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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-29
We Offer $1,000
For Disease Germ That Liquozone Can't Xii

On every bottle of Liquozone we
publish an offer of 1000 for a disease
germ that 1t cannot kill We do that
to convince you that Liquozone does
as we claim.
Please note what that means. Any
drug that kills. germs is a poison, and
IT cannot be taken internally. Medi-
cine is, therefore, almost helpless in
any germ disease. Liquozone alone
can kill germs in the body without
killing the tissues, too.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-29
W. C. o. Is ARRANGING FOR
3OTH ST. PATRICK's BAIL

st. Joseph's branch of the Western
Catholic Union has named as commit
tee to arrange for the Both annual ball
of the organization {. j. Larkin, J. \.
Murrin, Frank Meenan, y. X. Kenney
and j. w. Cavanaugh. The ball will
be held at Industrial hall, and will be
fully up to the high standard of past
functions of the kind. st. Patrick's
day falls on Thursday this year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-29
soc. Bottle Free.

If you need Liquozone, and have
never tried it, please send us this
coupon. We will then mail you an or
der on your local druggist for a full
size bottle, and we will pay your drug
gist ourselves for it. This is our free
gift, made to convince you: to show
you what Liquozone is. and what it
can do. In justice to yourself, please
accept it to-day, for it places you I'M
der no obligation whatever.
Liquozone costs soc. and ST.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-29
LEUTH SENTENCED FOR
TEN YEARS AT HARD LABOR

August Leuth. the convicted kid
naper of Mrs. Telsrow, of Bennett.
Iowa. who was found guilty by Tip
ton jury a week ago. has been SEN
fenced TO the penitentiary at hard
labor for a term of 10 years. Leuth
was tried twice. the first jury disa-
greeing as 10 his guilt or innocence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-29

ChamberIaIn's stomach and Liver Tablets
UnPquRled for Constipation.
A. II. Kane, prominent druggist of
Baxter Springs, Kans., says: "Cham-
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
are, in my judgment, the most super
Tor preparation of anything in use to-
day for constipation. They are sure
in action and with no tendency To
nauseate or gripe. For sale by all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-29
Acts Like Oxygen.

LiQuozone is the result of process
which, for more than 20 years, has
been the constant subject of scientific
and chemical research. Its virtues are
derived solely from gas, made in large
part from the best oxygen producers.
By a process requiring immense ap-
paratus and IA days time, these gases
are made part of the liquid product.
The result is a product that does
what oxygen does. Oxygen gas, as
you know, is the very source of vital
ity, the most essential element of life
Liquozone is vitalizing tonic with
which no other known product can
compare. Bat germs are vegetables;
and Liquozone, which-like oxygen
is life to an animal, is deadly to vege-
tai matter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-29
Germ Diseases.

These are the known germ diseases.
All that medicine can do for these
troubles is to help Nature overcome
the germs, and such results are indi-
rect and uncertain. Liquozone kills
the germs, wherever they are, and the
results are inevitable. By destroying
the cause of the trouble. it invariably
ends the disease, and forever.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-05-24
QUAINT CUSTOM IN ENGLAND
Public Field Let to Tenant In Queer
Fashion and Proceeds Used
for q Dinner.

Old customs die hard in merry old
England A certain field at Bourne, in
Lincolnshire, was let by auction re-
Gently in accordance with quaint tradi-
ton annually observed.
The auctioneer stood on bridge In a
part of Bourne township known as East
Gate, and as each bid was forthcoming
boy started to run to q certain public
house. So long as the last boy had not
returned the auctioneer continued to
take bids, that which was unchallenged
when the last boy returned being de-
clared the rent OF the field for the en-
suing year. and the bidder the tenant.
Then the company adjourned to the
public house to which the boys had been
running. where supper was provided out
of the funds raised from the field, two
trustees being appointed to dispose Of
the remainder of the rent by distribute
ing loaf OF white bread to each Of the
houses in East Gate.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-05-24
Growth of the Postal Service.

Washington, May 20.-Postmaster
General Payne yesterday said that the
receipts of the postofiice department
for the fiscal year ending July 1
would be approximately s144, 100000.
In 1896 the receipts of the postoffice
department were $50, ,499,2OS This
year the rural free delivery appropri-
alton was s20,s16.600. In 1899, 200
rural routes were in operation. At
the close of the present fiscal year
there will be over $4,000 rural routes
in operation, bringing a daily mail
service to more than 12,500.000 people
residing in rural districts. Over 5O0,-
900 people are now supplied with mail
by the star route carriers in remote
districts
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-05-24
PRODUCTION OF PETROLEUM
Over 90 Per Cent. Of Worlds Output
for 1902 Supplied by United
States and Russia.

Geological survey statistics recently
made public place the worlds produc-
ton of petroleum In 1902 at 1S5, ISL !oss
barrels. or this the United States and
Russia produced 91.44 per cent. For
years Russia has led in point of produc-
ton. but an increase Of 1887, ,722 bar
rels in the production of the United
States in 1902 and a decrease amounting
to 4.62s.515 barrels In the production Of
Russia caused these two countries to
change places, and put the United States
at the head Of the tst
More than double the quantity Of the
higher grades Of refined products is OBJ
tanned from the average crude petrol
cum produced in the United States than
is obtained from Russian oil. The
United States produced nearly 2.6 bar
rels of refined products In 1902 for every
barrel produced by the rest of the world.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-05-24
FOR HIGHER WAGES.

Logan county school teachers have
not given up their fight for higher
salaries. Some of the townships have
increased the scale but others as yet
hsve..taken no action.
The recent movement in Philadelphia
in the interest of school-teachers and
their pay brought out many surprising
facts about the meagre wages which
the instructors Of youth receive. but
more surprising things are coming to
light from the Investigations of the
New England Educational association
and other bodies, says the Philadelphia
Record The average yearly salary of
the 4s0. 600 public school teachers of
the United States is 1896. The average
salary of the msn is less than S322. and
of the women less than S270. We
are on the eve of n great movement in
behalf of the American public school
Students of our social and government
problems, ''sociologists'' and plain
Americans, are recognizing the utility
VI AhC puOlC clAOOi, o. luC
agency which turns human raw ma
terisl into American citizens, and ear
nest men are considering methods of
making the school even more effective
than it is- One prominent educator
declares that the first thing to be done
is to improve his or her physique,
equipment character. And yet it is
not likely that any method of doing
this will be hit upon except by Offering
suitable inducements to ambitious
young men and women to adopt teach
ing as a life work. The Colorado
labor commission found on investiga.
tion that out Of SO occupations the only
ones commanding less pay than teach
ers were gravel roofers, clerks, labor.
ers and walters; and the walters gel
their "tips." Associations and soci.
ologists may thunder forth their theo.
ries, but the efficiency of the teaching
body will depend on the salaries paid
it will cost money, and it will pay.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-05-24
THE FALLING TREES.
CONDITIONS WHICH ARE DEv-
AsTATING OUR FORESTS.
Destructive laundering Operations
and Forest Fires Have Despoiled
the Country of Vast Wealth
Need of Replanting.

There are few people so unintelligent
that they do not appreciate. in some
measure, the value of forests, but per-
haps there are fewer still who fully
appreciate the gigantic Importance of
the part trees play in the progress and
maintenance of civilization. The fact is,
that without trees our present civiliza-
ton could not have been developed for
ages. and perhaps It could never have
been developed at all. In many parts
of our country, for example. farming
operations would be impossible but for
the trees, such is their influence upon
the streams. They regulate the water
supply and tend to prevent both floods
and drought They supply fuel. one of
the greatest necessities OF life, and
they supply lumber for the building OF
cities, bridges, railroads and ships. Yet
most OF us never stop to think that
the number of trees is limited, that we
are using them up far faster than they
are being replaced either by man or
nature, and that. unless some means
can be found either to prevent the
wholesale destruction of lumber which
Is nOM gums Ohs Vi ~ OAStt IL by Ac-
planting large areas with young trees.
a timber famine must result at no very
distant day. We of this generation
may never feel 1t except in the in
creased price of lumber and fuel. but
those who come after US will curse our
neglect and want of foresight
or course II has become necessary
that vast forests Of fine trees be cui
every year: gigantic industries, in
which millions of dollars and the en-
ployment of hundreds of thousands ol
men are involved, make It impossible
to stay the hand of the lumberman
But in the very interest of these greai
Industries destructive numbering should
be everywhere guarded against.
An enemy almost IL not quite as de
| structive as bad numbering. is the for
est fire. which destroys not only th'
timber lands. but very often DWELLING
and human lives besides. When con
ditions are favorable to such a fire. 1
sometimes reaches appalling proper
tions. Such was the case with the Mir
amichi fire in 1925. which. in the shor
space OF nine hours. destroyed a bel
| Of forest so miles long by % mile
wide. killed almost every living thing
including the fish in the streams. owe
an area of more than 2.500.000 acres
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-05-24
NAVY WANTS SAFETY
BUT SPEED TESTS CANNOT BE
GIVEN UP, SAYS OFFICER.
Experts Working to Prevent Disas-
tiers Such as Recently Occurred
on Battleship Missouri
Probable Cause.

With the newspaper reports from
Washington and Pensacola as the ba-
sis for their conclusion, many of the
officers at the Brooklyn navy yard
think that the most reasonable expla-
nation of the recent explosion in the
13-inch gun turret on the pattleship
Missouri is that the primer was in
serted and accidentally exploded before
the breech plug was closed and locked.
According to the reports, said one
officer, 'the shell and a part of the
powder charge for the next firing of
the gun had already been put in place.
II that was SO. it would have been i'm
possible for the so-called blowback of
the gases to have ignited the powder
in the turret and in the handling
room below.
THE notion that some burning frag
ment Of the powder bag left over from
the previous firing was still in the gun
and ignited the next charge prema-
turely is all nonsense. That is abso-
lutely impossible. The explosion OF
single firing of a 13-inch gun generates
such a terrific heat that everything is
entirely consumed. There can be no
| burning fragments left
THE gun crew was at target prac-
| tice, and every man striving to make
| a speed record. Every fraction of a
second counts. A whole second, per-
haps, may be saved. by putting the
primer in before the plug is closed.
This is against the rules, but the
men were striving for record.
| with the primer once inserted, any
one Of several things might have
caused its premature explosion and
the driving of the ignition blast
through the vent against the charge
while 1t was being driven home by
the men loading the gun"
The Office rwas asked II the eff
cheney acquired by the speed trials and
competitive target drills was worth the
lives of the men lost in the occasional
explosions.
We'll" he said. that is one way ol
putting II. But when all the navie:
of the world are doing the same thing
to acquire the greatest speed and &C
curacy in the firing Of big guns. no one
nation can afford to quit and say tn.
game is too dangerous. and l won
play To let down the standard o
speed in gun fire for the sake of great
er safety in target practice might re
suit in sacrificing an entire squadron
in actual warfare to the greater eff
cheney of an enemy that had kept oI
taking risks.
Don't infer from that that the nava
officers OF the United States are
cold-blooded lot. who are willing q
slaughter a turretful of men to maxi
!. records. What l mean is that we mus
strive TO find some way Of obyiatini
the danger without reducing tn
speed. The way has not been foun'
yet in our navy, at any rate, although
experts have been working with tha
end in view ever since the firing of bi
guns began"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-05-24
New interpretations.

Columbus. o., May 20.-Incorpora-
tions yesterday: The Crescent Nov
city Co., Berea, capital $1,000. The
Cincinnati, Lawrenceburg & Aurora
Electric Street Railway Co., Cincin-
natl, capital stock increased from
$3.50, 900 to 100000. The Citizens
Building and Loan Association, Co
shocton, capital stock increased from
5000, 900 to 100000. The International
Wood Distilling Co., Cleveland, capital
100000. The Second United Presby-
terian Church Of Dayton. The Robson
Bros. Fuel Co., Cleveland, capital
$4,000. The Ellery Co., Fremont, gen.
eral merchandise, capital $4,000. The
Bankers Adding Machine Co., Cleve.
land, capital stock increased from
$1,000 to 100000. The Hyde Pari
Brick Co, Cincinnati, capital $4,000
Green Street Mutual Aid Association
Cincinnati.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-05-24
METHODIST CONFERENCE.
Four Of the Eight Bishops to be Elect
ed Have Been Chosen.

Los Angeles, May 20.-Three ad.
ditional bishops were elected Thurs
day at the Methodist general confer.
ence. DIR. w. F. Mcdowell and Dr
Henry Spellmeyer on the second bal
morning session, and DIR. ]. w. Bash
ford, chosen on the fourth ballot in
the afternoon. The third ballot re-
suited in no election.
Four of the eight bishops to be
elected have thus far been chosen, as
follows:
DR.. J. F. Berry. Chicago; DIR. Henry
Spellmeyer. Newark, N. j.; DR.. Will
liam +. Mcdowell, New York; DR..
James w. Bashford, Delaware, o.
The fourth ballot, which resulted in
the election of DR.. Bashford, present
ed DIR. William Burt and DIR. T. b.
Neely at the head of the list in the or
der named, with AGO and 440 votes re-
spectively.
The fifth ballot was taken Just be-
fore adjournment and as a result of
II, 1t is reasonably certain that DR..
William Burt is elected as the fifth
bishop, and perhaps DR.. T. b. Nicely
q sixth.
The report Of the committee on in
ternational and industrial peace,
which was read at the morning ses-
sion, will doubtless provoke an ami
mated debate when it comes up for
consideration next Tuesday as the
special order of the day.
The report recommends three agen-
cies as the means to accomplish uni
versal arbitration and the settlement
Of Industrial disputes. namely, The
Hague peace court, United States
permanent national industrial peace
court, and a permanent periodic inter.
national peace congress.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-05-24
VIII Lose Millions to Win.

Cleveland, May 20.-A largely at
tended meeting of the Lake Carriers
association was held here Thursday to
obtain the views of members in re-
gard to the demands of the masters
and pilots and to take official action
thereon. The speeches made indicated
strong sentiment among the men,
bers in favor of continuing the fight
against the demands of the masters
and pilots. One prominent vesselman
declared that the Lake Carriers asso-
citation was prepared to spend, or
rather to lose, s15,000.000 to win the
ffeht
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-05-24

swept away a number Of towns. burned
1000 head of stock and killed 160 peo-
pie. The Peshtigo fire of 1871 was still
more disastrous, covering, as 1t did.
1000 square miles in Wisconsin, and
involving the loss Of many millions of
dollars and the death of nearly 1,500
persons. This fire burned slowly FOR
several days at first, and might have
been put out easily enough before the
high wind came and lashed 1t to fury
beyond control. When forest fires first
begin they may often be beaten out
with green branches. Those which
have made headway, but which are
burning along the ground only, may
often be checked by the digging of a
trench and this method is particularly
recommended where the floor of the
forest is dry and deep and peaty, in
which case the fire is apt to smolder
far beneath the surface and break out
again long after 1t seems to have been
extinguished. But the worst forest
fires are those which run along the
ground and through the tops of the
trees at the same time. First becom-
ing intensely hot on the ground, the
fire runs up the dry trunks of the
trees. and then becomes one of the
most destructive forces known. Trav-
cling often faster than a man can run,
1t sweeps everything in its path. build
ings. fences and animals being con-
sumed like tissue paper in a furnace.
With the wind in its favor there is but
one thing which can stop a big fire of
this character, and that one thing is
| wide space on which there is moth
| ing to burn. Sometimes a natural bar
| rier like a river or a sandy stretch may
bar the path of the flames. but If not.
an unburnable space should be made
by starting what are called back fires'
at some distance ahead of the main
| fire. These smaller fires should be kept
under control, and allowed to burn
against the wind only. They will thus
| consume all the burnable material over
a wide strip in the pathway of the
main fire. so that when they meet, the
latter will go out for lack of fuel
ERNEST HAROLD BAYNEs.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-05-24

d. j. Cargo, passenger agent of the
o. c. railway, and W. 81. Golden, agent
of the White Star Line Steamers, were
here Thursday in conference with
county auditor F. E. Milligan when
arrangements for the excursion to Tole-
do and Detroit, Tuesday, June % un-
der the auspices of the local Christian
church Were completed.
The fare for the round trip to Toledo
will be 81 and to Detroit $3.50. The
train will leave here between 3 and 6
and arrive at the docks in Toledo at
9:15 where the excursion steamer
Greyhound will be ready to carry to
Detroit all who desire to go. The boat
will arrive at Detroit at 80 and leave
there at 4 80 arriving in Toledo at s.
The excursionists will arrive home al
II 80.
The train enroute to and from Toledo
will make stops at Zanesfeld, East
Liberty. Raymond, West Mansfield
and Ridgeway.
The Ridgeway stop is made for the
accommodation of Big Springs and
Rushsylvania people. The round trip
fare from the above points will be
the same as the fare from Bellefontsine.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-05-24
Nevin Renomlnated.

Dayton, o., May 20.-At the Third
district congressional convention yes
terday Col. Robert M. Nevin was
nominated for third term in con-
gress; DR.. ]. E. Loves, OF Mont
gomery, and Col. Isaac Hale. Of But
Ter, delegates to the national conven-
ton, and Allen Thomas, presidential
elector. w. b. Marsh and James Say
lor, of Preble, were named as alter
mates to the national convention.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-05-24
A Battle In santo Domingo.

Cape Haytien. Hayti, May 20.-Do-
minican government troops, COM
manded by Gen. Cabrera, and Do
minican revolutionary troops. led by
met recently at Guayacanes, Santo
Domingo. In the fighting which fol-
lowed the government force had 80
men killed or wounded and the revo-
lutionists lost heavily. Five revolu-
tionary generals sought refuge in the
French and Venezuelan consulates
here and later embarked on the
French steamer Olinde Rodriguez
bound for Porto Rico.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-05-24
ExpeIIed From the EXCHANGE.

New York, May 20.-Andreas s.
Floyd and Frank b. Crawford, COM
prising the brokerage firm of Floyd,
Crawford & Co., whose suspension
was recently announced. were yester-
day expelled from the Consolidated
stock exchange and Petroleum ex-
change. This action was taken by the
governors after repeated efforts had
been made to bring Messrs. Floyd and
Crawford before them. Their expul-
sion was based on charges Of ir-
regular and improper practices.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-05-24
Elected Onfcers.

Columbus. o., May 20.-The next
convention of the Tin Plate Workers
International Protective Association
will be held In Wheeling. officers
were elected as follows: George Pow
ell, Wheeling, president; Henry
Moody. Gas City, Ind, first vice
president; Benjamin I. Artel, New
Castle, Pa, second vice president;
Charles E. Lawrence, Wheeling, sec
rotary treasurer
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-05-24
Beneficial Bumps.

That insane tramp in Connecticut
who recovered his reason through be-
ing struck on the head with a brick.
Gees not represent an isolated case
Many a man. remarks the Chicago
Daily News, has come to his senses
through receiving a severe Jolt
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-05-24
Five Young Tigers.

Cincinnati, May 20.-The first
known instance of litter of five tiger
cubs being born in captivity occurred
at the Cincinnati zoo Wednesday
night. The mother is Kate, a beauti-
full four-year tigress. All are well
developed and give signs of surviving.
Usually but two and at the most three
cubs are born to tigers.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-05-24
Real Object of the Boer War,

The tide of passion which flowed so
fiercely during the South African war
is now ebbing. Since the disclosure of
the design to introduce slave labor into
the Transvaal. people can no longer
be deceived as to the real object of
the war.-Toronto Sun.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-05-24
he Didn't Own II

They're forever talking about their
brother who was killed in an automobile
accident" "Yes.. they're anxious to
give the impression that he was thrown
out of the machine. whereas he was
merely hit by it."-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-05-24
Boy Fatally Injured.

Marion, o., May 20.-John Hoctor,
aged Is, was terribly hurt Wednesday
night. He was kicked on the point of
the chin by a horse. His jaw was
broken and his tongue was split. He
cannot live
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-05-24
Boom Town in Manchuria.

Harbin. Manchuria. is only three
years old. but it is one of the greatest
cities of Asia. and has the largest Eu-
ropean population of any Asiatic city,
containing 10000 Russians. besides the
soldiers. and 40. 700 Chinese. It will be
the great -four milling city Of that re-
gion.