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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
VOLCANO IN ALASKA
PASSENGERS OF STEAMER DORA
PASS THROUGH SHOWER
OF ASHES.
KATMAI IN ERUPTION
Gaseous Atmosphere Makes Everyone
on Board Violently lll.-Explos-
ion Was Followed by Spout
of Rockets.

Seward, Alaska.-Passengers on
the mail steamer Dora, which arrived
from the westward, after passing
through a hail of ashes from Katmai
volcano, believe that several small
fishing villages on the shores of Shell
ikof strait have been destroyed by
the eruption. The revenue cutter SER
vice at Unalaska has been asked to
send assistance.
Those on the steamer were nearly
s%uffocated by poisonous gases, as she
passed through the falling ashes.
The Dora was in sight of Katmai
when the eruption began and those on
the vessel witnessed a brilliant spec
tacle. 1t was l o'clock in the after
noon and the mountain was in plain
view. Subsequent earthquakes dis
turbed the water of the strait, when
suddenly a terrific explosion occurred
in the mountain and a great las of
rocks was thrown into the air. The
first explosion was followed by others
in quick succession, each seemingly
more terrific than the one preceding.
Soon a steady stream of rock and
ashes poured from the peak and
spread far over the surrounding
try, %obscuring the sun and shutting
the troubled mountain from sight.
At 4 o'clock, when the Dora was 70
miles from the volcano, total dark
ness came, and ashes began to fall
upon the deck in thick clouds, cover.
ing it with a white layer, three inches
deep. The sitting atmosphere made
the passengers violently i'll. Through.
out the night the Dora steamed
through the dust-laden air and was
rocked by the EARTHQUAKES that dashed
the water, while the mountain thun-
dered menacingly in the distance.
The volcanic disturbance is the
most violent ever recorded in Alaska.
1t was estimated that an area of 300
square miles, much of it fertile terri
tory, has been covered to a depth Of
several inches by the volcanic ash.
First evidence that the volcano was
preparing to free itself from the rocks
and lava that had choked it's throat
" uidHy years NdLIG WuSn the
Alaskan peninsula was rocked by a
violent earthquake. At that time the
Dora was at Cold Bay, only Is miles
from the volcano. When the eruption
began she had crossed the Shelikof
strait to Kodiak and was proceed.
ing on her course.
Shocks reit in Seattle.
Seattle.-Three slight earth shocks
were recorded on the siesmograph at
the University of Washington, indicat-
ing that volcanic disturbances in
southwestern Alaska, which have agi-
tated the instruments in o~bservatories
throughout the United States in the
last three days, still are in progress.
The volcano disturbance has com.
pletely paralyzed wireless communica-
ton in the north and it is impossible
to get definite information concerning
conditions Of Kodiak, Raspberry and
Afognak islands, the three most i'm
p~ortant islands in southwestern Alas
ka-
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
HILL PRAISES N. w.
Magnate Says Crop Outlook Is Salts
factory.

Chicago, June 12.-Thoughts of a
fishing trip he soon will take to Lab
rador and prospects of good crops
in the Northwest, caused James j.
Hill, until recently chairman of the
board of directors of the Great North
ern railroad, to smile as he passed
through Chicago on his way to New
York.
What is the crop outlook" he
was asked.
1T is a good distance from the
green fields to the bushel measure"
he replied. Many things may hap
pen before all the crops are harvested.
The prospects for crops, however, are
very satisfactory. Politics has had
little or nc effect on business in the
Northwest. We have ore, lumber and
agricultural products to sell and they
are things that are needed. That Sec
ton OF the country is not easily af-
fected by business turmoil"
Mr.. Hill refused to comment upon
the recent changes in the personnel
OF the Great Northern road. He said
the gross and net earnings of that
road from the beginning of the year
to date were the biggest in history.
He will be gone several weeks on the
fishing trip.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
NAMED
Justice White Names Men to Serve on
Rail Strike Case.

Washington, ID. C.-The board Of
arbitration to settle the differences
between the railroads east of Chicago
and their engineers which a few
weeks ago threatened a serious strike
has been Appointed by Chief Justice
White, DR.. Charles F. Neill, commits
sioner of labor and Judge Knapp of
the commerce court.
The board is composed of Oscar
Straus, former secretary of commerce
and labor, DR.. Albert Shaw, editor of
the American Review of Reviews;
Otto Eidlitz, former chairman of the
Building Trades Employers ~associa-
ton of New York; Frederick N. Jud-
son, lawyer of st. Louis; DR.. Charles
r. Van Hise. president of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin; Daniel Willard,
president of the baltimore and Ohio
railroad, and P. H. Morrisey, former
president of the Brotherhood of Rail-
road Trainmen.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
SIX ARE MURDERED
ASSASSIN KILLS VILLISCA, IOWA,
MERCHANT AND ALL OF
HOUSEHOLD.
SKULLS ARE CRUSHED
Revenge, Not Robbery, Probable Mo-
tive-ReIative is Being Sought
Sheriff and Blood Hounds
in Pursuit.

Villisca, Iowa. Mystery sur
rounds the discovery at Villisca of
the murder of j. B. Moore, a promi-
nent implement dealer, and his wife
and four children, and two women,
supposed to be Mrs. Van Glider and
her daughter, relatives of the Moores.
All were found murdered in the Moore
home.
The heads of all had been crushed
in by an AK as they slept. The assas-
sin had apparently gone from room to
room dealing his deadly blows, and
had left the blCodstained weapon near
the scene of his ruthless havoc.
The entire family attended the bac-
calaureate service Of the high school
commencement exercises. and the
failure of Moore to appear at his Of
flee early today caused an investiga-
ton.
A relative Of the family, who was
in the city yesterday, and drinking
heavily. has not been located and to-
ward him suspicion turns as the fam
lily was known to have no enemies.
The sheriff has loaded automobiles
with possemen and is securing the
country. B~loodhounds have been put
on the trail.
Owing to mutilatiOn, the identity of
the two women could not be absolute
ly established at first. but the Van
elders, who live a few miles from
Villisca, are known to have been visit
ing the Moores yesterday and last
night, so it is felt certain that the
victims are the M named.
No robbery vas committed and it
seems clear that only a desire for re-
venge could have prompted the muir
der, unless the work was done by a
mailman.
The discovery of the butchery was
made by a neighbor. There was no
signs of struggle. In the upstairs
room, where the murdered evidently
completed his bloody task, lying
across the bed, were the forms OF
Lloyd and Paul, two little sons, hud-
died together.
In the front guest chamber down
stairs, the W women visitors lay,
the coverlids still about their forms,
and their faces and heads beaten into
+ a pulp. Upstairs in the front room
were Mr.. and Mrs. Moore. They, too,
were horribly mutilated. In two other
rooms lay the other dead.
The police of the state have been
notified to seek John Van Glider, for
mer husband of Mrs. Moore's sister.
1t is believed he may have some
knowledge of the perpetrator of the
crime. The Van Gilders have recently
had several quarrels.
The ak was secured from the cellar
way, and the person who welded it
was evidently thoroughly familiar
with the plan of the house.
Villisca is a thriving urban town,
the seat of Montgomery county, in
the southern tier of Iowa counties,
thirty miles or more from the Mis-
souri, state line.
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been voted by congress. Attention
was called to the fact that the widow
of General Joseph r. Hawley of Con.
necticut, who was for many years a
senator of the United States, had been
denied a pension of $50 a month.
The senate rejected the policy of
the committee on pensions, and by a
decisive vote increased the pension OF
Mrs. Schley to $50 a month.
ocean Safety Act"
An all-inclusive bill, to be demon.
mated THE Ocean Safety Act of 1912"
designed to cover all the navigation
lessons drawn from the Titanic disas-
ter, was introduced by Senator Nelson
OF Minnesota, chairman of the com
merce committee, which, through a
subcommittee, investigated that dis
aster.
The bill includes stringent regula-
tons for better wireless equipment,
continuously operated, on ocean and
Great Lakes vessels, carrying so or
more persons, just as provided in a
bill which passed the house yesterday
and almost identical with a bill al
ready passed by the senate. This
wireless section vests control of the
apparatus in the master of the vessel,
and to avoid the wireless communica-
ton being shut off by failure of the
vessels engines, requires a powerful
auxiliary power supply that can com.
municate 100 miles at all times.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

Washington, June 12.-The supreme
cot-s of the United States has an
nounced that 1t will review the ques-
ton raised in Minnesota federal courts
as to whether the vow Of a Catholic
monk to transfer all his property to
his religious order val void as aginst
public policy. The lower court had
held 1t was void and that property In
the mans possession at his death
went to his relatives and not to the
order Of Saint Benedict Of which he
was . member.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
Impeachment Gaze BEGUN.

Washington, d. C. - Represeta-
tive Berger, the Socialist member
from Milwaukee. began impeachment
proceedings against Federal Judge
Hanford of Seattle, who recently de-
prived Leonard Olsen of that city of
his citizenship because he was a So
vialist. Representative Berger
charged Judge Hanford with high
crimes and misdemeanor. q long Sc
ries Of corrupt and unlawful decis-
ions and being a habitual drunkard."
He asked that the judiciary commit
tee investigate.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
Canal Appropriations Cut.

Charges that the appropriation for
the Panama canal has been cut by
100000 on secret" information,
obtained by the appropriations COM
mittee, and not divulged to the house,
precipitated a sharp clash in debate
when consideration of the sundry civil
bill was resumed.
Members of the committee admit.
ted the charge was true but defended
their action with the explanation that
the information was taken at an in
formal gathering of members Of the
committee.
The so-called secret" testimony,
they said, consisted of an informal
chat with Colonel Goethals. Former
Speaker Cannon was present during
part of the conversation, Mr.. Fitzger-
aid declared. Mr.. Cannon insisted
that nothing was said during the con-
versation that could account for the
sharp accusation made.
Explaining the reasons for the cut,
Mr.. Page said that within the last six
months many canal employees had been
discharged and that the force retain.
ed had developed an efficiency beyond
the expectations OF even the most
sanguine."
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
Minneapolis Prohibitionists,

Minneapolis, June IL. - Henpepin
county Prohibitionists want State .ep-
resentative E. E. Lobeck of Alexan-
dria. for governor of the state. In
convention in the assembly room of
the court house. they unanimously
instructed the 6S delegates which
Hennepin county will have in the state
convention. which meets in Mime
apolis. July 4 and S. to support the
name Of the Alexandria man, Mr.. Lo-
beck Is a state legislator of exreri.
ence. having served several terms in
the house.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
Cana Fighters to Be Ousted.

New York. \. Y. = Police Commits
sioner Waldo has planned a campaign
Of determination for New York's gang
fighters. Deputy Commissioners Dough-
erty will be in charge to see to it that
no gun man is allowed to escape until
he either is in Jail or driven out of the
city. The breeding places of the riot
ers also will be attacked. The state
board of excise will close the saloons
known to be the meeting places of the
gangs. Two Of the gun fighters were
sent to prison.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
HUBBARD IS DEAD.
Iowa Congressman Had Just Been Re-
nominated.

Sioux City. Iowa. - Congressman
E. II. Hubbard, of Sioux City, rep
resenting the eleventh Iowa district,
died suddenly at the home of John c..
Kelly, editor of the Sioux City Trib-
une.
Mr.. Hubbard was 6 candidate for re-
nomination in the republican primary
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
NIXON DEAD.
Nevadan %Succumbs to Spinal Menin
gifts In Washington.

Washington. June 7.-United States
Senator George S. Nixon OF Nevada
is dead.
Senator Nixon had been in a hos
pital here since last week, when an
operation for nasal catarrh was per.
formed. Spinal meningitis developed
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

in the eleventh district Monday against
George c. Scott Of Sioux City and
early returns indicated he had won
the evening with an attack of acute
indigestion. At IL o'clock he was
thought to be out of danger, but at
8 a. m, just as his son was giving him
a drink of water, he died.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

and the senator's condition soon be-
came critical. For the last "a hours
his death had been momentarily ex-
pected.
Senator Nixon IA one Of the most
conspicuous mining magnates in the
West and was intimately associated
with the great operations at Goldfield.
in his home state. He vas SO years
old and a native Of California. going
to Nevada early In life. He acquired
large interests at Reno. Goldfeld, and
elsewhere. and began his political ca.
reer with service in the Nevada legis-
lature.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
N B WAR DEAD
Memorial Erected at Washinqton in
Presence of Thousands.

Washington, d. ca memorial
field mass in honor of the dead of the
Spanish-American war was celebrated
on the Washington monument grounds
in the presence of Cardinal Gibbons
and a throng of people that numbered
thousands. The service was held I'm.
der the auspices of the Admiral
George Dewey camp, United Spanish
War veterans.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

Minneapolis. June 1I;-wheat. July,
$1.14&; No: 2 northern. s1.13h; No. 1
durum. sl.1o; Nc. 8 corn, 7sc: No. 8
white oats, 5lkc; barley. mailing,
Duluth. June II. Wheat. July,
$l.l3%; Sept. s1.06: No. / northern,
$1.14$; No. ] durum. $1.14%.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
TAGALIE WINS DERBY.
W. Raphael's Horse, Johnny RelK Up,
Captures English Classic.

EPSON Downs. England. w.
Raphaers Tagalie. a little favored
horse. won the derby. l.. Newmann's
Jaeger was second and August Bel.
mont's Traccry third.
Tagalie. Johnny Reiff up. won by
four lengths. The kings horse. Pin
tadeau. was fourth. Rein is an Amer
lean jockey and rode Richard Crookers
Orby to victory in the Derby OF 1907.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
For Aviation Pensions.

Berlin, Germany. - The Reichstag
passed the first and second reading of
the pension bill for military aviators
which ranks accidents occurring to
them when flying on the same level
as casualties in time of war.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
PLANE DROPS; 2 L L
Aviator and Passenger Plunged 800
Feet to Death.

Mourmelon, France. - Kimmerling,
n OF the best known aviators, and
an engineer. Tonnel, who was flying
with him as a passenger. were in
stantly killed by a fall of three hun.
dred feet. Kimmerling was trying
out a new monoplane. The machine
vas seen to o~scillate violently, and
then suddenly it dropped straight to
earth.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

Cleveland, Ohio.-Two earthquake
shocks recorded by the seismograph
at st. Ignatius college probably origin
ated at a not far distant point, pos.
sibly In Indiana or Michigan, according
to estimate of Father O~denbach.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

An expert advises simplicity IN cul.
tivating : garden. After Ill. the sim.
pIest words are best for relieving the
mind whom the lettuce turns out to be
weeds.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
Wiley Rejects Offer.

Washington, d. c. = DR.. Harvey
w. Wiley. former chief of the United
States bureau of chemistry. declined
the city of Boston's offer to become
chairman of it's board of health.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

California travelling men are to boy
cott places whore tipping II not pro-
hibited. They will have plenty OF
places 10 avoid In this mercenary day.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

Boston - to establish . hospital for
The cure Of the blues" This shows
what uninterrupted devotion to Rob
ert Browning win bring = community
n
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

Il takes q true scientist to wait.
when he sees . mosquito biting him.
TO discover before swatting whether
his enemy II . germ carrier or not
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
BILL SIGNED
Measure Permits Entrymen to Secure
Claims In Three Years.

Washington. d. c. President
Taft signed the three-year homestead
bill permitting entrymen on public
lands to prove their claims in three
instead Of ave years. allowing Ave
months absence from q claim each
year and reducing the acreage to be
cultivated on large claims from eighty
to forty acres. The bill is designed to
cheek the immigration Of American
farmers to Canada.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

Knitting II used a. a cure for bad
nerves by overweight women of Ger.
many. It seems like q terribly utili.
tartan form of therapy.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

There are reported to be fewer law.
yers In New York than formerly. 10
Manhattan making this announcement
In order to induce immigration?
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

Boston 10 to have a hospital for VIC
Tins Of the blues" Would 1t not DO
cheaper to buy them tickets SO they
could get out of Boston?
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

In Kansas City the other day the
wife of a painless dentist ~horsewhip-
ped his ONCE girl. The scene Is re-
ported to have been painful.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

Many q young man has a bad halt.
hour In the forenoon explaining where
he VA between $3.50 and 8 the after.
noon before.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

A poetess asks: "Oh. where does
beauty lingerY" Answers from dealers
in hair goods and cosmetics should
be barred.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

The edict has gone forth that wom-
ems dresses this year are to have
countless buttons. This Is where the
matrimony rate will take . big slump.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

Eggs are only FIVE cents a dozen IN
China. No wonder that acting there
II regarded as a degrading occupation.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

The fashions for women this year
are but q repetition OF those of 1885.
Clothes az well as history repeat them.
selves.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

New York's death rate has been
halved since 1866. The people who
live there are becoming more hard
ened.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

Telephone girls complain that the
headgear they are compelled to wear
produces corns on their ears. Still.
corr on the ear isn't 30 bad.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

Still. the coinage Of a half-cent coin
would give the typewriter girls h op-
portunity to use their "" key often
or.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

The invention Of q sock that Will
not wear out Is another crushing blow
at the good old institution OF mar
rage.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

"A Denver woman keeps her savings
IN an icebox. presumably in the hope
that some day she'll have a cool mil.
lion.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

Ihe Germans now say bathing mul.
tiplloe bacteria. IT. however. reduces
anefDy and the one ofBets the other.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

A Boston doctor enumerates a dozen
causes of spring fever. But he Tails
to mention carpet beating.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

About this time of year look out for
reports that your favorite ball team
Is composed exclusively of cripples.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

Automobiles possessed OF a wild de-
sire to reduce the population should
be suppressed.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

The Paris fashions call Tor corsets
for men, but men refuse to DO re-
shaped In this way.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

OF course there is much to be SAID
In favor of the recall of umpires under
certain mournful circumstances.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

A Norwegian claims that he has in
vented a boat that even a boat rocker
cannot sink.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

A frog leg famine is predicted put
there are a number Of citizens VINO
are not In the least disturbed.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

The reports Of automobile accidents
are quite numerous for a season which
has just opened.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
Canal Bonds Proceeds Spent.

The entire proceeds of the Panama
canal bonds Of 1861 issued less than
a year ago have been spent. The
last of the loan a wiped out by
the progress of the waterways that
will the American continent.
Officials of the treasury do not con
template issuing any more canal bonds
during the present administration.
Secretary MacVeagh disbursed ST..
600, 900 for the construction of the
ditch this week. The amount not only
exhausted the proceeds Of the bonds
and their premiums, but in addition
deducted $4,000 from the general
fund of the treasury.
The construction of the waterway,
like the ordinary expenses of the gov
eminent, it is expected, will be borne
by the receipts from customs and in
ternal revenue for months to come.
II necessary, Secretary MacVeagh
could issue s136,30 900 in canal bonds
at M That amount has already
been spent out of the general fund,
and by act of congress is reimbursed
by bonds. The total cost of the water
way 1t is estimated will be 1875 09, $50.
OF this 1874. $500 has been expended
to date.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
Helping the farmer to help himself
- the newest agricultural creed.
Rainy days bring out the man who
carries his umbrella as though 1t were
a spear.

This seasons precipitation should
be conducive to successful alligator
farming.