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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-03-09
FAMINE and PLAGUE In CHINA.
Death Rate Numbers Two Hundred Dai.
ly and the WgrSt is Not Known.


the plague are sweeping over China
The known deaths from the plague
number 10000 and according to the
official statistics, the death rate
averages 200 daily. But the officials
have little knowledge Of conditions
in the interior, Or, if they have, they
are not permitting the facts to be
known.
1t is impossible even to estimate
the number of deaths that have re-
suited from lack of food. DR.. Sam
uel Cochran, an American, who is
engaged in the work of relief writes:
Zone million people will die be-
fore the first crop is harvested.
This will be scanty, because the peo
pie have not the strength to till the
soil and no animals remain for plow-
ing"
The Chinese are directing their eff
forts to control the plague chiefly
along the railways and frontiers, for
political reasons. Since the recent
Russian request for permission to
cross the border and quarantine
Chinese towns along the Amur,
China has been attempting to check
the plague along that frontier, but
the Russian legation says that this
has been done ineffectiveIy because
there are no doctors there who are
familiar with modern methods of
sanitation
Police authorities, including the
police and soldiers, in former epidem-
les left the people to die; now they
do not care OF do not know to main
tain adequate sanitary measures.
Japanese and Russia ians have both Of
fered assistance but only in a few
places have these offers been accept
ed, the Chinese not liking to receive
favors from foreigners whose politi-
cal motives they distrUst.
Physicians engaged in combating
the disease are Of the opinion that
warm weather will kill the germs,
although this may bring only a tenn
porary respite. 1t is said by the
aedico! auth critics that such an eni-
!emic as the one present, which is
entirely pneumonia. has not visited
the world since the middle ages.
Owing to the political question in
volved and presence of foreigners
along the railways, the plague in
Manchuria is receiving greater at
tention than the famine, but the
leath rate from the famine is many
times greater than that from the
plague. The famine is the result of
the destruction Of the crops by a
fall Of 16 inches Of rain in two days
last August in district where the
people ordinarily have a hand-to-
mouth existence.
So far Japan and America are the
only foreign countries that have con-
tributed to aid the sufferers, but
even the extensive assistance that
has come from the United States is
entirely inadequate. It is estimated
that 100000 people are without
food and are existing on roots, grass
IS or anything that affords the
slightest possibility of nourishment.
Those possessing grain guard it day
and night. Missionaries who are
distributing relief tell of many
tragic occurrences man on his
way to meet them dying on the road;
another falling by the wayside as he
was returning to his family with a
packet of rice. They describe the
people as horrible skeletons, some
Of them with limbs hideously swollen.
From the famine the death rate is
s several thousand daily.
Sons Of Great Men.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-03-09
To Break in New Shoes Always Use

Aliens Foot Ease, the antiseptic
powder. 1t prevents tightness and
blistering, relieves Bunions, Swollen,
Sweating, Tender feet. At drug
gists Csc. Sample mailed FREE.
Address A. S. Olmsted, Buffalo, N. Y.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-03-09

Heavy impure blood makes mud
DIV, pimpIy complexion. headache,
nausea, indigestion. Thin blood
makes you weak, pale, sickly. Bur
dock Blood Bitters makes the blood
rich, red, pure restores perfect
health.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-03-09
It's very easy to make a good re-
solution and much easier to break it.

John w. Sickelsmith, Greensboro,
Pa, has three children, and like most
children they frequently take cold.
I'VE have tried several kinds of
cough medicine" he says, but have
never found any yet that did them
as much good rs Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy" Fer sale by all
dealers.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-03-09

Stops itching instantly. Cures piles
eczema, salt rheum, letter, itch,
hives herpes. scabies-Doan's Oint-
ment. At any drug store.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-04-07
BAIT II ALL|ONS CHANGED j. j D
AN ORDER HAS BEEN ISSUED BY
COL. FRAME CHANGING MAKE
Up OF REGIMENT.

An order recently issued by Col.
Frame Of the National Guard makes
considerable change in the formation
Of the different battalions in the state.
The change is made with an idea of
getting the companies in the various
battalions closer together and not scat
tered over the entire state as has been
the case in the past.
The order directing the change in
formation is as follows:
Headquarters, First Infantry, North
Dakota National Guard.
Grafton, N. D., aMrch 25.
General Orders No. 8: l. Until fur
Their orders Companies B, G., I, and L
will constitute the first battalion of the
first infantry, North Dakota National
Guard, Companies A. F. H. and K will
constitute the second battalion of said
regiment, and Companies G, D, E, and
NJ will constitute the third battalion Of
said regiment.
| 2. Major VIM r. Purdon is hereby
assigned to the command of the first
battalion; Major G. F. midget is
hereby assigned to the command of the
second battalion, and Major T. H.
Tharaldson is hereby assigned to the
command Of the third battalion.
By order of
j. II. FRAME,
Colonel Commanding First Infantry,
N. D. N. G.
Official:
r. A. THOMPSON,
Captain and Adjutant.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-04-07
ORGANIZE new CLUB.
MUTUAL ADMIRATION SOCIETY
WITH DEMOCRATS GALORE
ORGANIZED WITH CHARTER.

There will shortly be issued a char
ter for the "United States Colonies
Club application having been made,
accompanied by check, for charter
from the secretary of state. The club
is to be otherwise known as "The Mu-
tual Admiration Society and will be
fitted out with the same papers az any
other organization licensed by the
state department. AS near as can be
learned from the papers only those who
have been appointed on the staff of the
governor of the state are eligible for
membership and from the names Of the
ten directors who are named in the ap-
plication it would appear that the club
is sort of democratic Organization.
The papers say the society is 'not or
ganized for profit" and the following
ncmed gentlemen are named as direc.
tors for the first period:
B. F. Brockhoof, Grand Forks.
w. H. McGraw, Grand Forks.
C. A. Grow, Minot.
J. J. Coyle, Minot.
NJ. A. Baldwin, Fargo.
G. S. Whittelscy, Fargo.
S. L. Nuchols, Mandan.
j, NJ. Kelly, Devils Lake.
w. L. Purcell, Wahpeien.
f. S. Snyder, Watertown, $. D.
Place of business, Grand Forks.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-04-07
Five Points of a Dairy Cow.

Five Points Of Dairy Cow.
The five points to be observed in
selecting good dairy COW was the
subject of an address made by 0. c..
Gregg at the st. John S Farmers Insti-
tute.
LIST. Large body and especially mid
die piece, indicating capacity for
eating and digesting lot Of food.
End. Thinley feshed backbone and
especially back Of the shoulders. This
indicates that the food is not made in
tC flesh.
Bird. Large udder, as it is here that
the milk is made.
4th. Large milk wells. 1t is through
these that the blood returns to the
heart from the udder. If these are
large it indicates that large amount
Of blood passe sthrough the udder.
5th. Large clear eyes. This indi'
Gates good nerves and they drive the
organs of digestion and milk making.
He said that sixth test could be
added-the scales and the Babcock
test.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-04-07
STORK HAS A BIG LEAD
OVER GRIM REAPER
Statistics for February Show $50 More
Births Than Deaths in State.

The state board of health has is
sued the following report for the
month of February:
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-04-07
IMPERIAL ELEVATOR AT
PENN rs DESTROYED

Fire of Uncertain Origin Completely
Destroys Imperial Elevator at Penn.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-04-07

al bank are W. IN. Steele, president; G.
D. Swan, vice president; and George
5stoddard, cashier. These officers with
N. E. DeYoe, compose the new board
of directors.
The officers of the Union Savings
bank are 9. D. Swan, president; w.
N. Steele, vice president; George R.
stoddard, vice president; and E. G.
Peck, cashier. The board Of directors
Of the savings bank will be the same
as those Of the First National and the
present employees Of the Savings bank
will remain.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-04-07
The various contagious diseases ant
deaths reported are as follows:
GOVERNOR BURKE BE-
COMES A BANKER
Has Secured Interest In California
Bank With Other North Dakotans.

Has secured Interest IN Cal110I016
Bank With Other North Dakotans.
Modesto, CAL, April lone of the
biggest business deals ever made in
this section of the state has been
completed when the controlling inter
est in the First National and Union
Savings banks of this city was &C.
quired by group of capitalists head
ed by w. N. Steele and including G.
D. Swan, E. G. Peck, G. R. Galifus and
T. H. Kelvin, all of this city, A. B.
Cults of Minneapolis and John Burke,
governor Of North Dakota. The out
going interests include the holdings Of
Albert and Robert McHenry, Merle
McHenry, Mrs. Myrtle Langdon, w. H.
Langdon, G. P. schafer and Dr.. J. P.
Fuller.
The new owners took immediate
possession Of the property and several
changes were made in the directorate,
but the personnel of the Office force
remains as at present.
The purchasers of the First Nation
al are the organizers Of the CONNER
cial National bank of Modesto and the
two banks will now be consolidated
AS soon as arrangements can be made
the Union Savings bank will be hous
ed in the fine granite building on Tenth
street intended as the home of the
Commercial National bank, while the
First National will remain in its pres
ent location. This will give both banks
ample room in which to take care Of
the business.
The new officials Of the First Nation
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-04-07

AS the program of the Excelsior Lii
terary society was closing with the last
musical number last Friday evening
at about 10 O'Clock someone gently
breathed the word "Fire'' and upon
investigation it was soon ascertained
that the Imperial elevator already had
such start that the flames could not
be persisted. The fire which it is sup
posed started from hotbox or spon-
taneeus combustion in the cupola of
the building made quick work of the
entire structure and contents and at
O'Clock a. m. the last timbers toppled
over into one heap.
There was in the elevator at the
time about 5000 bushels Of wheat, 1900
bushels of barley and about 200 bushels
of flax all of which suffered more or
less damage from heat and smoke.
The Brooks Salvage and Commission
Co., of Minneapolis, Monday closed a
deal with the insurance company for
the damaged grain and have since had
force Of men loading cars and ship
ping it to their terminal where some
say it will be doctored and prepared
into the famous cereal ttCream of
Wheat'
H. G. Kornder has been offered pc.
sition with the same firm at Leeds but
has decided to "farm it,' or more cor
rectly speaking, "lead an honest life
this summer.
1t is understood that the Imperial
people will not rebuild.-Penn Hustler
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-04-07
Seed Potatoes.

Eating and sweet potatoes in straight
or mixed cars to suit the purchaser.
Can save you money by comforting
with j. M. Stevens at Crookston, MINI.
The varieties are Burbanks, Early
Rose and Early Ohios. 3.17-24
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-04-07

Fc.. oil kinds Of commercial and
society printing The World is head.
quarters.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-04-07
TAKEN BACK FROM MONTANA
Young Girl Returned From Montana to
Her Home in the Flickertail State.

Great Falls, Mont, April 3.-Laura
Kirkendahl, aged II, started on the
way to her home in North Dakota yes
terday morning in charge of State
Humane Officer Jake DeHart. Her re-
moval to North Dakota was ordered by
Police Justice Arnold, after he had
heard the facts in the case. The girl
had been held by the police several
days after being found on the street
under conditions that caused the auth
critics to believe she had better be
taken in hand.
The girl was charged jointly with
H. Lawson with the robbery of Nestor
Hill at Sand Coulee January II, but
the charge against her was dismissed
because she was so young. Lawson was
sentenced to year at Deer Lodge for
his part in the crime.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-04-07

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-28
BREAKS A COLD
IN A FEW HOURS

Nothing else that you can take
will break your cold or end grippe
so promptly as a dose of Pape's
Cold Compound every two hours
until three consecutive doses are
taken.
The most miserable headache,
dullness, head and nose stuffed up,
Ifeverishness, sneezing, running of
1.-THE nose, sore throat, mucous ca
tarrhal discharges, soreness, stiff
ness, rheumatism pains and other
distress begin to leave after the
very first dose.
Pape's Cold Compound Is the re-
suit of three years research at a
tcost of more than fifty thousand
dollars, and contains no quinine,
which we have conclusively dem
Ionstrated is not effective in the
treatment of colds or grippe.
Take this Harmless Compound as
directed, with the knowledge that
there Is no other medicine made
anywhere else in the world, which
will cure your cold or end Grippe
misery as promptly and without
any other assistance or bad after
effects as a 25-cent package of
Pape's Cold Compound, which any
druggist In the world can supply.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-28
PANTAGES

The aIl-feature show opening
at Pantages theater Monday COM
prises eight numbers and is en-
tirely one of novelty, music and
comedy.
The headline act is the comedy
skit of Pagan and Byron, clever
entertainers with round of new
songs and original patter. Barney
Pagan is a comedian of national
reputation. This comedy act has
been favorite wherever featured.
Neck and neck for topline place
is the Tivoli quartet, whiych puts
its mum bers over the foctlights
with dash and ginger.
Happy Harrison and his famous
mule Dynamite need no introduce
ton. In the matter of bucking
all-comers to the mat Dynmite is
without a peer and a great big
bundle of laughs is the sequence
of Dynamite's work upon the
stage.
Palmer and Lewis will contrib
ute a dancing travesty; May Clin-
toA and company, with sharp
shooting act, are decidedly out OF
the ordinary; a Cuban act will be
presented by Carter and Bluford.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-28
THE EMPRESS

Clean fun and cleverness are
combined in the entertainment
which Is to be served to Empress
patrons next week.
One of the most notable an
nouncements is the coming of
Harry First, assisted by Florence
Hadley and company in the tab
loid drama entitled 1.-THE Strong
est Link" Mr.. First will be re-
membered as the star of "Old
Isaacs of the Bowery."
The Two Roses, pleasant COM
bination of attractiveness and
musicianship, will play the violin,
cello, piano and cornet and their
act is refined and dainty.
Edward Clarke, the author
actor, who recently starred in
1.-The Winning Widow" has for
saken the legitimate for vaudeville
and will be seen at the Empress
with the new bill.
Bert Howard and Effie Laur-
ence are Offering quaint comedy
sketch 1.-The Stage Manager.
Richard Hamlin will introduce
his newest songs and dances;
Charles Montredll, a juggler, who
was engaged from the English
halls. will also be feature.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-28
Oddities II, the Neeys
from Ex,eryevbere
SCHOOLGIRLS HEART AND LIVER HAVE CHANGED

SCHOOLGIRLS HEART AND LIVER HAVE CHANGED PLACES.
An 11-yearod boy attending Training
Westfed Mass has his his according
medical inspectors.
His liver the side
exchanged places
sEEhING WHISKY AT RIVER BOTTOM SUNK As YEARS AGO
being the hull
dora which sank in the Missouri river Elk Point 1866
with 100 barrels of old whisky hold
The whisky $4,000 If remains
PRISONER TRAVELS ALONE WORD HONOR
TO
Solely his word of honor without kind
Riley Wooan serving life prison
murder rode 80 miles train to road repair roller
works the road the roller
machinst him provided
with ticket and his promise take the trip
SUICIDES BLOOD PUTS OUT FIRE STARTED SHOTGUN
Thayer constable marshal of Deansboro, small
Utica shot killed himself The
shotgun abaze
exngushed by the wounded mans blood.
WILL BEQtEATHEs ESTATE OF s510 TO TWO DAUGHTERS
The smallest recorded office said
to be that of James
whose will has filed
The $40
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-28
Cascarets Work
While You Sleep
Salts, Ca1omel and Cathartic Pills
are vtolcnt-they act on bow
ole vapnor re- a., y,aHfrfIa

Sp0sSt cuAchAASA ~hsA ~bsAAttA VIZ n hAs
are vfolcnt-they act on bow
els as pepper acts In nostrils.
Take a Cascaret tonight and
thoroughly cleanse your Liver
Stomach and Bowels, and you will
surely feel great by morning. You
men and women who have head
ache, coated tongue, can't sleep
are bilious, nervous and upset
bothered with a sick, gassy, disor-
dered stomach or have backache
and feel all worn out.
Are you keeping clean inside
with Cascarets-or merly forcing
s. passageway every few days with
salts, cathartic pills or castor oil E?
This is important.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse
and regulate the stomach, remove
the sour, undigested and ferment.
ing food and foul gases; take the
excess bile from the liver and
carry off the decomposed waste
matter and poison from the in.
testines and bowels.
Remember, a Cascaret tonight
will straighten you out by morn.
ing. A 10-cent box from your
druggist means a clear head and
cheerfulness for months. DOM
forget the children.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-28
100 Show Plainly That They
Want To Use School Houses

Do the people want to use their
own school buildings for social
centers?
One hundred of them demon
strated that they did last night
when they assembled at Washing
ton school and organized.
II want to see a-social center in
every school house with gym
nasium there too and open every
evening"" said Commissioner Pet
tit.
Mayor Seymour declared the
people must provide a substitute
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-28
Commission Combine
In Spokane is Charge

SPOKANE, Oct. 2S.-That the
Spokane Jobbers' Exchange was
a monopoly, and that both the
farmer who sold produce and the
consumer who purchased it was
made to pay prices dictated by the
alleged combine, was the assertion
made here today by Deputy Prose-
cutor r. L. Williams, following
the arrest of six leading commits
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-28
'ManStrangely
.Gashed, Dies

William S. Porter, a bartender
aged Sc years, who was fount
late Thursday evening lying un
conscious on the sidewalk neal
23rd and Pacific. a huge cash IL
his head, died yesterday from his
injuries, at the county hospital
where he had been removed after
first having been taken to the pc.
lice station. He never regained
consciousness. An unknown mar
notified the police department
some time before Patrolman Dulir
found the mans body and called
for the ambulance.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-28

for the dance hall before the lat
ter can be broken up.
Mrs. J. @. Mason wanted every
room in every school house light
ed every night, with books in
them all and with an orchestra or
entertainment given at least once
a week. Rev. e. c. Wheeler, J /.
A. Nichols, Charles Mason, Mrs
Norton Taylor, e. B. Brockway
H. H. Johnston all spoke boosting
the civic center.
A constitution was adopted and
officers will be elected next week
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-28
ofDISTRESS
Tacoma People Should Know How
to Read and Heed Them.


to Read and Heed Them.
Sick kidneys give many signals
of distress.
The eecretions are dark, con-
tain a sediment.
Passages are frequent, scanty,
painful.
Backache is constant day and
night.
Headaches and dizzy spells are
frequent.
The weakened kidneys need
quick help.
Don't delay! Use a special kid
ney remedy.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for sick
kidneys, bachache and urinary
disorders.
Mrs. Roy Newton, 6018 Puget
Sound ave-, South Tacoma, Wash.
says: II can endorse Doan's Kid
ney Pills highly, having had very
satisfactory experience with them.
My kidneys were weak and there
was a dull pain across my back
that caused me much misery.
Doan's Kidney Pills cured me
several years ago and l have had
no need of a kidney medicine
since"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buff
alo, New York, sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-28
Catch Member
of Malta Gang
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 28.-One
of the most dread gangs of the
Malta that is alleged to have been
terrorizing wealthy Italian citi.
zens of Chicago for the past two
years, is under arrest at Los An.
geles. The six members of the
gang, which consists of four meI
and two women, are alleged tc
have fled from Chicago after
stealing diamonds valued a,
| $4,000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-28
Billy Clifford.

Billy Clifford.
Next Saturday 1.-The Girl. the
Man and the Came" in which
Billy Single" Clifford is starring
comes to the Tacoma.
1t is one of those musical farces
with capable company and a
pretty chorus, who assist in the
rendition of the several musical
numbers in a very pleasing man
ner. Billy Clifford assumes the
stellar role. Wilhelma Bowman
and Mae Collins assume the prima
donna and soubrette roles respec.
lively.
1.-The Girl, the Man and the
Game is brimful of laughs and
its action is full of vim anG
vigor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-28
1Ak.DfaMldt1Ca@'
TACOMA
Max Dill Tonight.

The attraction at the Tacoma
tonight and Sunday is Max Dill
and his company in the musical
comedy THE Rich Mr.. Hoggen-
heimer."
This is an original piquant mus
ical comedy. The costumes, seem
cry, electrical effects are all new
and the musical numbers are
acknowledged to be the best of
their kind. The cast is a collec-
tion of well known people, with a
pretty chorus.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-28

sion men of Spokane, who are
members of the legislature.
According to Williams, the ex-
change allotted certain business
territory to it's members and pro-
vided a system of fines for its
members who sold under certain
prices agreed upon, or paid higher
prices for produce than any other
mem Der,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-28
Socialist Hits at Monopolies.

Willard Price, socialist lecturer,
who has been touring the state for
some time, will speak on the
theme, Private Monopolies Must
Co." tomorrow night at the social
list headquarters, 941k Tacoma
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-28
Grace Van Studdiford Next Week

The temperance of Grace Van
lStuddiford in this city at the Ia
coma theater next Friday in the
Paradise of Mahomet," is being
looked forward to by all lovers of
good singing as a big musical
event of the season. 1t has been
several years since Miss Van Stud
|diford thrilled our theater-goers
by her splendid singing in Red
Feather" No other Ame rican
singer possesses a more attractive
personality or a greater vocal ac-
than Miss Van Stud
diford. 1t is said that her voice
has gained in strength during the
past few years, but not at the loss
|of its purity and beauty.