oil tho western laws barring Japanese from holding land in any way In these states for agricultural purposes. The Japanese communication was not understood to protest against opinions of the supreme court themselves but to object to the- situation that results from tho court's decision. The protest' from Japan, according to the viwe hero, Is the climax to the long history of the western anti-alien land legislation as the diplomatic correspondence that previously passed between the United States and Japan- on this subject has foreshadowed such a step as the present note from Tokio. The i groom' is nice' young man of -thJis city employed as a- clerk for the Wabnsb.

at Union Station-. 1 a London, Dec. has completed another year of her slow awakening from the nightmare of the world war. Perhaps the outstanding' political development of the year was a strong movement towards conservatism 'in billigerent and neutral, conqueror and'conquered states alike. Radicals lost ground everywhere, except in England, -where labor materially Increased its power and parliamentary prestige, Benite Mussolini has consolidated has Fascist government, in Italy.

Greece is in the hands "of military dictatorship, and militant republicans are pulling the, king's throne out from under him. He has been expelled. General Primo Rivera is the virtual dictator of Spain, after-a bloodless revolution of one day. Conservatives seized the reins In Bulgaria and tho radical prime minister Stambouliskl, was killed in the sharp fighting that attended the overthrow. Germany seems abbut to follow these states and declare for a strictly conservative government, as against, the present much than its prede- plained, were slow and inadequate, would be made promptly and fully, Germany began passive resistance.

England refused to co-operate with her allies, France and Belgium, and Italy was an unwilling assistant to them. Reparations payments ceased. For months hiere. was a a to or- I tive attempts at agreement; riots; imprisonment of German industrial-' ists and government officials; murders of French and Belgian soldiers; shooting-up of towns by French and Belgian forces. All the time conditions In Germany became worse.

Afcd the allies, who had' fought and won the war Together, became more and more estranged. Then Germany collapsed. The DIXMUDE IS STILL REPORTED MISSING French Xfiry "Department -Has- Hope, of Saving Crew of 50 and Paris, Dec. camel couriers, by cavalry and by fleets of-airplanes French military and naval authorities redoubled their efforts to find the missing naval dirigible. Dixmude, lost in Northeast Africa.

At the same time the government ordered a battle cruiser and five torpedo boats to rush to sea to do their utmost to find the airship in case it had been blown down 5n the medi- terranean, "We expect nothing but had news now," Commander Dwroc, an attache of the ministry- of marine lold the. United Press. "Our only hope is that the" Dix- mude's crew lias reached the ground." mark became worthless. There were Lacking definite word from the unsuccessful attempts at rebellion in'I giant air liner since Friday the Bavar.ia and the French government does not. know former aiming at seizing power and whether the Dixmude still is iix iho restoring the monarchy, the latter at The bi'idw Ja'-a lady of Jaclc- Fonville, groom lives 'near C.

Shumate-' and Nan were' united in mai'i'lngo at ft o'clock Mornlay evening by Rev. W. T. Henson' at the' Enocli'ft home oil South Williams' more conservative cessors. Once Europe was brought to the verge of war.

Italian members of an allied military mission were killed on i Greek soil. Italy's fleet bombarded Miss Emma Carol Wolfs was. the Greek port of Corfu. The casual- changed from a Into a Wed-, ties were refugees, mostly children, ding by a wedding, ar, II o'clock this in the end Greece satisfied the Ital- morning, wlien she united in- ian demands and war that would marriage to -Albert' Jessfl Wedding 1 have involved' all Europe was'avert- with-'Rev. Henspn pronouncings ed.

he-ceremony States collapsed. arid others were rehabilitated during the year.V; Germany, a great world 'power collapsed almost completely, and now seems to have seen the worst of her troubles, Turkey has won back by the peace of Lausanne what she lost during the war, and more. She finds herself a strong, progressive republic, with Mustaphp who led the -Angora president. Russia' has started ''to come 'back. Italy and Great.

Britain are' preparing to recognize her certainly within the7year. 'Austria, stripped of her most -val- uable" territory; reached the depths of economic ruin" Today her finances restored by the League of Nations. I 1 Hungary is to be assisted similarly as soon as the consent of some doubt, ful league members Greece, torn by war and revolution, has applied for aid. But 1924 opens with continental Europe still in grave difficulties, but no worse off, perhaps better, than at the beginning of 1923. At the'close of; 1922, France had just British "and Italian 'Kansas City, Dec.

mek regain -today, committed sui- 'on the doorstep -of. the home where his- estranged', wife lived after his'entreaties' for Christmas reconciliation -were declined. Gregath. argued with his wife for several attempting 'to mission to the house. When, she he took shot himself, Chicago, Dec.

bandits today held -up Cigar store at'State and, Madison streets, "the world's busiest corner," and escaped in.flu automobile with $'250. Bast St. Louis, Dec. of TVT. Scruggs, a deputy, sheriff of to be acting'' chief (federal enforcement officer of the eastern district of Illinois which included forty-one counties in tho east nn'd south' part of the state, was announced today, Philadelphia, Dec.

2.G—"Poison liquor killed one man and. twcnty- five persons were, treated at hospi-; serv ed -by whether proclaiming a Rhineland republic. Passive resistance ceased, and, nothing happened. Great Britain and the United States proposed a huge reparations conference to settle the whole mess. The idea failed, because France refused the reassessment of Germany's war liability.

Allied military control over Ger- many'had ceased because of the chaotic conditions. France it restored immediately. England refused and threatened to, withdraw her troops and cease to co-operate with the For the first time since war, France save in. Things changed for the better. France signed an agreement with the Ruhr industrialists for payment: of reparations.

proposed an investi- air over the Mediterranean coasi or has come down in a on the wastes o-f the "Those of the Dixmude's crew who could land safely oiv the desert and find water might subsist for three weeks by stretching their emergency rations," Commander Duroc said. The big dirigible which sailed from France a week ago Tuesday and was taken from her course by gales on Thursday carried rations for fonr days, "It is almost impossible to land an airship without the aid of 250 Commander Duroc explained, "The commander might bring his ship to the ground and at the same time save the crew by out, thc but this would ho very hazardous." The ministry of marine announced today for'the first time tho names of the crew and passnegcrs. There gatioa by the reparations commission-! were 50 persons aboard, including of (1) German and (2) ''fourteen officers and nine passen German wealth two co mmittees. There may be further trouble gers, the latter naval captains went along as observers. The ministry of marine also said about the Ruhr, to who that the Dixmude carried parachutes is to get th'e menW, any.

7 land expressed inability to cprapre- As to the investigation, Great Britain consented to it- rather than to hend why the young commander of i-ei of the crow-to drop soni.i mem- argue, though believing it must fail. bre of the crew to drop, overboard But as plans for it are formed Great wit messages if the dirigible actual- tals as a result of Christmas drink-; 'tlier it const'ituted val.id evidence Senator Wheeler Attacks Coolidge D. Dec. western of party lines, are "through with Coolidge and strong for -McAdoo for the presidency," Senator AVlieeler, of Montana, declared today in an attack on the president's agriculttiral relief idea. "So far as the farming west is concerned," Wheeler said, "Gooiidge's ideas are a i'caic and an- todiluvlan." The message, lie said, shows that he does not understand the distressing plight of the farmers -west of the Mississippi Something must bo done quickly-.

Out In my -country we all favor the Norris-Sinclair bill or an exporting corporation for agricultural products organized by government. The west is prepared to send men of the Magnus Johnson stripe to and not 'milk ing, police 1 records showed today. Pittsburgh, man died from alcoholism here yesterday. St. Louis, Dec.

man died yesterday from poison liquor, plans to solve the reparations And 1923 opened with Trench and' Belgian troops marching into tbe Ruhr, where they seized the most productive center of, the German republic "as a guarantee that reparations payments, which, it was be produced at the proper time. This was learned from'a high government official today. He Baid the list was' held pending whether any good purpose could be I by -United are today. 'at-least 3,250,000 totally unemployed workers in Germany and 000,000 others who are jon; short, Hme, Theodor-e Leiport, tlfe Gompers o.C Germany, told the United aiuhoritfttively today. Moreover Leiport pointed out ihose who are fortunate' enough to Britain and others are beginning to believe that it may develop' into a real one.

If it the United States will join, and a settlement of the reparations problem may be effected. The entente Prance and Grent Britain, -which has become a myth, is stronger now than it has been for months. 'France is more- conciliatory. Belgium wants friendship wmvEngland. And Italy has adopted the'whole British which is peace hard work.

Prance and del shim are beginning remove all of the 60,000. soldiers-in the Ruhr; Things in Europe during 1923 became ao bad that they could not have' worse -vyar. Now, at east 1 The outlook is more cheerful.V1925 nay see Europe really convalescing 1 German Unemployed Given at 4,000,000 Berlin, fCopyright 1923 was over or near any city. Two Killed When Train Strikes Auto Alton, 111., Dec. of a steel company here were instantly killed when their automobile was struck on a grade crossing '-by a Chicago and Alton passenger train.

The dead are Charles Burris, Charles Pickering, This brought total Christmas grade -crossing deaths in Illinois to eleven. -Two were killed and two injured in an interurban craah in Chicago. Four were killed and four injured at Deer were killed and. one hurt at Danvilic. navy go in making' it 'public and in the case against- the bootleggers.

New York, mas liquor brought death t'o a man and a woman and another woman and four men are in Belleview hospital today. Besides these more than twenty alcoholic poisoning cases were, reported, In contrast to last year when twelve were admitted to hospitals 22 entered the institutions this season with three deaths and more expected. There were no fatalities last Christmas. New York, Dec. was halted in the stock of the Southern States OH Corporation In the -New York curb office today.

The company is sponsored hy former'Gover- nor B. C. Haskell of Oklahoma. Oth- er oil with which Haskell -is id'entij- Automobile Bandits fled immediately dropped on the market. The company on-n-business conduct of the New York Exchange began investigating transaction of stock exchange houses in Southern States oil.

Southern States oil has advanced rapidly from 28 to 33 during- the paset week. Busy in St. Louis St. JLouis, Dec. bandits in two daylight holdups today secured cash totaling $5400.

Four bandits held up Mrs. Ray, cashier of the Brown Taxicab Co. on '0 Explore North Pole Regior £tqn, Be'c, Amori- to go in for a huge scafe with- a combined fleet of ship? and aircraft, The report af the special board of; officers, headed by Rear Admiral" Wi A. Moffatl; madp public today, a definite plan of for the exploration next nf north polar region by airship noriy the ZJl-1. of Deufry.

hnve work are paid 1 'less Uian in pre- roV ed the subject to war times; while prices are at least one-half moro than 1913., Leiport who is leader of organized labor In Germany wa.ru- that certain industrialists workr-rs and WP.ZTP?; further fight the Industrialists to bitter end their jy from starving, and prevent their om- rloye-r from hiring workers from principal objective.of thp'ex- practicability of a nir route from America to Europe Irs of Russia. selected main base, bfeaufi? it was tho season. abroad, Leiport said. Washington, Dec. mystery list of 1,400 alleged "customers of Washington's syndicate seized by police when thir- The Weather Probably rain tonight or Tbttrfi- dya.

Warmer in southeast portion the street here late today and took Colder Thursday in from her at the point of a west portion, gun anrl escaped. Two youthful bandits at noon two hours earlier held up the Park Sav-1 ing bank in a suburb here and caped with, S600 in cash. On 6, bandits working: the to- Bought The G. W. Win.

Tallen, one cf the prosperous ea-h alien this -city, pur- No- chnstd the G. home 3t 1 lithe Clark street. We. Man-Eating Chewed Keeper's Leg Oil Dec. by a iuge man-eating alligator at Prospect.

zoo in Brooklyn day, John O'Brien rescued after letf had nearly chewed oft by the News reel photographers gathered to fiha the presentation of the gator.to the zoo kept grinding away with and secured motion pictures of stroyed but is in existence and will bank. Wuatads.