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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Democrat
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1919
Page
4
Calves Show and Sale Draws Strong Interest in County
The Boys and Girls Calf Club of the county held its second annual show and sale at the county lot by the courthouse. About forty entries competed with high praise from judges for quality. The sale average was 10 dollars, with the top price at 200 dollars and total sales equaling 2400 dollars against 1000 dollars cost. Various entrants from Lamonte and Sedalia attended with wagons and trucks. Awards went to top youths in Boys and Girls Show Classes and in Most Profitable Calves and Sweepstakes, listing winners from Sedalia, Lookout, and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Is County
Court House
Iers
Ewing Bradshaw
Clarence Edward
Lamonte
J. Ed Hall
Laite
E. H. Harmon
The
South University
Preight
University
C. J. Hieymus
Dunksburg
Green Ge
Lookout
Sedalia
Green Ridge Social Roundup Lights Up June Chau Mqua
Residents gather for local visits and travel as Windsor Ed Dora Springs and other towns see relatives. Kansas City visitor Luis Leabo takes a short vacation with sister while Charley Town visits grandparents in Illinois. Community plans include a four day Chau Mqua at Green Ridge June 17 20 with merchants and townspeople backing the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Ream
Windsor
Lucy Phillips
Ed Dora- Springs
Luis Leabo
Kansas City
Lester Caldwell
Robert Hastie
Clinton
Tom Lingle
Charley Town
Incy
Jick Overby
Nsom
Kansas
Clara Morrow
Lennesley
Marc Anderson
Warrensburg
Marvin Shaw
Colabus
Montana
Marvin Reatly
Pettis County Red Cross to Aid July Fourth Fair
IRES served at Smithton and Green Ridge Red Cross chair L B Ram call Pettis county chapter members to join a July Fourth basket dinner for soldiers and sailors at the Sedalia State Fair grounds. Volunteers urged to unite for the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ires
Smithton
President Wilson to Return to United States Soon
Paris reports President Wilson is expected to leave France for the United States within ten days to two weeks, as the homeward move is regarded as probable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Wilson
France
United States
Gardner Cuts Over Million From General Appropriation Bills
Gov Gardner vetoed 1,005,422 from general appropriation and education eleemosynary bills. He also held up budgets totaling about 1.2 million, delaying funds for institutions from Kirksville to Fulton and Cape Girardeau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Faire
Kirksville Normal
Cape Girardean Normal
Marysville Normal
the State University
Springfield Normal
Fulton Insane Asylum
St Joseph Insane Asylum
Farmington Insane Asylum
Fulton Coat and Dumb Institute
Marshal
Gardner
Gardner approves bill to curb auto thefts
Governor Gardner has signed a new law requiring the seller and buyer of licensed cars to appear before an official to execute a transfer, with both signatures and acknowledgment creating a bill of sale. Owners must obtain a state license. possession by others without a transfer creates prima facie evidence of theft. The secretary of state will distribute copies to inform owners of sale procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Gardner
Vendee
Secretary of State
Financiers Called for Inquiry Over Treaty Copies
Telegrams were sent asking J. P. Morgan Henry P. Davison Thomas Lamont Jacob Schiff Paul Warburg and Frank A Vanderlip to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee tomorrow. The inquiry concerns how copies of the peace treaty reached private interests in New York as Congressional Record published the treaty today and Senator Borah urged printing as a public document.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Press
J. P. Morgan
Henry P. Davison
Thomas Lamont
Jacob Schiff
Paul Warburg
Frank A. Vanderlip
New York
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lodge
Congress
Congressional Record
Borah
Idaho
Fifteen Named to Advise on County Hard Roads
A Sedalia convention selected fifteen men to form an advisory board for the Pettis County Hard Roads project. The list includes L. P. Andrews, Ira E. Mellon, Green McFarland, and Wm. Purchase among others. A committee will present the names to the county court, with a five member board to guide road contracts and bond expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stone McClure
Houstonia
Ira E. Mellon
Sedalia
Green McFarland
Bowling Green
Fred Ream
Green Ridge
Clement Jones
Longwood
C. B. Chryst
Prairie
Ferdinand Bruehl
Lake Creek
Thos. J. Raines
Heath Creek
Wm. Purchase
Elk Fork
Victor Lewis
Green Ridge No. 2
John H. Bothwell
Cedar
JG. F. Parker
Lamonte
W. F. Wheaton
Dresden
R. S. Tyler
J. S .Brenneman
E. B. Helman
Ed Bennett
F .F .Hatton
W. H. Powell
M. W. Carroll
Sedalia Chamber of Commerce
Hughesville
Flat Creek
Chamber of Commerce
R. N. Lower
Ollie D. Jenkins
Thomas J. Raines
Roy E. Taylor
Do. W. Mechininch
B. F. McClure
J. E. Mitchell
John L. McCurdy
Three Sedalia Passes by 342d Field Artillery
Three sections of the 342d field artillery of the 89th division passed through Sedalia Saturday night with brief stops. First Lieut. William H. Powell led the first section and predicted a homecoming in a week or ten days. his family met him in St. Louis. Darrell Harmon, a Sedalia native, rode the second section and was greeted by relatives in Kansas City after boarding the train. The third section also passed through Sedalia at 12:15 without stopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
342D Field Artillery
Sedalia
William H. Powell
Powell
St. Louis
Darrell Harmon
Referendum petitions circulate on Missouri dry law
Circulation begins in Missouri as the Tenth Ward Improvement association seeks to challenge the bone dry law and the national prohibition act. Officials say the required signatures to invoke the referendum should be collected within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Missouri
Tenth Ward Improvement Association
Garland Byrn Arrives in New York for Camp Dix Demobilization
Mrs. J. F. Scally reports her nephew Garland Byrn arrived in New York aboard the transport St. Louis and will be sent to Camp Dix for demobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Scally
Garland Byrn
New York
St. Louis
Camp Dix
Witness to Testify Against Accused Prostitute Ring
W W of Bolton traveled to Chicago on Saturday to bring back Susie Poynter an inmate of the Girls Industrial Home. The Poynter girl is to be used by the state as a witness against Letha Shull charged with influencing a female under 18 to become a prostitute.
Lane announces birth of daughter at Katy shops
Mr and Mrs Lester Lane of 1401 South Warren avenue announce the birth of an eight pound daughter on Saturday morning June 7. Mr Lane is a coach carpenter at the Katy shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Lane
South Warren Avenue
Lane
Katy Shops
Goes to the Katy Hoffman Files as General Counsel
Official records show Carl S. Hoffman named general counsel for Fox Missouri. The appointment positions Hoffman to oversee legal affairs and regulatory compliance for the Fox Missouri venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl S. Hoffman
I Asssss
ANT General Counsel
FOX Missouri
Sedalia Attorney Accepts Missouri M E T Counsel Post
Sedalia lawyer Cal S. Hofman has accepted the position of assistant general counsel for Missouri of the M E T and will join J. W. Jamison in St Louis as Katy's general counsel. Hofman, born and raised in Sedalia, is a noted attorney and musician who has been active in war drives and local public affairs. He and his wife will move to St Louis with their son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
J. W Jamison
Katy
Goose
Missouri
J. W. Jamison
St. Louis
Hoffman
Pettis County
Montgomery
Hofman
Stephens College
Missouri University
Pettis County Thar
Charles Hoffman
East Fifth Street
Fortune Telling Gypsy Robbery Denied by Ray Littick
Ray Littick of South Park avenue denies a Democrat report that Sophia Jones a Gypsy read his fortune and stole money. He says on the State Fair Boulevard approach Gypsy children blocked his car forcing a stop and a theft occurred as a woman asked for money and he handed over a quarter then recovered a torn five dollar bill from her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Littick
Sophia Jones
Tod
South Park Avenue
Democrat
Littick
Main Street
State Fair Boulevard
THINK SON STILL LIVES Corporal Henry Maness Missing Hope Remains
Mr and Mrs J F Maness of 1205 South Montgomery say their son Corporal Henry Maness of Company D 140th Infantry was wounded in the Arcene Forest on September 28 1415 and they still believe he is active or in an army hospital though they cannot learn his whereabouts. In May after inquiries through government departments they received word that Corporal Maness was alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Maness
South
Montgomery Avenue
Henry Maness
Compa Ny D
Criry
Arecrme Forest
Fence
Hhis
Maness Family Hopes Crushed by Error in War Reports
The Maness family of the United States awaited news of their son Henry Maness who was believed to be returning home within a year. A later War Department notice corrected the earlier information, stating the Henry Maness reported was a different soldier with the same name, dashing the family’s hopes. The parents still cling to the belief that their son may be alive and will return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Maness
United Stata Ah
War Department
Catherine Golhofer named administrator in two estates
Mrs. Catherine P. Golhofer was named Saturday by Probate Judge S. W. James as administrator of the estate of her husband Charles Golhofer and of the estate of her brother Cornelius O'Connell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine P. Golhofer
S. W. James
Charles Golhofer
Cornelius O’connell
George Ware Returns From Service After Year Abroad
George Ware arrived Saturday from Camp Funston where he received his discharge after a year with the 89th division. He looks well and has not gained weight since leaving Sedalia in 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ware
Camp Funston
George
Sedalia
Floyd Snorgrass Returns Home From Overseas Service
Floyd F. Snorgrass finalizes overseas duty with the 214th ammunition train of the 89th division. He has been discharged at Camp Taylor and returns home after a year abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Snorgrass
Floyd F. Snorgrass
214Th
89Th Division
Camp Taylor
Millionaire among four accused in $30 million salvage fraud
Detroit June 7 AP four men arrested including Grant Hugh Browne a Detroit millionaire race track owner and Fred C Collins Greece vice consul were indicted by a US grand jury in a fraud involving sale of $30 million in supplies to be salvaged Bert Harris the New York junk dealer and an army officer linked to France disposal of excess supplies face trial at Fort Wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Justice
United States Grand Jury
Soterios Nicholson
Washington
Ordnance Department
France
Grant Hugh Browne
Detroit
Fred C. Collins
Greece
Bert Harris
New York
Fort Wayne
Here
Harris
Three Years for Jones in Meat House Burglary Case
Johnny Jones, a Black man, was convicted in criminal court for breaking into the Buckley meat house on North Grand avenue on May 25 and stealing hams belonging to Mr. Buckley and Judge H. B. Shain. He received a three year sentence in the state prison after a lengthy trial. Attorneys E. W. Coney and H. D. Dow represented the defendant, appointed by R. A. Higdon as special judge in place of Judge Shain who disqualified himself due to being a witness and interested in the case. The trial consumed most of Thursday with a vigorous defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Jones
T. A. Buckley
North Grand Avenue
Mr. Buckley
H. B. Shain
Jones
E. W Coney
H. D. Dow
R. A. Higdon
Shain
Vice Drive Fund Growing in Sedalia Campaign
The White Circle of Pettis County reports funds rising to 449.50 for anti vice efforts in Sedalia. Women contributed 125 and men 324.50 after a mass meeting, with the men's drive postponed a week due to Y membership efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Light
Sedalia
Official Count Finds Y0aa County Bond Vote Friday
The county court canvassed the bond election results as the official tally. Voters weighed the proposed road bonds with an expected Friday certification and public notice follow up.
Pettis County Approves $500000 Rock Road Bonds
The county court certified a vote of 3763 for and 681 against the half million dollar rock road bonds. Newspapers nationwide laud Pettis county for backing a county wide rock road plan, with quotes from Sweet Springs Herald Clinton Democrat Windsor Review and Warrensburg Star Journal praising the result and progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pettis County
Sweet Springs
Clinton
Missouri
Rock Roads
Windsor Review
Sedalia
Pettis
Solid Rock
Warrensburg
Further Arrests Intended in Army Supplies Conspiracy
Federal agents say more arrests will follow after indictments charging conspiracy to defraud the government in salvaging 30 million dollars of army supplies. Captain Soterios Nicholson, Grant Hugh Browne, and Fred C. Collins are named. Bert Harris faces grand jury arraignment. an unnamed army officer in France also indicted.
Winnipeg Strike Leaders Urge Stay Off Work
Winnipeg June 9 strike leaders appealed to all union men not to return to work until Tuesday. They hinted the railroad brotherhood could take action within 24 hours affecting the strike. Labor executives gathered for a conference as several local firms announced job holds until tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Railroad Brotherhood
M'Laughlin Farm Sale At Sedalia Draws Strong Bids
The public sale on the John McLaughlin farm four miles northeast of Sedalia Thursday afternoon drew a good crowd and featured high prices. Farm implements sold near new values, cows brought 80 to 180 dollars, and pigs around 25 pounds sold for about 9 dollars each. Charles and Kemp Hieronymous were auctioneers with Merle Elliott as clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McLaughlin
Sedalia
Charles and
Kemp Hieronymous
Merle Elliott
Sedalia Welcomes Discharged Soldier Ed Shain
Ed Shain, husband of Mrs Hopkins B Shain, returned to Sedalia Monday from Camp Grant after discharge. He served with the 122d field artillery 33d division 58th brigade and his brigade was cited six times in general orders for efficient work in the closing months of the War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Shain
soapefiJudge
Hopkins B. Shain
122D Field Artillery
Sedalia
Camp Grant
Homecoming for Soldier Oscar J Duel
Oscar J Duel son of Mr and Mrs L W Duel 1302 East Tenth Street arrived home June Sth after serving overseas over a year with the 88th division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar J. Duel
L. W. Duel
East Tenth Street
Sedalia men arrested before jewelry store robbery
Two Kansas City crooks Bobbie Jackson and Kad Tracy alias Ed Smith were captured at 2:30 AM by Deputies Dillard Schmidt and Patrolman Hampton as Tracy raised a padded blackjack to smash the Kendis Jewelry shop window at 214 South Ohio. They planned to seize jewels with a third man. Sedalia residents alerted authorities and the trio were halted before escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
R. T. Dillard
Clyde Schmidt
A. M. Hampton
Kendis Jewelry & Optical Co
South
Ohio Avenue
Bobbie Jackson
Kad Tracy
Ed. Smith
Tracy
Jackson
Sedalia
North Moniteau
Kendis
Kendish
Henry Greer
J. P. Moffitt
Hampton
State
Thousands on Way Home From Brest in Big Troop Movement
Brest reports heavy troop sailings with about 30 000 soldiers leaving on nine transports on Monday night and Tuesday. Ships include Aga memnon Nieuw Amsterdam America Nebraska Vermont Connecticut New Hampshire Kaiserin Auguste Victoria and Prince Frederick Wilhelm. The Imperator arrived loaded with 16 000 troops. Since June 1 total troops departed Brest reach 61 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brest
United States
Agamemnon
Nieuw Amsterdam
America
Nebraska
Vermont
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
Prince Friederich Wilhelm
Imperator
Captain Wheeler Lands Home After Overseas Service
Captain W. M. Wheeler of the medical reserve corps, who served overseas last summer, docked in New York on Tuesday and went to Camp Di for his first duty charge. Mrs. Wheeler received a telegram announcing his arrival. He plans to reach St. Louis by Friday and return home promptly from there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Wheeler
Medical Reserve Corps
New York
Camp di
German peace treaty copy presented in senate
Senator Borah presented a copy of the German peace treaty in the Senate. The vote to print the document as a public record passed 47 to 24, with Democrats largely opposing publication except Senator McCumber. Senator Thomas forced a roll call, blocking unanimous consent for publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Press
Chicago
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Congressional
McCumber
North Dakota
Thomas
Colorado
Treaty of Peace Draft in Paris Reaches U S Readers
The complete text of the Central Powers peace treaty, one original draft brought from Paris by Frazier Hunt, appears in syndication. The 416 page document in French and English includes maps not found in translations. Omissions occur mainly on Saar valley and international labor rules. A British censor blocked another copy mailed abroad. A formal protest to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
United— Senate
Frazier Hunt
Chicago Tribune
Saar Valley
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
President Urges Thorough Probe Into Treaty Copy Leak
President Wilson in a cablegram to Senator Hitchcock said the senate foreign relations committee should thoroughly investigate how copies of the peace treaty reached private interests in New York. He argued it was undesirable to officially communicate a document still in negotiation and that possession or communication of the official English text was improper. Officials believe he will not furnish the treaty to the Senate at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Press
Wilson
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
New York
Senate
Prominent Men Subpoenaed In Treaty Inquiry
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee subpoenas Jacob Schiff Thomas F Lamont H P Davison Paul Warburg J P Morgan and Frank A Vanderlip regarding how treaty copies reached New York. Lamont must bring Morgan Co correspondences with Paris and London agents and Davison while abroad. Acting Secretary Polk is invited to testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Press
New York
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Jacob Schiff
Thomas F. Lamont
H. P. Davison
Paul Warburg
Banking House
Davison
Sen
Fall
Republican
Polk
THREE MILLION FOR BERRIES FROM OZARK HARVEST
Neosho Missouri June 9 approximately 2609 carloads of strawberries worth about 3000600 are reported from the Ozark region of Northern Arkansas and Southwest Missouri. The crop is declared the largest yield yet and berries averaged 650 per crate. Pickers included many children paid two to three cents per quart with some earning up to three dollars daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ozark
Neosho
Arkansas
Missouri
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