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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16
General Pension Bill Passed.

The house l73 to 81 accepted con-
ference report on the dollar-a-day pen
sion bill. The period of enlistment
for beneficiaries under the new law
was fixed at 30 days in both the civil
and Mexican wars. The measure will
cost the government about $27, 600, 600
annually
The bill now goes to President Taft
His advisers think he will sign IL.
Under the constitution, the president
has 10 days in which TO act If he
does not sign it within that time it
becomes a law
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16
LATEST HAPPENINGS THE WORLD
OVER TOLD IN ITEMIzED
FORM.
EVENTS HERE AND THERE
CONDEMNED Into q Few llnes for the
Perusal Of the Buoy Man
Latest Personal In
formation
Washington

Announcement Is made by the sec
Rotary of the interior that water will
be ready for 1857 acres Of land in
the third unit of the Belle Fourche
reclamation project, South Dakota, on
May rs, and approximately one hun
xired government farms will be subject
to homestead entry on that day.
The legislative, executive and ju-
dicial appropriation bill carrying an
appropriation Of approximately 1884,
coo, 200, passed the house at Washing
ton. The bill contains several I'M
portant changes in existing laws, In
Guiding a provision abolishing the
commerce court
The senate at Washington passed
the rivers and harbors appropriation
bill One OF it's items Is an appropria-
lion of $S50,0OO for the improvement
of the Chicago harbor.
The bill to increase the safety or
seagoers was favorably reported by
the house committee on merchant
marine at Washington, members OF
which were unanimous in their sup
port of the measure.
By vote of 120 to 40 the house at
Washington ordered the abollshment
OF the commerce court, but declined
TO sanction the action of the appropri-
atoms committee providing for the
hnl oF orin mir
Offices.
Soon after the house judiciary COM
mittee at Washington had begun it's
investigation into the grave charges
filed against Judge Robert w. Arch
bald Of the newly created United
States commerce court. that he was
using his position to obtain favors
from corporations, 1t uncovered four
big financial deals In which he had be-
come interested since mounting to his
present place on the bench.
Startling evidence of the progress
sive notification Of the meat inspec-
ton laws through successive regula-
tions issued by the department OF agri-
culture and the prevalence of almost
criminal laxity in the enforcement OF
the law as modified, was given the
house committee at Washington In
yestigating the department by Mrs.
Caroline Bartlett Crane of Kalamazoo,
Mich, who inspected meat packing
plants and slaughter houses in many
cities.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16
Foreign

Mexico's new provisional govern
ment is without an official head, as
Emilio Vasquez Gomez, provisional
president, and his entire cabinet hur-
riedly left JuareZ between two days.
All the stevedores, lightermen and
coal handlers who have been on strike
at Havana, Cuba, for some days, have
returned to work, but the marine fire.
men are still out and the suspension
of the ferries and the tug service con-
tinues. The tiremen, however, may
resume work at any moment.
The revolution in Paraguay led by
former President Col. Alvino lara is
believed to have been permanently
put down when the main rebel army
was decisively defeated near Tibicuary
by federal army commanded by the
minister of war.
The suffrage bill just introduced by
the government indicates that Sweden
will be the first country to grant wo-
men the fullest electoral privileges.
The bill provides that women shall
have a vote under exactly the same
conditions as the men.
Aviator Bachmayer was killed at the
Johannisthal aerodrome in Berlin,
Germany, when the motor of his aero
plane stopped and he and the machine
crashed $50 feet to earth.
With Emilio Vasquez Gomez, provi-
sional governor OF Mexico, practically
in jail and closet guarded by armed
soldiers at .Juarez, the northern part
of Mexico is decidedly more quiet than
it has been for the past month, ac-
cording to dispatches to the state de-
partment at Washington.
Thirty-four persons were killed and
many buildings in the city OF Zapata-
Ian, located on the slope OF the vol
cano of Colima, were wrecked by an
earthquake. Following the quakes
the volcano became active.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16
Township Refuses to Harbor Leper

The Hampton township board has
fatty refused to consider proposition
from the Bay City health authorities
TO permit 10 acres of the county poor
farm in that township to be set aside
for the use Of Herman Herchfield,
leper, who is now at Centerville.
Iowa
1t was proposed to isolate Herch
field at this place.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16

BY unanimous vote the general
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
church at Minneapolis approved the
Kenyon Sheppard bill, which now is
before congress and which prohibits
the shipment in interstate commerce
OF intoxicating liquors into dry" ter
titory.
The general assembly Of the Pres
byterian church (Southern) convened
at Bristol, Tenn.
The food situation In Louisiana IL
more distressing than at any time
since the water of the Mississippi be-
gan to rise. Appeals for boats are
points from every direction. much
faster than they can be responded to.
How many lives have been lost can
not even be estimated, but the dead
will number at least several hundred.
On the ground that no intention on
the part OF the Steel corporation to de-
btEOy etIQcuCo UcoiihS uPoh tho CIV
ernment's dissolution suit had been
shown, Judges Gray. Burlington and
Mcpherson In the United States dis
trict court at Trenton, N. j., refused
to grant the injunction prayed for by
the government to restrain the trust
from making away with any OF these
papers.
The business session of the Shrin-
ers conclaye, IN session at Los Ange-
les. ended with the adjournment of the
imperial council. william ]. Cunning
ham Of Baltimore, former imperial
deputy potentate, was elected imperial
potentate, succeeding John Frank
Treat OF Fargo, N. d. Dallas, Tex.
was chosen as the site of the 1913
conclave.
A disagreement between foreign and
American miners at Bend, Macoupin
county, ILL.,, as to whetherbthey should
go to work without awaiting the result
of the referendum vote now being
taken in the state, resulted in one
man being fatally injured and four
others wounded
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16
Gomez Beat It" for San Antonio. Tex

Emilio VasQuez Gomez, provisional
president of Mexico, has quit his
capitol in Juarez' Francisco Pra-
dillo, who imported him, said that he
was hiding in that city. Other rebel
officials said Gomez had beat it, for
San Antonio. Pradillo admitted that
Gomez had gone to Texas.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16
Grants Tomb Collapsinq.

Reports that the foundations Of
Grants tomb. on Riverside Drive, New
York, have been undermined by wat
ter and that the magnificent fnauso.
leum is in danger of collapse, are to
be thoroughly investigated by an Of
fetal commission, consisting of the
chief engineer of the New York park
department, Edward Miller and John
II. Duncan, architect of the tomb.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16
Hibben Now Heads Princeton.

Before a brilliant assemblage Of
Princeton alumni, undergraduates,
trustees and faculty and many thous-
and guests and representatives from
other institutions throughout the
country, John Grier Hlibben, the four
teenth president of Princeton univer-
sity, was formally indicted into Of
flee.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16
Mrs. Frances Dewey Convicted.

1t took the jury just one hour in
Ann Arbor TO bring in verdict of
murder in the first degree in the
trial of Mary Frances Dewey. known
as Wildsmith, charged with the muir
der last February of her 11-months-
old adopted child.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16
AGAINST Parole of Frank Ashley.

Leaders of Detroit, thinking men,
are apparently of one mind on the
proposal to parole Frank Ashley, SEN
fenced to prison for life for the muir
der of James Magee, in Detroit, 16
years ago. All those interviewed de-
nounced the plan as crime against
society
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16

Paxtine Antiseptic sprayed into the
nasal passages is a surprisingly sue
cessful remedy for catarrh. At drug
gists, Csc box OF sent postpaid on re-
ceipt of price by The Paxton Toilet
Co., Boston, Mass.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16
Calculation.

Going to make garden?"
II dunno" replied the man who al
ways looks discouraged. I'm busy
now figuring up how many tons Of let
tuce I'll have to raise to pay for the
spade and the rake and the rest OF
the outfit"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16
His OpportunltY.

His Opportunity.
z Going to Wombat's wedding. over
on the north side?"
mot l. l was engaged to that girl.
Wombat cut me out"
well, come to the wedding. You
may get a chance to biff him in tho
Jaw with an old shoe"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16
tnnucndo.

innuenoo.
whats Cholly SO angry aboutY'
"Oh. some rude girl asked him II he
was a suffragette."
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16
ProvldInQ.

do you suppose that giddy girl ever
spends any time in serious reflection ?"
Yves, whenever there's looking
glass around"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16
The One Sure ThinQ,

I'VE can always be sure Of one.
thing" said the wise man.
What is that?" asked the foolish,
one.
THAT we are never sure Of any.
thing"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16

Some people impress us as being
too polite to get all that's coming to-
them.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16
We Can and We Do.

We Can and We Do.
at has been demonstrated that We
can have plays without words"
YES. Also that we can have plays"
without actors"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16

Mrs. Wfnslows Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the guns, reduces inhamma-
ton, sllsys pain cures wind collie. 2bc bottle
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16
Ston the Pain.

The hurt or burn or a cut stops when
Coles Carbolisalve 10 applied. 1t heals
quickly and prevents scars. Csc and Soc by
druggists. For free sample write to-
}. w. Cole g. Co.. Black River Falls, Wis.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16
Personal

Members of the Panama-Pacific ex-
position commission, under the lead
ership of John Hays Hammond, ar
rived in ST. Petersburg from Germany
and passed the greater part of the day
in sightseeing in the capital.
DR.. John Grier Hibben was inaugu-
rated president of Princeton univer-
sity in the presence of many distin-
guished educators and thousands of
alumni, students and others.
A rumor in Paris that Mrs. Ava
Willing Astor, who divorced Col. John
Jacob Astor, will be married to
Maurice Rostand, second son Of Ed
mond Rostand, author of "Chantecler,"
was cabled to New York.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16
Domestic

United States District Judge Cor.
nelius J. Hanford at Seattle, Wash,
ordered the cancellation of the citi-
xenship papers of Leonard Oleson, a
Socialist agitator, on the ground that
he had committed fraud when he
swore that he was attached to the
principles of the Constitution Of the
United States.
Nx
DR.. George Chalmers Richmond,
rector of st. Johns Episcopal church
at Philadelphia, who last summer de-
nounced the wedding of Col. John j.
Astor and Miss Madelaine Force as
IAN unholy alliance" delivered SEN
sational sermon from his pulpit, in
which he denounced Coionel's Astor's
action in making his will.
Z -. -, .,,.. $685..
James Douglass, aged twenty-four,
was killed by lightning at his fathers
home, twelve miles south of McLeans-
boro, Ill.
Delegates to the convention of the
Associated Advertising Clubs of Amer
lea, to be held at Dallas, Tex, May 10,
left San Francisco on a special train.
The worlds first baby boy to be
horn after his mothers death is now
n patient in Fordham hocIital, New
York city, full of vitality and appar-
emily destined to long life. BY a
Caesarian operation the child was de-
livered, the physicians at the hospital
report. ten minutes after his mother
had died of apoplexy. The boy
weighed S IS pounds
Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske,
commander Of the second division Of
The Atlantic fleet of battleships, was
"a passenger for ten minutes on q
hydro-aeroplane at Salem, Mass.
Philips w. Page operated the air
craft.
Sheriff Bradshaw is returning from
Seattle to Kansas with Charles
Marzyck accused of the murder OF the
William Snowman family at Ellis.
worth. Kan. MarZyck was formerly
the husband OF Showman's sister
Mrs Pembroke II. Pitt of Baltimore
rhose husband was arrested al
Naples on May and is awaiting ex
animation with a view to extradition
arrived from Greece and obtained per
-..fr.fnr, To xieit her husband In nriann
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16

Garfield Tea is unequalled either an an
occasional or a daily laxative.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16

Red Cross Ball Blue, all blue, best bluingc
value Ia the whole world. makes the laun-
dress smile.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16

Complete figures on the result of
the April primaries on file with the
secretary OF state of Illinois show
Roosevelt's plurality over Taft is
13s.041. Clark's over Wilson Is i143,-
AS. Deneen's lead over Small is 63,-
1853. and over Wayman S0,714.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16

With only 80 delegates not reported
of total of 610, unofficial but revised
returns for the Hennepin county
Mimi presidential primary shows:
Roosevelt, 352 delegates; Taft, 10;
LaFolette, 81; fusion" sc.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16

Grand Rapids.-Albert Mayors and
Hugh Johnson, each eleven years
old, were arrested and confessed
to having robbed 10 residences within
the last two weeks. They admit bav-
Ing taken $500 from housewives
purses.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16
Politics

A call has been issued for a meeting
of the Republican national committee
eide contests among delegates to the
Republican national convention.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16

Mrs. Pembroke II. Pitt of Baltimore,
~hose husband was arrested at
Naples on May and is awaiting ex.
animation with view TO extradition,
arrived from Greece and obtained per-
mission to visit her husband in prison.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16

Sheriff Bradshaw is returning from
Seattle to Kansas with Charles
Marzyck, accused of the murder OF the
William Snowman family at Els
worth. Kan. Marzyck was formerly
the husband OF Showman's sister.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16

Menominee.-Fred Henick, age fifty
four, bachelor farmer residing
In the vicinity Of Hermansville, was
struck by 500 line passenger train
short distance from his home, and
instantly killed.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16

was found guilty of the murder Of her
eleven-months-old adopted child.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16
~ WOLVERINE W.
NEWS BREVITIES

Grand Rapids.-To provide Grand
Rapids with a permanent apple
show. the officers OF the West Michi-
gan Development bureau have organ
lied the Michigan Land and Apple
Show company. Carroll F. Sweet Is
president. The first show will be held
next November.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16

Menominee. - Clara, two-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. 10
seph Schohezinske, died as the result
of eating q quantity Of poisonoui
weeds, called ground hemlock.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-16

Aviator Bachmayer was killed at the
Johannisthal aerodrome in Berlin.
Germany, when the motor of his aero
plane stopped and he and the machine
crashed $50 feet to earth.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-02-16


The domestic charge sof IS cents q
pound for parcels is the highest in the
would. In Germany, Austria, Italy and
the United Kingdom domestic four pound
packages are carried for total charge Of
Re cents. France charges Il cents.
Belgium 10. Japan and Switzerland
Mexico charges "A and Russia from 23
to IA Il is left to the United States to
exact ga cents. more than Eve times as
much as Is held to be reasonable By the
postal authorities Of other leading nations.
With the parcels post In operation.
which will be when the express lobbyists
are kicked ont Of Congress. the people Of
this country will be permitted TO enjoy
the cheap rates that other countries have.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-02-16
Almost Lost His Life.

s. A. Std, Of Mason, Mich will
never forget his terrible exposure
to merciless storm. cit gave me
Il dreadful cold.n he writes, 'sthat
caused severe pains 10 my chest.
so IL was hard for me to breathe
"A neighbor gave me several doses
Of DR.. Kings New Discovery
which brought great relief. The
doctor said I was on the verge Of
pneumonia, but to continue with
the Discovery. did 80 and two
bottles completely cured me =
Use only this quick, safe reliable
medicine for coughs. colds, or any
throat or lung trouble. Price
SOC and &l.00. Trial bottle free.
Guaranteed By Eli r. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-02-16

Advocates Of statewide and municipal
suffrage for women were much ii
evidence at Annapolis this week. A
bearing was given them on their bill IN
the House Of Delegates on Tuesday
Among the speakers were: Miss Janet
Richards, Of Washington, lecturer on
current topics; Congressman and Mrs
Taylor, Of Colorado; Chairman John B.
Hanna, Of the Republican State Central
Committee; Stevenson A. Williams, Of
Belair; Miss Eta H Maddox, Miss Mary
Il. Lent, Mrs. Donald r. Hooker, Miss
Julia R. Rogers, Or. Warren Lewis, Mrs.
j. William Funck, pr. Mary Sherwood
and Miss Edna A. Beveridge.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-02-16
Property Transfers.

James J Hanna and wife,
Arthur M. Hanna and wife, OF
China Grove, N. G., Mitchell J..
Hanna and wife, of Mt. Vernon,
Ind, to John t. Hanna. 95a acres
of estate of Stephen ). Hanna, 10
the Eighth District, $500 per share
of each of the grantoFs.
Mitchell a. Piner and wife, Of
Newark N j., to Benjamin Gate
wood Of Cecilton, property il
Cecilton, $500
Sarah A. Worrilow to George
W. Stanton, Of Baltimore city
ssGeoffarisons Resurveyed' con
tanning 1O6 acres, $5 and othel
considerations.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-02-16
Shocking Sounds.

in the earth are sometimes heard
before terrible earthquake, that
warn of the coming peril.
Natures warnings are kind That
duh pain or ache IN the back warns
yon the Kidneys need attention if
you would escape those dangerous
maladies, Dropsy, Diabetes or
Bright's disease. Take Electric
Bitters at. once and see backache
Ay and al your best feelings re
turn. my son received great
benefit from their use for kidney
and bladder trouble writes Peter
Bondy, South lockwood, Mich.
cit is certainly q great kidney
medicine Z Try it. 30 cents at
Eli r. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-02-16
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY Is, 1919.

Banks throughout the United States
are carefully studying the movement for
better roads, and many Of them have
made inquiry Of the American Associa.
ton for Highway Improvement, which Is
The Washington clearing house for the
road movement 10 the United States, for
information relating to the methods Of
financing road improvement in various
sections Of the country and the effect of
such improvement on values Of property
and the volume of business.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-02-16
Cost Of Bad Road 5.

The best opportunity Of appFeciating
the cost TO him Of bad roads IS given the
farmer 10 fall. winter and spring III the
fall the mud is deep ID some of the high
ways, especially those 10 clayey loan.
which heaves badly with he frost.
When the ground freezes The deeply cut
rnts remain, and when mol covered deep
II with snow are constant impairment
10 traffic. They are worse than the dust
in the summer OF the mud at I hi wo ends
of winter. rhe ruts damage vehicles of
all kinds and freqnentiy break harness
v 7eu heavy loads are being drawn. The
force expended BY horses 10 pulling
loads over such roads is far ID excess Of
the force required 10 pull loads over even
a poor earth road in summer
This is the time Of year, says the
Partners Review. when farmers have
time for organization Of societies for road
improvement. Local societies for the
improvement If The roads are far more
effective than great national associations.
becauserfhe local societies have no local
jealousies TO overcome. # the people Of
any community ran be hronght 10 q
realization Of hog expensive bad roads
are they will fake measures to remedy
them. The plan that will do 10 one
locality will no; do in another, for the
reason that each locality bias its particular
road problem. There Is only one thing
10 which there is similarity. and that is
that in each community had roads are
expensive.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-02-16
He Won't Limp Now.

NO more limpiDg for Tom Moore
Of Cochran, Ga. ~ had bad
sore 90 my instep that nothing
seemed to help till / used Buck
lens Arnica Salve,u be writes,
ssbut this wonderful healer soon
cured me. " Heals old. running
sores, uncers, boils, burns. cuts,
bruises, eczema or piles. Try it.
Only 25 cents at Eli r Reynolds
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-02-16

The baltimore Americans Annapolis
corresnondent has ne tollowinp ii saw
concerning The stains of the Local Opt;on
Bill he proprsss of which thronph the
rreseut legislature i heinz watched with
;uterest sl,rou hont the state.
..Thps a. Il serious Effort has been
made u defeat the Local option Bill %
;r,3,,str;e,,slv nroed IS he Art;.saioor
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-02-16
Property Transfers.

Omar D. Crothers, Attorney, to
Celia M. Windle, Granville w
Reynolds farm in Sixth district
consid Iteration. $1,000.
William 8. Evans. Trustee. to
John D. Curry and James A.
Curry, woodland in Second district,
aggregation 44 acres, 1878 43
Lewis Elliot Williams to Thomp
son f. Williams, all his interest ia
two lots of land in Port Deposit. 90
and other considerations.