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The Springfield herald., 1912-04-12
SPORT.
decade.

The Chinese baseball team, repre-
senting the College of Hawaii at Hon
olulu, will play the State University
team at Boulder, Colo, April 10.
Howard Briscoe won the Dupont
trophy at the gun club meet at Gill,
Colo. The club is arranging Fourth
of July shoot with Eaton, Greeley,
Kersey and Gill.
In a go scheduled for fifteen rounds,
between Kid Williams of Vernon, Cal,
and Kid Willard of Gallup, N. NJ. ban
tamweights, Williams knocked Willard
out in the eighth round in Albuquer-
que, n. NJ.
While Cheyenne will probably not
have as fast baseball team as the
last two seasons, when the Cheyenne
Indians won the championship of ten
western states twice in succession. il
will be well represented on the dia.
mond.
Harry B. Stout of Milwaukee has an.
nounced that New Orleans promoters
had authorized him to offer purse
of SIT 900 for a twenty-round fight be
tween Ad Wolgast and Joe Mandot
the battle to be fought within two
months. Mandot already has accept,
ed the offer and agreed to make 1873
pounds ringside for the champion. He
is willing that the bout go to a finish
w. E. Hasha of Dallas. Tex, low.
cred the one mile worlds motorcycle
record from 40 1-5 seconds to 80 3.5
seconds at the Stadium one-third mile
track in Los Angeles.
The Springfield herald., 1912-04-12
GEN ERAL.

An eclipse of the sun will occur on
April II.
Potatoes are selling in Chicago at
$1.75 a bushel wholesale, the highest
price recorded in recent years.
Mrs. Hetty Green, for the first time
in her business career of nearly fifty
years, has opened offices of her own
at Ill Broadway. New York.
The government has applied for a
patent on what, it is believed, will be
practical compass to permit the safe
and accurate navigation Of an airship
either in fog or at sea.
The bill by Representative Hughes
of New Jersey, virtually taxing out of
existence the phosphorus match indus
try in the United States, was passed
by the House after heated debate.
An appropriation of $4,000 to en-
able the federal government to par
ticipate in the celebration of the
fiftieth anniversary of the battle of
Gettysburg passed the House in Wash
ington.
Three thousand or more national
and state banks will be interrogated
by the House money trust" investi-
eating committee. The banks will be
asked to furnish lists of their direc-
tors, information concerning deposits,
trusts and stockholdings and numer-
Gus other details.
A "mulatto" girl, nineteen years of
age, told the police at Lafayette, La
that as high priestess of a negro cult,
the Church of the Sacrifice" she had
killed with her own hands, seventeen
of the thirty-five negroes mysteriously
murder in southwestern Louisiana and
Texas towns during the last fourteen
months. Two other women and two
men, she said, members of the cult
had participated in these sacrifices
which she, Clementine Barnabet, had
directed.
Water stands from three to six feet
deep in the streets of New Madrid
Mo- There is water in every house
and the distress is great. Business
has been suspended and the city is
almost deserted.
Reports from Rampant House, 15t
miles north of the Arctic circle, tel
of the mildest winter there for many
years. The coolest weather during
the winter was 391a degrees below
zero and that only for three days. The
temperature usually drops as far as II
| below.
Gen. Clarence r. Edwards, chief OF
the insular bureau of the War Depart
ment, urged before the Senate finance
committee the removal of the 800, 900
ton limit of Philippine sugar which the
tariff law now permits to come into
this country free of duty.
BY unanimous decision OF the Su
preme Court in San Francisco, the
heirs of Elias ]. Uucky) Baldwin a-e
confirmed in possession of his estate
estimated to be worth approximately
$11,000.000, and the claims against i,
OF Beatrice Anita Galdwin or Turnbull
J as a pretermitted child, are dismissed
The Springfield herald., 1912-04-12
POLITICAL.

Henry l.. lost, Democrat, was elect
ed mayor OF Kansas City over Darius
A. Brown, Republican incumbent.
One hundred and fifty-four cities
and towns Of Illinois voted under the
provisions OF the local option law. Re-
turns received up to late hour indi-
Gated that the advantage was slightly
on the wet" side.
Dr. G. A. Bading. nonpartisan candi-
date for mayor. defeated Mayor Emil
Seidel. the Socialist. by vote of 49,
III to 10000. or the thirty-three al
dermen elected. twenty-six were non
partisan and seven were Socialists.
The Springfield herald., 1912-04-12
Iumpv Jaw Affects Boy.

Loveland.-A peculiar case OF lumpy
Jaw has been found here on Bryan
Preston, a lat Of fifteen. The boy was
around straw stacks picking up straws
and putting them in his mouth, aftef
cattle afflicted with the disease hau
been eating the straw or had rubbed
against it. The case has been attract
Ing medical attention from all parts
of the state, great interest being taken
on account of the few cases on record
in humans.
The Springfield herald., 1912-04-12
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Price OF Metals,

New York. : Standard copper -
Quiet; spot. s15.37k@15.S7h; April
and May, s15.55@1575; June and July,
$15.6O@15.75. Lake copper, $4,000
1925; electrolytic. $1,000; casting.
$15.50@15.75.
Tin-Quiet; spot, s42.S7h 1870;
April. s42.75@43.25; May. s42.75@
1900; June. s42.37h @42.75; July.
$42.12k @42.62k; August. $4l.9O@
1850.
Lead-Quiet; s4.3O94.4o New York;
s412k GAPS East st. Louis.
Spelter-s6.6o@6.SO New York;
$6.45@6.6O East st. Louis.
Antimony-Quiet; Cookson's, $500.
Iron-Locally iron is steady; No.
foundry Northern, s15.25@15.75; No. 2,
$14.75@15.25; No. 1 Southern and No.
/, Southern soft, $15.25415.75.
The Springfield herald., 1912-04-12
MISSISSIPPI
FLOODS RAGING
THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF FER.
TILE FIELDS UNDER WATER.
PROPERTY LOSS 10000, 900.
THOUSANDS HOMELESS
RAILROADS ARE PARALYzED AND
HUNDREDS OF LIVES MEN.
AGED BY OVERFLOW.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.


Memphis, Tenn. In the wide
stretches of the Mississippi's flooded
acres there are three striking pic
lures. The northernmost is the 500
square miles of the Reelfoot lake
country OF Tennessee, where 1000 or
more persons have been driven from
their homes by the smashing of a
Mississippi levee in southwestern
Kentucky. In this district thousands
Z ter. Scores of persons who have re-
fused to desert their homes now are
imprisoned in upper floors and on
roofs Of flood-menaced houses.
A few miles south, in Arkansas
three counties are under water. From
this rich bottom country hundreds
of farmers and villagers have been
driven. Flood waters swept over the
fields and villages with the breaking
OF the levee on the Arkansas side,
north Of Memphis.
Great numbers of persons marooned
on roofs Of houses and in trees have
been taken out of the flooded districts
in boats. Probably many more are in
peril. There are not boats enough to
perform the rescue work. Three coun.
ties flooded arc Crittenden, Poinsett
and Cross. -
The scene south of these points
impresses one with the power OF the
river. Homes that once marked the
center of rich bottom farms now float
in torrent that cannot be stayed.
Bits of wreckage carried along in the
tide reflect the extent of the damage
In the valley above.
Thirty thousand persons homeless;
1000 square miles of country inun-
dated. thirty persons drowned and n
financial loss of $1O.000,0OO constitute
the result Of two weeks flood in the
= Mississippi valley.
Thfese figures were arrived at by
government engineers and officials of
state levee boards engaged in battling
the ravaging sweep of the Mississippi
river from points in Illinois to
threatened places in Mississippi and
Arkansas.
Water is pouring into Arkansas
through three new breaks In the levee
south of Memphis. Several hundred
square miles are subject to flooding.
Railroad traffic is practically para
lyzed. Hundreds of persons still are
menaced by the tide of the river at
points in lower Missouri, northwest
ern Tennessee and Arkansas. They
are marooned on housetops. in trees
and on anchored RATS directly in the
sweep of the river.
State and levee board officials in
the districts south of Memphis are la
boring to top the strained levees. Mis-
sissippi officials think their embank-
ments will hold.
The Springfield herald., 1912-04-12
Do Not Fear Strike.

Florence.-While considerable dissat
isfaction still exists among coal min.
ers of this district concerning the sys-
tenn of weighing coal used by various
mine owners, labor leaders do not IA
vor strike at present. and no trouble
is anticipated. Mines have been work
ing steadily up to this month and while
there is lull in mining at present. it
will be only temporary.
The Springfield herald., 1912-04-12
Insurance Concern. Must Give Bond

Denver.-State Insurance Commits
sioner w. l.. Clayton has issued an or
der that fraternal insurance compa.
nies which are in formation, but have
not been given license to issue poll
cies in the state, must furnish bond
of $4,000 as a guaranty that they will
be ready to commence business with
in year or make proper accounting
to their stockholders.
The Springfield herald., 1912-04-12
Bio Year for LoveIand eeets.

Loveland.-The local sugar Factory
is to have the largest beet acreage
this year that has ever been signed
for it. Contracts now total 800 acres
and more are being signed as growers
receive their seed The factory mas
shipped carload of seed to the Johh-
stown district, and will send another
car to Elm at once. The factory mas
enough seed for 1900 acres OF peets'
The seed is furnished farmers at the
same price as last year. 10 cents per
pound, although it costs much more
The Springfield herald., 1912-04-12
Lonamont to Protect Fish.

Longmont.-At a meeting of the
Commercial Association an organiza,
tion for the protection of fish was or
ganized and is called the "Longmont
Fish and Game Protective Associa-
ton" Its purpose is to look after
game and see that the laws are en-
forced
The Springfield herald., 1912-04-12
Eastern Produce,

Chicago. Butter-Steady; cream
cries, 27@30c; dairies, 23@27c.
Eggs-Firm at mark, cases in
cluded, 1skc; ordinary firsts, 1Sk@
19c; firsts, 19Lac.
Cheese-Steady; daisies, 19@19Ac:
twins, 19c; Young Americas, 1SA0
19c; long horns, 1SA 019c.
Potatoes-Easier; Wisconsin, $1.3S
@1.42; Michigan and Minnesota, s1.4o
@1.43.
Poultry-Live, steady; turkeys, 14c;
chickens. 15kc; springs, 15kc.
Veal-Steady, 7@11hc.
The Springfield herald., 1912-04-12
Live Stock.

-Cattle-Market steady to
lower. Native steers, $6.O0@S.OO;
COWS and heifers, $3.5O96.6O; Western
steers. $4.4o47oo; Texas steers, s4.2s
@5.25; range cows and heifers. 1925
Q5.25; Gamers, 32.75@3.s5; stockers
and feeders, $4.50@6.5O; calves. s4.Oo
500; bulls, stays. ETC., $4.25@5.75.
Hogs-Market 1Oc to 15c lower.
Heavy. $7.60@7.7o; mixed, $1,000
766; light, s7.5o@765; pigs. $4,000
750 bulk OF sales, $760@765.
The Springfield herald., 1912-04-12
Denver Churches Unite.

Denver-Forty churches of Denver,
representatives of all the denominn-
tions in the city will unite to form an
inter-church organization as suggest
ed by the experts of the Men and Re
ligion Forward Movement. The work
done by the inter-church organization
will be along the lines Of evangelism,
community extension, Bible study. mis-
sons, social service and boys work.
The Springfield herald., 1912-04-12
Ioxeland Pioneer Dies.

Loveland.--M. Samuels. one of the
Oldest and wealthiest men in this city.
died, aged sixty-eight, from compltca-
tions due TO old age. He came to this
section in 1863 and was one Of the
largest ranchers in this district.
The Springfield herald., 1912-04-12
Civic Center Bonds Sold.

Denver.-The East Denver park dis
trict bonds, $2,700.0OO. major part of
which consists of civic center bonds.
have been sold, and within thirty days
Denver will see work on the civic cen
ter started
The Springfield herald., 1912-04-12
Arizona Wants Recall.

Phoenix. Ariz.-The Republicans of
Arizona will exercise the initiative to
present to the people at the next gen.
feral election the recall amendment
which was defeated in the Legislature
recently, according to Senator Lorenzo
Hubbell. chairman of the Republican
state committee.
The Springfield herald., 1912-04-12

Attempted to Vote; Are Arrested.
Frederick.-Charged with perjury.
G. Gray, E. S. De Long and his sister.
in-law were arrested and each placed
under $40O bonds. 1t is alleged that
Gray and Mrs. Smith were ineligible
to vote and attempted to vote.
The Springfield herald., 1912-04-12
FoREIok.

The executive committee of the
miners federation at meeting IN
London, decided to recommend re-
sumption of work by the miners
throughout the kingdom. This recon-
mendation win be taken under con-
sideration at conference Of the whole
federation.
The Springfield herald., 1912-04-12

San Francisco.-Sergt. John Walsh
U. S. A., retired, sixty-one years old.
walked into the Preside with record
of 176 days for walking from San
Francisco to New York and return.
The previous record held by Edward
Payson Weston was eighteen days
longer.
The Springfield herald., 1912-04-12
viii Name Child for Governor.

Denver.-Gov. Shafroth received a
letter from a prisoner in the state
penitentiary, who wants to be paroled.
The letter contains the statement: "1f
you will parole me, governor, l will
never forget you, and l will name my
next child for you"
The Springfield herald., 1912-04-12
Independent sugar Factory.

Greeley.-An independent beet su-
gar factory, to be run on the co-opera-
tive plan, will be established here pro-
yided farmers will pledge acreage.
The Springfield herald., 1912-04-12
To Open Old Wagon Road.

Milliken.-The Commercial Club is
moving to reopen the old wagon road
from this district into the ST. Vrain
country. 1t is intended to extend the
St. Vrain road into Denver eventually.
The Springfield herald., 1912-04-12

Globe, Ariz.-Henry Perman has
been rescued from the Mantou mine,
twenty miles from Globe, after having
been entombed for ninety-seven hours
by cave-in.
The Springfield herald., 1912-04-12

London.-Relations of Russia and
Turkey, which few weeks ago
caused circulation of alarming reports,
may at any moment reach an acute
stage
The Springfield herald., 1912-04-12
Yawns and Fractures Jaw. :

Greeley-Because of yawn Mrs.
W. H. Babcock is suffering intense
agony and physicians say she has
fractured her right jaw.
The Springfield herald., 1912-04-12
Hay.

Hay.
(Prices Paid by Denver Jobbers F. o.
B. Track Denver)
Colorado upland. per ton. .16.00Q17OO
Nebraska upland, per ton. 1850 q 1850
Second bottom. Colorado
and Nebraska, per ton. .13.00@1400
Timothy, per ton ........ .16.O001 017Oo
Alfalfa. per ton ......... 10000 1400
South Park, choice. ton. .16.OO@11OO
San Luis Valley. per ton. .13.00@14O0
Gunnison Valley, per ton. .14.5O@ 1850
Straw. per ton ... 1000 500
The Springfield herald., 1912-04-12
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EvENTs IN COLORADO.

SoMiNH HSENTb IN COLOhhDo'
April 29-Democratic State Convention.
Colorado Springs.
May 6.11.-State Y. N. C. A. Convention.
Pueblo.
June 1S-20.-State Sunday School Con-
vention. Colorado Springs.
June 1l-July 19.-Summer Term, State
Teachers College, Greeley.
The Springfield herald., 1912-04-12
Live Poultry.
Butter.
Eggs.

Eggs, case count. less com ......s5.so
The Springfield herald., 1912-04-12
LATE
MAR KET
oTArIo N s
Newspaper Union New. Service.
DENVER MARKETS.
Cattle.

Beef steers, corn fed, good to
choice ...............o. .o.ioQ' '.oo
Beef steers. corn fed. fair to
ScOQ ........'.. o'VoVo''"
Beef steers, pulp fed, good to
choice -. .............. .o.oVV i.zo
Beef steers, pulp fed. fair to
good .o'VoVo'oV
Beef steers, hay fed, good to
ChOlce .o.1VVd'Ao
Beef steers, hay fed, fair to
good .5.75@64o
Heifers, prime. pulp or hay
fed .5.75@615
Cows and heifers. hay fed,
good to choice .......... .4.15qo o.oo
Cows and heifers. hay fed,
fair to good ..........4 .4OO94.75
Cows and 'heifers, pulp fed,
good to choice ...........4 o.oo
Cows and heifers. pulp fed,
fair to good .425@475
Gamers and cutters .2.00@4.0O
Veal calves .6.O0Q9.40
Bulls a O0@ 500
Stays .4.50@6.O0
Feeders and stockers, good
to choice .5.5O46.25
Feeders and stockers, fair
to good .475@5.50
Feeders and stockers, COM
mon to fair .............4.O .4.OO@4.75
The Springfield herald., 1912-04-12

Sheep.

Sheep.
Lambs, good to choice ...G.759725
Lambs. fair to good .6.OO@675
Feeder lambs. F. p. .5.75Q6.25
Yearlings, fair to choice -. .6.OO@6.50
Ewes, good to choice. 49,. .4.25@4.s5
Ewes, fair to choice ....... .4.75@5.4o
Ewes, feeders and culls, f.
pr. .... ..275@3 so
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-09-25
HARMONY AMONGST DRYs
Ratify Platform Made at State Con-
vention and Name 4. g. Smith
to Head Campaign.

Madison.-Simplicity characterized
the prohibition party convention that
convened in the Agricultural rooms
of the state capitol building. The
ratification of the party platform
adopted at the recent state conven-
ton, the selection of members of the
state central committee and the cleo
ton of a chairman of the commit
tee were the chief matters of bust
ness.
Charles l.. Hill, Rosendale, nom
inee for governor, was unanimously
elected chairman of the convention
and s. ". Larson, Fair Oaks, secre-
tary.
Atty. J. Burrill Smith of Madison
was unanimously reelected state
chairman, though No. a candidate
and desiring to be relieved.
Concerning the Iiauor traffic, the
platform declares that it is the great
est of all moral, social and political
evils, and its destruction the great
est reform ever undertaken. That
the traffic is a crime and not a bust
ness, and is Illegal at common law
All laws taxing, licensing or sane
tioning it are unconstitutional and
must be held void Oh repealed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-09-25
consregatlonaiIsts Close Meeting.

The seventy-fourth annual conven-
ton of the Wisconsin Congregational
association came to a close in Grand
Rapids with the address by Rev. L. H.
Keller. Fond du Lac, on the subject,
"kiLgdsm Must Come in Wisconsin
In the report of the officers it was
shown that the Congregational body
in Wisconsin now includes some 267
churches, with a membership of 26,-
619 and an attendance in Sunday
schools of over 24.500.
Five new churches organized with
n membership of 1877 and between so
and 60 Sunday school missions have
been organized throughout the state
during the past year. During the year
of 1911 the Congregational association
has sustained a home and foreign
mission work. contributing S46.491 to
this cause, besides over $4,000 for
other mission work Over $4,000
vas contributed BY the association for
tndenominaeonal mission work and
ss52.9S@ for local parish work, making
a total OF over S422. 27s for home and
foreign mission work. an average OF
s1,s34 per church reported
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-09-25
SOCIAL DEMOCRATS MEET
Document Agrees With One Accepted
at State Convention-Name
Gaylord State Chairman.

Madison.-The Social Democrats
gathered in the north wing of the
capitol and went through the for
mality of adopting platform, and
in addition drew up resolutions
pledging the party to defend the wa
ter power sites against the agrees
sions of spectators.
W. r. Gaylord, Milwaukee, was
elected chairman of the state CEN
trail committee Frank j. Weber of
Milwaukee was elected chairman of
the convention and Ed. knappe, Nil
waukee, secretary. The platform
committee consisting of Fred Brock
hansen, Fred Leyiash and II. o. Kent,
all oi Milwaukee, was ordered to
report the platform at that time
The platform adopted was the
same as the one agreed upon at the
state convention held in Milwaukee
June Is. Among other things it
condemns the present form of the
income tax law, because. according to
the platform. # was intended to place
heavier burden directly upon the
workers.
The platform further demands:
The repeal Of the regulating policy
of Wisconsin and in it's place laws
which shall promote municipal own
ership; a new system of taxation for
the state; a constitutional provision
for the popular initiative and refer
endum; the repeal of all water power
franchises subject to repeal; the
erection and operation of state mills
for handling the timber produced;
reconstruction Of the educational
system of the state and free text
books and school utensils for all pu-
pills in the public schools, and that
the state shall edit and publish the
text books.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-09-25
NATIONAL QUESTION DODGED
Proposition to indorse One or the
Other of President Aspirants Is
Smothered-ScOtt Is Chairman.

Madison. -Dominated from begin
ming TO end by Senator Robert NJ.
La Toilette, the republican platform
convention ended its session by the
adoption of state platform and the
ratification of names submitted by
districts as menbers of the state
central committee, and the election
of Senator George E. Scott, of Prairie
Farm, Barron county, as state chair
man
Neither the name of President Taft
nor that of Col. Roosevelt was men
toned by any speaker in The two
days convention and both were ig-
nored in the platform.
The state platform endorses sena-
tor La Toilette his course in nation
al Legislation and even the La Fol-
lette platform presented to the Re
publican national convention at Chi
cago and turned down there.
1t also endorses the administration
of Gov. Francis E. MeGovern and sets
forth specifically what the admins
tration has accomplished.
1t also reiterates endorsement of
the graduated income tax law. sug-
costing that perhaps it may be
amended so that it will not be so
inquisitorial.
The platform says nothing of ma
tional presidential candidates or
platforms. II was confined entirely
to state questions except in its en-
dorsement of La Toilette and his
Chicago platform.
Woman suffrage was not men
toned in the platform This evident
ly is a victory for Gov McGovern,
who believes the question should be
decided by the coming referendum,
while Senator La Toilette, his wife
and daughter are active suffrage
propagandists. The state planks of
the platform show the special work
of Gov McGovern, while the various
references to La Toilette in the doc
ument are doubtless the work of the
senator's active agents in the COM
mittee after consulting his wishes.
The platform strontly upholds the
income tax law as designed to re-
place the personal property law, but
says the law and its administration
should be simplifed AS to water
powers, it promises to do what can
be done FOR their development for
the welfare of all citizens, under
careful administrative control.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-09-25
Employers to Test a Law.

Whether the state law prohibiting
discrimination against members of
labor unions, chapter 1872 of 1899, is
constitutional, wiz be threshed out in
q habeas corpus proceeding under
which Otto Rathman, president of the
American Granite works; William
Lohr and Edward Boyle, of Lohr &
Boyle, and Paul A. Hempe, president
of the Milwaukee Monument company,
obtained liberty after they had been
ordered committed to Jail by Judge
n. B Neelen
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-09-25
Always on Wrong side.

On the wrong side OF moral, busi-
ness and political ethics. the Demo
cratic party spent the first so
years OF its existence in self-ag-
grandizement and narrow, partisan
legislation. While protesting in
IT'S platforms 70 be the friend OF the
masses, It persistently enacted laws
which bound them 70 penur5 and dis
tress. While publicly advocating a
broad. intelligent citizenship. 1t voted
against individual freedom. While
beating the tom-toms for prosperity