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The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-11
Five Hundred Killed,

Mexico City, April 10.-Speclal:
Five hundred rebels and federals
were killed in a battle lasting thirty
hours which is still raging forty miles
south of here. President Madero is
anxious over the result
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-11
Iron Ships Start Thrusday

Superior. Wis. April l0.-Iron
mines on the Western Mesaba range
served by the Great Northern rail-
way will begin to load ore Thurs
day. The ore will be brought to Su-
perior for shipment down the lakes.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-11
President Of SUGAR Trust.

New York, April 10-Special:
Washington B. Thomas was elected
president of the American Sugar Re-
fining Co.. at meeting of the direc-
tore here.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-11
Killed in Runaway

Council Bluffs, April 10.-Special:
A. knight was kille dand his wife
probably fatally injured in runaway :
near Bently, small town near Coun-
ell Bluffs
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-11
LincoIn's Cousin Dead.

MarshaIltown, April 10.-Special:'
Charles Miller, aged 81, a Marshall
county pioneer and cousin of Abra-
ham Lincoln, died at his home in Lis
comb during the night.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-11
HUNDREDS FLEE IN
TERROR OF FLOOD
levee Breaks at Golden Lake
Landing--Inundates
Country.
WARNINGS SENT BY PHONE
Main Embankment on Arkansas Side
Of Mississippi North Of Memphis
Gives Way-Forty-Five Town.
ships Under Water.

Memphis, Tenn, April 10.-Inhab-
itants of the entire upper St Francis
basin fled in terror when the main
levee at Golden Lake Landing, near
Wilson, As miles north of Memphis,
was swept away by the flood.
Forty-five townships will be partly
covered by water as the result of the
break. Marked Tree, Ark, Is in dan
ger OF being inundated, as are many
other small towns and settlements In
the district.
The water burrowed beneath the
levee and the collapse was the widest
OF any break yet made in the St Fran
els levee, measuring several hundred
yards at the start and momentarily
growing much larger. No attempt was
made by residents to save property
or stock. Men with blanched faces
and women. Historically clinging to
children and valued trinkets, stumbled
frantically through the lowlands in
mad effort to gain the shelter OF high
ground.
Phone Operators Give Alarm.
From point to point telephone opera.
tors worked tirelessly with the deft-
ness that comes when crisis Is faced
Plug after plug was inserted, connect
ing the exchanges with farm houses
and stores. The warning was sounded
In few sharp words, Golden Lake
levee broke, run for. your lives" Then
~
news spread from home to home while
the plucky operators, most of them
young women, suck gamely to their
heroic task.
Eight Hundred In Peril.
In the town of Wilson lived 500 per-
sons, most of them employed In the
big lumber mills of Lee Wilson and
Company. 1t Is believed they all had
time to get away before the torrent
leaped through the gap in the levee,
tearing down trees and houses as it
spread over the wide area of the basin.
At the point where the break &C.
Cured 500 men had been constantly
at work since Saturday. Water from
the breaks made Saturday opposite
Memphis is still spreading toward
Crowleys Ridge. Reports came from
Edmondson that three people had been
drowned north of there but confirma-
ton was lacking. The total inundated
area will be loo square miles.
Above The Flood Stage.
st. Louis, April 10.-Special: The
Mississippi river is above the food
stage at points south of Memphis to-
day. At New Orleans the river regis
tered $40 feet, a rise of 4-10 foot
ever yesterday. Eighteen feet is the
Hood stage at New Orleans. At Mem
phis and at points north the river is
gradually falling. A fall of 40 foot
was registered at Cairo.
Levee at Wilson Breaks,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-11
AGED Recluse Dies Worth $4,000.

Johnstown, Pa. April l0.--Joseph
Campalgo, an aged recIuse, died, and
lie undertaken, examining the effects
found $1,000 in cash and securities.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-11
Leyes at Wilson Breaks.

Memphis, April 1O.-Special: A
break in the leyec at Wilson, Arkan-
sas, has helped the situation here. A
desperate fight is being made to save
the levee at LuXora and Osceola, Bar
field and Charlottesville.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-02-16
AFTER THE GRIP
PURIFY THE BLOOD
Dr.. Williams Pink Pills Are the
Best Blood Builder and Will
Cure You as They Cured
This Woman.

1t is OF the utmost Importance to your
health, If you have suffered from the
grip, that you cleanse tie Mood of the
lingering germs and put it in condition
to resist disease.
After the acute attack the sufferer is
lett with a debilitated system, is short of
breath upon the slightest exertion and
is affected by every change Of weather.
The system is in such o weakened con-
dition that it is poweriess to resist the
attack OF such diseases as p1leumonia
and bronchitis.
This is a condition which emphati-
cally calls for a tonic for We Mood. DR..
Williams Pink Pills are the best medi-
cine for this purpose for they act d.
rectly on the blood which they cleanse
of all impurities. They toae up the
nerves and give health and strength to
the debilitated system.
The debility which foalews an attack
of the grip can only be cuned by max
ing the blood rich and rei. This DR..
Williams Pink Pills never fail to do
promptly and it explains how they
cured Mrs. +. r. Boyd, 81 No. COZ
South Ninth street, Minneapoiis. MINI.
She says:
L vas iltNc1 VIII dbU1 Nh uSAHCk OI
the grip a few years ago unsl I took DIR.
Williams Pink Pills. Before this l had
found nothing that helped nae. I was
all run down, pale and thin. My appe-
tite was poor and my head ached con-
tinually. ldidn'tfeel like myself at all.
Someone finally recommended DR..
Williams Pink Pills to me and l found
them just the medicine for my case.
They gave me a hearty appetite and a
good, clear color. / got hack my vital
ity and was soon a well woman. can
safely say that DR.. Williams Pink Pills
will do all that is claimed for them. l
heartily recommend them"
If you are suffering from after-effects
OF the grip or other wasting disease,
try the remedy that has cured 50 many
stubborn cases, DR.. williams Pink Pills.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists, or sent, postpaid, upon re-
ceipt of price, so cents per box; six
boxes for $3.50, by the DR.. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, u. Y. A
copy of our booklet, Diseases Of the
Blood" is free ON request.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-02-16
PARAGRAPHS THAT PERTAIN TO
MANY SUBJECTS.
ARE SHORT BUT INTERESTING
Brief Mention Of What Is Transporting
In Various Sections Of Our Own
and Foreign Countries.
Washington.

1t was reliably reported here THAT
President Taft, before considering any
other conditions had offered to Sec.
rotary Knox an appointment to the SUI
prene court bench.
Five men of national and interna.
fiona prominence were given an opor-
tunity to ride their hobbies in the an
nual hobby night celebration Of the
National Press club of Washington.
The proposal for a children's
bureau in the Department of Com
merce and Labor to investigate and
report in all matters affecting the well
fare of children was debated in the
senate on the Both without action.
Much satisfaction was expressed at
the bureau OF immigration over the
Incorporation of Senator Browns
amendment in the general immigra-
ton bill providing for more liberal
distributing OF immigration literature.
One of the most notable achieve
ments of American foreign m
in recent years. according to a state
ment by the bureau of statistics OF
the department of commerce and la
Dor. was in the automobile business
in 1911. More than $1,000, 900 worth
of automobiles We're exported from
the United States during the year,
twenty times as much as a decade
ago.
International none order business
in New York City since the first es-
Enlistment there of postal savings
banks shows decreases of $~G,524,479,
as compared with the corresponding
period of last year. Postmaster Cen
eral Hitchcock takes these figures to
indicate that foreign born residents
now are depositing their surplus mon
ey in postal banks instead of sending
it abroad.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-02-16
WOMEN AND HEALTH.

Women are beginning to realize
more fully that good health is not tt
be found In the use of cosmetics anc
face powders. The appearance OF
health may follow facial treatment
but health itself lies much deepert thar
the surface.
Most important to the health of ev
cry woman is regularity of the bowel.
and digestive organs. The weary
eyes, bad breath, frequent headaches
plmples and general air of lassitude
Is IN most every case due to consti
patton or indigestion, or both. There
are various remedies prescribed fol
This condition, but the easiest, most
pleasant and certainly effective, is
a combination of simple laxative
herbs with pepsin known to druggists
as DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. This
simple remedy is far preferable to
harsh salts and cathartics and violent
purgative waters that disturb the
whole system without affording more
than temporary relief.
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is a
tonic laxative. mild in it's action,
pleasant to the taste and positive in
Its effect. Strengthening the muscles
OF stomach and bowels so that after
a short time these organs regain the
power to perform their natural func.
lions without assistance.
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is sold
by druggists everywhere in SOC and
$1.OO bottles. If you have never tried
IT, write for a sample to DR.. w. B.
Caldwell, POI Washington St., Monti.
cello. ILL.,: he will gladly send a trial
bottle without any expense to you
whatever.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-02-16

pressed by Secretary Wilson. also WI,
be in evidence before the committae
Purposes Of Circular.
Ihls circular was made up on &C
count of a public demand for infor.
nation. while the printed report from
Engineer Wright, which was bulky,
was being awaited. Engineer Elliott
outlined portions of the circular, un-
1avorably to the exploitation schemes
OF the land syndicate, which he de-
clared Howe and Will demanded that
he retract. The circular in the main
reclted the government reclamation
n drainage plans for the Everglades
n included many favorable refer
ences to the prospects.
The charge against the DISCHARGED
omclals is that several years ago they
ran short in the appropriation for the
drainage division because funds had
irregularly loaned to the irriga-
tion division Of the department. Drain
age work was in progress in North
and a private contractor was
engaged who finished the work and
was compensated in the next years
appropriation. being carried on the
pay roll as al employe.
singleton, who is suspended, is de-
clared to have suggested this means
OF carrying on the uncOmpleted work.
n total was about 5000, but no fl
nanciai gain accrued to any OF the of.
[lcials in the transaction.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-02-16
General,

The tariff revision debate opened
In a lively way in the house.
An enraged buffalo killed the keep
err of the Riverside park ZOO al
Omaha.
Pittsburgh was selected for next
years convention OF the institute OF
dental p~edagogics.
Republican Leader Mann proposes
an increase of all district judges sal
aries from $4,000 to $1,000.
Steel tariff revision bill passed the
house 21O to 100. twenty insurgent
republicans voted with the democrats.
Thirteen people were killed and
thirty-four were injured during the
Oklahoma hunting season just closed.
Rev. Richeson, of Boston, under
sentence of death for murder, has
been expelled from the Baptist
church.
A committee of nava! officers re-
ported adversely on the question OF
the governments tarring over the
Brooklyn navy yard.
Elliott w. Major, attorney general
VI "iSSOu1 oAAiAoulASCu uCllullclJ tDdI
he would be a candidate for the dem
ocratic nomination for governor.
Because George Davis does not
dread hanging, but regards it as a
desirable distinction, Governor Mar
shall CT Indiana may commute his
death sentence to Imprisonment for
life.
The international sugar conference
met in Brussels, Belgium. The dele
gates, except the Germans, expressed
themselves in favor Of acceding to
Russia's request to increase the ex-
port of sugar to 300, 900 tons.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
union leaders urged favorable action
on the liquor shipment bill and open
ed white ribbon campaign in con-
gress.
A reduction OF approximately so per
cent in the express rates of the cOun-
try is the real desire of the shippers
pressing the inquiry of the express
business before the Interstate Com
merce commission
Civil wal claims amounting to ST.
ISL, $50 are recommended for payment
i'm a general bill reported to the house
from the committee on war claims.
An Omaha woman has brought suit
Involving the constitutionality of the
Nebraska inheritance law.
The house democrats may change
their procedure of formulating new
tariff bills when consideration Of the
wooden schedule is reached. Chair.
man Underwood Of the ways and
means committee said it was possible
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-02-16
MRS. SNEAD IN FORT WORTH
Wife Of Man Charged With kij,ino
Boyce Refuses to Talk.

fort Worth, Feb. 8. - Mrs. Lena
Snead who has suddenly disappeared
ana r~eappeared three times since her
elopment with A. G. Boyce, Jr., be.
came the pivotal factor in the trial
OF her husband, J. B. Snead, charged
with he murder of Capt. A. G. Boyce.
Sr. The battle being waged by the
defense attorneys without the court
room, to induce Mrs. Snead to testify
and save her husband, has over-shad.
owed the fight within. ATTORNEYS and
friends OF the Boyce family are try.
ing to keep Mrs. Snead from giving
evidence.
Mrs. Snead, her two brothers and
a sister. registered at a hotel under
assumed m Shortly afterwards.
When the woman was accOsted by a
reporter, she stamped her foot and de.
manded:
How in the world did you find
me?' Pressed further, she declared
she could not be interviewed, but ad-
mitted that she did not want to take
the stand.
DO you still love young Boyce and
hope to rejoin him." was asked.
Well" came the answer with a
smile. "yon wait till this trial is over
and see. Perhaps l do, but there. I
can't talk"
Here her six foot brother entered a
voice OF remOnstrance and the inter-
view, ended.
Gray hairs and age took the stand
in the battle to save youth, even at
the expense of heart-rending examina-
ton.
Capt. J. T.. Snyder, a rich New
Mexico ranchcr, father of Lena Snead
testified in favor of the young defend
ant. He declared that his daughter
was really insane. that young Boyce
was a cigarette fiend and a heavy
husband.
Snyder reviewed the romanceful his
tory of the early friendship of the
Sneads, Snyders and Boyces. Snyder
and the elder Boyce had been friends
for so years and Snyder rejected the
associations and friendship, attesting
to the bitter feud now existing be-
tween the families. Snyder is %
years old and he gave his testimony
in a tremulous voice. When he de-
scribed the alleged conspiracy hatch.
ed, he declared, by the elder Boyce
and fostered by him with the aim of
stealing Mrs. Snead from her hus-
band, tears rolled down his cheeks.
He declared that Captain Boyce adj
mitted to him that they were anxious
to keep Albert and Lena together as
she was the only woman in the world
who could save Albert from going
wrong"
The defense suffered a blow when
Ed Cobb of Wichita Falls was placed
tween attorneys and the court. Both
sides wanted him kept off, but the
court ruled otherwise. Monday. Cobb
said that Capt. Boyce had told him
that his son and Mrs. Snead were COM
ing back to Fort Worth to live. Yes
he declared this was a mistake
and that Capt. Boyce made no such
The state rested, Capt. Snyder was
the first witness for the defense and
he occupied the stand all afternoon.
He will resume his testimony today.
Snead, although registered at a
hotel a half block from that where his
wife is staying, has not yet met her.
In fact friends are trying to keep them
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-02-16
King Of Denmark Stricken.

Copenhagen, Feb. 8.-While taking
his customary walk, King Frederick
a seized with a sudden illness.
He returned to the palace and was
ordered to bed. The attending physi.
clans report the kings condition a.
serious
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-02-16

Bigger Than Mobile.
Ella-Don't you think n has a mo-
,ile mouth?
Stella-More than tina ) big
the whole of Alabar
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-02-16
Personal.

Personal.
Robert Ewing. Tennessee Woodrow
lis n manager, has resi-. ned.
resident Taft h~lioves his triD t,
riS ~ :.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-11
MAY FINE DAVIS FOR
TAXING PLAYERS NAME

CLEVELAND. OHIO, July MAN
ager Harry Davis. of the Maps, may
draw a fine OF $50 or 500, and just be
cause one of his players put one over
on Umpire Hart in the game al the
White SoN park on the morning Of
July A. When Umpire Connolly re-
fused to allow Birmingham to go to
his regular station in center field Man
ager Davis sent substitute to tina!
garden
Hart inquired the name of the new
conner from one of the Cleveland play
ers and the reply was costello" The
truth regarding TIE players name did
not become known until the Maps re-
turned to cleveland, where 1t was
learned that the player was Kenneth
Nash, former captain and shortstop of
the Brown university team The name
Costello" was given, not by Nash but
by another Nap. to get even with the
umpires for what the player termed a
bum decision on Birmingham at third,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-11
FODDER FOR FANS

Charlie Carr. manager of the Kansas
CITY team has entered formal protest
Gerald HAYES Gerald ought to be
ashamed Of himself
rohr,,, o,la, ma ,,ou iracl5er ~ tha
t2rulr ,,i,,'t,,y III so',,,,,J ,(,a,. ~ ,,,.,-
fessiorral bsii i6bn bse kent he Mans
seld IN, ~, in No 0hio Stats iessfa
ne u.s. '"
Ieftv ,,eo,.ge tho s,,. thar r,ade Inc
ctnN,aT trade ioie ~ beop se,,t ~ the
'ttt'lV 'cSttli i'0 was Ni'NV 9'"t WV"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-11
NEWS FROM RINGSIDE

Floyd Fitzsmmons, who is promoting
boxing matches at Benton Harbor is
trying to secure Eddie McGoortys sigma
ture for a match with Howard Morrow
al his club some time in the near future
Should these two be matched a record
crowd would probably attend the bout as
Morrow is a Benton Harbor product now
being managed by Tommy Ryan
Eugene CORR the noted English ref
cree, says he is in favor of adopting me
american plan of refereeing bout
CORR believes the referee should he on
the inside of the ring instead of the out
side. as the English referees now do
Jack Dillon and George K O. Brown
have been practically matched for a re-
turn engagement in Indianapolis July %
Al Palzer. known as the cave man.
says he prefers to meet Jack johnson In
a short bout before fighting the black
man for the championship.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-11
ANDERSON LEADS ATHENS
BALL TEAM TO MADISON

ATHENS, GA. July 11.-Athens fine
ball team, headed by Coach Frank An
derson, and with number Of Georgia
stars on the lineup, has gone to Madi-
son for two games-one today and an
other Friday Madison has a very
strong amateur team.
Those who will hold up the Athens
end of the score are: Rawson, catcher.
kid" Brannen and Peeler, pitchers.
Hodgson, first; Anderson. second,
Camoratta, short; Goodwin, third Bon
McWhorter, center; Nunnally, left. and
Bryant, right.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-11
GRIFFITH
BY William f. Kirk.

Maybe the Bostons will win the flag
That is the Boston boast and brag.
They have shown no signs of fear or
fatigue
AS they breeze along in the Johnson
league.
Their pitchers o. good and their team
is fast
And they play like the Bostons of sea-
sons past
Maybe they'll get the post-season
rocks
But were pulling for Griffith the good
odd Fox"
Maybe the team run by Connie Mack
viii clean things up on the homeward
track
Many fond hopes have been put in the
tombs
BY pitchers like Bender and Plank and
Coombs
Many team from its throne has slid
Because of the things that Baker did.
SO the old Athletics may win out If
But We're pulling for Gritf.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-11
Becker and Waldorf Slated
To Hurl Today's Double Bill

r the weather deigns to permit.
which isn't any too probable
during these watery days,
double-header will be played at
Ponce DeLeon park this afternoon.
The opposition will be furnished
by the prize inland out performers
of the league-the New orleans
Peicans
Very likely Buck Bicke will
hur in the first game today.
In the second game Mana
ger Hemphin may decide to give
Rudolph Waldorf, the Dutch Kid.
another chance If he does there
will be excitement surely. For
whenever Waldorf works there is
work for all
couple of ill-advised. watery
showers beat Atlanta out of a ball
game yesterday afternoon good
crowd risked the weather and
turned out for the doings at 2:30
It looked bad for Atlanta in the
first spasm, for Messenger singled.
with one out, Johnston lived on an
error, and Ameida was walked
With the bases full, Bad Bill Nc
Gilvray selected willow and
strobe to the plate Sitton gulped
put all he had on the ball and let
fly Bill swung, the ball cantered
down to Alperman, Almeida was
touched out and McGilvray doubled
at first
Nothing happened after that UNI
til one was down in the first of the
second. Then one of the pesky
little showers that has been run
ming loose in Fulton and DeKalb
counties for the last month hit
the park And the game ceased
For one hour and twelve min
utes there was nothing stirring
except the vigorous efforts of the
ground keepers force to dry off
the field.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-11

AT 3:42 the rain was over ana
hostilities were resumed under
an agreement to wave the rule
which automatically ended the first
game after 80 minutes had passed
And they were some hostilities
too. when they got started For
the mud was deep as the Pit and
gummy as glue Bailey got the
first taste of it. In the last Of Inc
second he walked. On Hemphfls
short single he foolishlv tried to
go to third. But the goov soil
stuck to his feet and slowed him,
down. And when he got to third
he saw that there was but one
chance. and that a poor one. He
had to slide. Normally it is called
hitting the dirt" On this occa-
sion it was hitting the mud"
Bailey shut his eyes, jumped ana
second later was the center Of a
mucky splash. The umpire couldn't
see the play at all. for the spatter-
ing gumbo, but called Harry out
on general principles And it to3s
the park force. with hoes. to die
down to his uniform.
Hemphil scored bit later nm
Harbisons single and in the nor
nal course of events that ruin
would have won the game. Far
Sitton was pitching ball.
1t began to rain early IN the
third and aimed gently all throug6
the inning, adding to the discom-
fort Of the already disguised play
ers. And with two gone in the last
of the third the game was again
called After a bit the shower
passed and the sun came out-an
infrequent happening these days
But the harm was done The park
was deep in water and Umpire
O'Toole declared the game off.
1t was a shame, for the Crack
ers were winning easily,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-11
NEGRO PITCHER HURLS A
N0-MAN-T0-FIRS GAME

claims the distinction of possessing the
greatest find of the year in baseball cir
cles, even though he is a negro.
In a game played on the local diamond
last week he achieved the distinction OF
equaling the worlds record for pitcher
in not allowing a runner to reach first
base throughout the nine innings of play.
This phenom, however. is handicapped
on account of his color being a negro 1t
is safe bet that If he could change his
spots he would be eagerly sought by the
big league clubs and would prove a SEN
sation