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jerrerson my s Leading newspaperrun Leased wire or AssoctiJEFFERSON CITY. MISSOURI, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1927VOL. XVIII.iCapital News ContestSEEKLOST GIRLSto Close ThisenwaPARTITION OFARE FOUNDVotes Will Be Counted by Disinterested JudgesKANSASand Winners Will Be Announced SundayI The first models of the new Ford are expected to arrive in Jefferson City on Wednesday of next week, according to an announcement yeator-Tonight at 8 p. m. ends the Capital | of knowing that they have done . n • • *\'ews big subscription campaign, something that is far above the aver-One of Largest Partition Thousanlt;e of new readers have been age, in other words they have sue_ # # . added and thousands have renew**! eceded where others have failed. InSuits in Cole History Filed their subscriptions to Jefferson City's winning they will have shown the3 popular morning newspaper to help people of this vicinity that they aresome energetic entrant to win one of of the class that cannot be defeated the handsome automobiles that are tlt; Und will win through in all walks of be awarded tonight. | life.Every entrant murt have their sub-■I i n .. j • •, n* i »'*•’ by H. E. Davis, manage! of theHelen ocott and Juanita Rick- i^ai Ford agency.man Arrested at Noon Mnn* :*r navis ,hutCiioIYesteriiv.ACTION IS DIRECTED Lotion, anU b«nct, in ihe m.AGAINST 43 CITIZENS « W ,;l«wU;ballot box will be moved from DiePlaintiff C A clf fniirl In KpII office of the Capital News to the riainilllS MSK toun lO Centrai Missouri Trust Co., where thejvotes will be counted.The last day of the campaign is here and tomorrow four entrants will be the proud owners of new automobiles. And will also have the honor!loEstate Property Near Cole10C*eltfGoftrMslt;mroVtiweeks ago in company with Fed; tlors were placed by persons who had Barnes, an ex-convict, were arrested on]y read and viewed the pictures ofat noon yesterday in Kansas City, the machine.Kansas, where they had been living] in an apartment. No trace, however,Junction.could bo found of Barnes by the uu thoritics at that place.h I • lt;«.LOHMAN NAMEDThe apprehension of the two girls |came as the result of an anonymous I letter, which was received here yesterday morning by City Clerk Nall. The message had been addressed to the Jefferson City Welfare Department, eare of the. City Hall, and was turned over to the city clerk by the mail carrier.ON STATE BOARDLocal Attorney Appointed on Law Examining Board by Governor Baker.a Idlt;uThe letter simply stated that Hel-j en Scott and Juanita Hickman couldIra H. Lohman, prominent Republi can atomey of Jefferson City, yes terday was appointed a nvmboi ofaIibJudge Westhues Sets Aside be found in un apartment on Wash-- - . _ i i • ington Street in Kansas City, Kansas,Judgment of Local Justice the street number being also given.Mr Nall turned the communicationover to the county authorities, who telephoned the police in that city to arrest the girls A message later informed the local officers that the two had been arrested and taken to thety, be ordered -old and the proceed ;the Mis.sou restate Board of Law Examiners by Governor Sam A. Baker.Mr. Lohman, who is regarded one of the most able lawyers in Central Missouri, was named to succeed W. S. Jackson, Republican, of Warsaw, Benton County, whose term has expired.The state law board is composed of six attorneys and membership is considered a high honor and distinctionddftlt;Court; Barnhart DemurrerWill Be Argued.Judge H« ry J. WtSthue.s in the( ole County Circuit Court yesterday j police station.CARS DAMAGED INbring the girls back to their homesivision 1 came $246; with division I,here. They had not returned ut a P^lic officers ami employes scoringilate hour last night. m L 1Four young men, including Barnes.IW0rme H Nface serious charges in justice courts K wl ^ f j 7_ ji.iJml! 2 9 and, .7 - so reported in divlsiona 7, 5, 2. p an«here because of the disappearance of y10.Machines Operated by Chester Brown and Bernard Sandersthe girls.The four, S. Arbuckle, Frank Phil-Contributions to the Fund by pupil of the public schools of the city un 1Crashed I^ist Night.ilips, Wilfred Hensley and Barnes, are . tcach„rp um| employe*, were lead charged with having feloniously per-\. fP.lturr* „f the Hay’s returns.tAutomobiles driven by Chester Brown und Bernard Sanders, high school students, were damaged last evening in a collision at High and Washington Streets.Brown was traveling west on High at the time in his Ford touring car and uttempted to make a completeturn at the Washington intersection, one-ninth j Sanders, who was going in .the sameitI1bla1tagainst all of which there are now deeds of trust aggregating $16,500.The other three-ninths is owned by Sidney and James Smith and Nettie Byrd, which is also slightly' encumbered.In order to satisfy the deeds of jured. trust against the land, the plaintiff.-* urge the court to order all of the propeity sold under the direction of the court and the proceeds divided according to the interests of the parties involved.The suit, which will likely be argued before Judge Westhues next week, is directed against Sidney,James, Elza, Louie, Wilbur, Warren,Anton, Sadie, Howard, Richard, William, Bertram, David, Ada, J/e, Turner, Kenneth, Mable, Devonia, Luther, Hal, J. T., Jr., L. C. Jr., STary,Carl, Guy, Ray, Dell, Noma, A'lie,Ollie, Lawrence and Elzie Smith and Nannie and Lawrence Smith, and Goldie, Elcie, Gladys, Merrie, Warren, Harold and John Byrd, and L. H.Cook, W. M. (Jarman, C. A. Platt.Joe Sickinger and L. J. Franz, trustees, and John Sinclair, Norma Hartley and Dell Hartley.direction in a Dodge roadster, did slt; lt;• Brown signal for the turn and his machine crashed into the rear of theother car.Both cars were considerably damaged but their occupants were unin-ititIiSERVICES TODAYiFOR JOHN T. SHORTMorePallbearers for Prominent Mason and Contractor WereNamed Yesterday.h'ges that i*. i h\\ord the jurisdic- More than thirty witnesses have al-ti n of the ;tate commission. ready been summoned by CircuitThe jury for this term of court wa l lerk Richard K. Nacy, in the case excused yesterday and will not report j0f chofJter A. Platt, administrator of again until the February session. |the Joseph A. Huegel estate, against A demurrer in the cose of Arm I \|rs ]V];iry Huegel, which will be triedin the Cole County Circuit Court here jnext Wednesday.Barnhart against Dr. Aldridge will be argued in court this morning./(BLIND ASSOCIATIONWILL MEET MONDAY(lt;The regular monthly meeting of th ntral Missouri Association for thethe cafe to compel Mrs. Huegel to I Thp comrniUee for the 192Kreturn to the Huegel estate a large1Blind will be held at 7:30 o'clock next [ ]0ck of share? in the Central Hotel, v/ l r C. AMonday ening, according to an bxi- J which were given the defendant bs * * 1lt;LINHARDT FINED(! ihhomas. Howard Cook. K. M. Tat*t\ u tr\ /divided among the natural heirs.They also request that individuals holding deeds of trust against the property be enjoined from foreclosing until after the sale and distribution of the proceeds.The petition sets forth that upon the death of Mr. Smith that all of the property was left to his wife, Finettc Smith, with the provision that upon her death it was to be divided equally between their nine children, and upon their death to their children.Mrs. Smith died in October, 1923, and each of the children received one-ninth of the estate. They were Sidney, James, Elzie, Turner, Louis, Wilbur, Charles and Warren Smith and Mrs. Nettie Bell Byrd.Charles Smith died soon after his mother und his ..are of the estate was left to a daughter, Ruby Louise Smitii, who later transferred it to Jasper Turner Smith, a plaintiff ir. the partition suit.The plaintiffs now set forth that Jasper Turner Smith now has a life interest in five-ninths of the estate complete ownership ofDne of the largest partition suits, ever filed in the history of the Cole County Circuit Court was brought, yesterday by Attorney Ira H. Lehman in behalf of the two heirs of the estate of the late E. C. Smith, prominent farmer and landowner of the Cole June!ion neighborhood for manyyears.The two plaintiffs, Jasper Turner Smith and Nellie Smith, pray the comt in their partition petition that all of the Und owned by the e.-tate, which involves several hundred acres of the best fi.in land in Cole Counjaiicmoon reversed the judgment ofa local Justice court and found forjthe defendant in the $23 suit brought by ii. G. Prenger against C. T. Kaith*lei.UPTOWN rO!mHV4 * lt;ab0 which involved a fence•vtfli vvLLIJivil HjSpUte of long standing, was tried inFuneral services for John T. Short, former resident of this city, who died last Monday in St. Louis, will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon from theMasonic Hall.The body, which arrived here yesterday afternoon accompanied byMrs. Short and Mrs. Ruth Wells, a daughter, will lie in state at the Ma sonic Hall until noon today. Masonic services will be held i*t the grave.The pallbearers will be W. H. Gun-delfinger, William Zuendt, J. L. Tate^ Fred Tanner, Ed Ramsey and Dr.M. Hendy.a justice court several weeks ago and a verdict in full given the plaintiff. It was then appealed to the circuitcourt.Witnc-ses in the suit yesterday were John Mo* Her, Herman Moeller. Henry Schmidt, Henry Hugener, Nike Sevier, John Wo ken, Olto Mueller, Henry Hackers, Ed Rucker.-* and Oscar Prenger.Constable John W. Bruner vva *awarded $100 damages against the City of Jefferson by a jury in the circuit court yesterday morning for injuries suffered when he fell across h wire stretched between the sidewalk and curbing in front of the FairviewFenton K. Luckett represented Bruner in the trial while City At torney James T. Blair, Jr., app* .♦!«lt;] far the city.The case of the Lohman Mutual I Telephone Company against the Pub-Si y it- Commission regar-rimv the right to fix rates was argued be-| fore Judge Westhues yesterday and afterwards taken tinder advisement. P. I). McDonald represented the service board at the hearing while I).Peters and W. c. Irvin represented the telephone company, which al~Th i merit vote race that closed j Thursday evening was one of the largest and best getting periods for many of the entrants. In all districts the race was close, in fact so close that one dollar made the difference between first nnd second place. Most of the top merit vote winners were entrants who have been leading(Continued on page 2)School.suaded the giils to leave their homes for immoral purposes.The two ;-irls and Barnes are understood to have gone direct to Kan-Ms City, Kansas, upon their depart ure from here. The girls had been told that they would be married at that place and that the four would then go to Picher, Oklahoma, to maketheir homes.Their story of the escapade will notbe available until their return this morning.Juflge Henry J. Westhues has disqualified himself in the case and ha called in Judge Random A. Brener ofHermann, who will occupy the bench during the trial.Administrator Platt is seeking inHelen Scott and Juanita Hickman, 14-yeur-old Jefferson City girls, who disappeared from this city about twoMr. Hickman, father of one of the girls, and Deputy Sheriff Withaup left at 2 o'clock for Kansas City toThan Thirty Have A1 ready Been Summoned by Circuit Clerk.MANY WITNESSESIN HUEGEL CASELed to Apprehension.Kansas, Apartment; LetteiYesterday in Kansas City,, The “K. M. Baldwin,” a government towboat piloted by ( aptain Earp, who is well-known along the Missouri River, passed through Jef ferivon City yesterday en route to Gasconade, where the boat and accompanying barges will be repaired during the next few weeks.Captain Earp i a strong boost* r for an open channel on the. river ar dI is pleased with the campaign nov.being waged for that purpose.He declared that an open river will mean much to this section of M. souri.Working with undaunted spirit anddetermination for the year’s support of the charity and character-building organisations of the city and county, and for the good name of Jefferson City, volunteer solicitors in the “I cans” Community Fund army last night pushed total pledget past tie $16,000 mark, reaching 77 percent of the needed $20,070 goal. Kxact totuk last night were $16,165.62.Eight divisions made returns yes terday, numbers 1, 2, 4, ft, 7, 8 b and 10 of $643,01.From the speciul committee in dihad re vised assumnce from the St.larnis agency that a number of tl'C new- machines would In* forwarded tohim here early next week.Interest in the new- Ford is paramount in this city, he pointed out. and hundreds of motorists called at the home agency yesterday to view large photographs and learn of the new car.Mr. Davis declared that many or-“E. M. Baldwin” (Joes to («h»-conade for Repairs; Captain Karp Is Pilot.Junior High Pupils Give $39 to Fund; $16,155.62 Sub-Kcribed to Date.CHEST CAMPAIGNCHRISTIAN CHURCH TOHOLD HONOR SUNDAYTHROUGH THIS CITYHonor Sunday will be observed nextSunday at the First Christian Church and all members of the congregationare urge j to be present#SWELL TOTAL OFSCHOOL CHILDRENU. S. TOWBOAT PASSES(Continued on page 2icanHeading the list of “I care” givenamong the students, in total amounts,
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