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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18
Convicted of MansIauobter

Waterloo, Iowa, April 1s.-The jury
in the case Of J. I. McCTaskill return
ed a verdict of manslaughter. Nc
Craslill. a sewing machine agent, was
charged with the murder of Henry
Phillips, a wealthy farmer near Ray
mond.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18
Knox Back In CAPITAL.

Washington, April 1S.-Secretary
Knox returned to the capital. satisfied
that he had accomplished the mission
upon which he was sent by President
Taft to the Caribbean republics.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18
Grant Miners Increase in Wages.

Houghton, Mich, April 1S.-The Cal
Umet and Hecla Mining company an
nounced an increase of 10 per cent in
wages for its employees and those OF
10 subsidiary companies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18

White Star line announced today the
Cedric will sail az nocn IT was also
stated that J. Bruce Ismay had not
engaged passage on the Cedric, but
will remain aboard the Carpathia.
HAYS STILL MISSING.
Montreal april 1S.-The Grand
Trunk Railway company today receiv-
ed the following: Mrs. Hays, Mrs.
Davidson saved. No news of husband
(SignedJ Hays" This message came
from Woolshole, Mass, and confirms
information thus far received to the
effect that the president of the Grand
Trunk is not among the survivors.
REPLIES TO CARDINALS.
Washington, April 1S.-The express
sion of sympathy sent to the president
yesterday by the three American cardi-
nails has been acknowledged by Taft in
a letter made public today by Cardi-
nal Gibbons. The letter follows: Re
ceived written expression by Roman
Catholic arChbishops of the country, in
joint session with the trustees of the
Catholic university of their profound
grief in the awful loss Of human lives
in the sinking Of the Titanic, and %
behalf OF the Befeayed beings express
grateful appreciation Of this message
OF sympathy. | note in your communi-
cation a valued suggestion of the nee
essity of legal provision for greater
security in ocean travel"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18

vania, including Pittsburgh, by issuing
10000 pieces of scrip" in s5 denomin-
ations to messengers; that the to-
tai Roosevelt expenditures in Penn
sylvania were between $4,000 and
100000; that in New York county
alone 100000 was spent in an endeav-
or to influence primaries, and that eff
forts were made to buy out" precinct
captains in New York.
DISTRICT CAPTAIN SELLS OUT.
''In this connection" the Mckinley
statement said, "one district captain in
New York did sell out to the Roose-
velt managers, plainly showing Roose-
welt was not a candidate in answer to
a great popular demand, but the bene-
ficiary of a bag of good, hard dollars. -
ROOSEVELT IN NEBRASKA.
Nebraska City, April 1S.-Colonel
Roosevelt, in a speech here today,
again charges that President Taft had
entrusted his fate to Senators Lorimer,
Gallinger, and Penrose, and others
whom, he says, are opposed to the rule
of the people.
ALABAMA FOR UNDERWOOD.
Montgomery, Ala, April 1S.-Ala.
bama's 4S delegates and alternates,
representing "a votes in the democrat
io national convention, were instruct.
ed to vote for Oscar W. Underwood
until nomination for president shall
have been made by the state conven.
ton here yesterday. If there was a
sentiment for any other candidates, il
was not manifest in the convention.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18
Three Hurt in Mill Clash.

Lowell, Mass, April 1S.-During a
disturbance at the mill gates today
three persons were injured. Five ar
rests were made.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18
insurance Man Dead,

Milwaukee, April 18.-Vice President
Skinner of the Northwestern Mutual
Life Insurance company Of Milwaukee
died this afternoon of apoplexy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18
Montana IXnchinn.

Forsythe, Mont, April 1S.-Harry
Heffner, alleged slayer of Mrs. William
Merrill of JOppa, was taken from the
Jail today by a mob and hanged.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
From noon today to noon tomorrow)
sun sets CAB, rises Sis. Evening
stars: Mars. Saturn Morning stars:
Vcaus. Jupiter. Mercury.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18
DEMAND BOATS FOR ALL.

Peru, Ind, April 1s.-In collision
of Indiana Union Traction cars at
Cassville 10 persons were hurt, none
fatally.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18
To CARE FoR sTRvIvoRs.
GREAT ICE FIELD SEEN.

The oil tank steamer Lafiandre,
which arrived today from Antwerp,
reported an encounter with an ice
field the night OF April IL in latitude
42O2. longitude 5U.O7. AS far a.
could be seen from, aloft fee extended
in all directions. The ice was so
thickly packed the steamer was COM
PEELED to go far out Of its course TO
clear H.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18
ONLY ~ LIFEBOATs.
SURVIVORS WIRE FAMILIES.

Many wireless messages by surviv-
ors To their families show they hold
hopes that those from whom they had
been separated were safe aboard other
steamers.
4 am praying my husband has been
picked up by another steamer" was a
wireless message sent by a survivor
TO her family.
The Ordway new era., 1912-05-03
WEEKS NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS

Because the foot of his horse exactly
matched plaster Of paris cast OF the
footprint Of the horse driven to the
spot near Nowata. Okla, where Mrs.
Irene Cohen was murdered recently,
II. o. Jeffries. editor of the Nowath
Advertiser, has been arrested charged
with killing the woman.
Word that the fugitive leaders Of the
Allen gang from Carroll county. vir-
ginia. were headed for southern Cal
ifornia, IL not already there. has cIe-
ated much activity in the sheriffs' Of
fices OF the Los Angeles section OF
the state. Los Angeles police beliGve
they have arrived.
A movement has been started In the
Baptist churches of Denver to es:;, b.
lish free tuberculosis sanatoriums in
various parts of the United States
with headquarters in Denver. Funds
for establishing the institutions are to
be raised by the unique plan of ASSESS
ing the 100000 Baptists of the Unit
ed States 10 cents each annually. Ar
ticles of Incorporation have been filed
in the office Of the secretary of state
OF Colorado for the American Baptist
tuberculosis Association. A campaign
for funds will be launched immediate.
ly. 1T is planned to have a research
station connected with each institution
for the study of the causes and pre-
vention of the disease.
Several hundred thousand copies OF
the speech delivered in the House by
Congressman Taylor on woman's suf-
frage are to be scattered broadcast in
five states where the women are wag-
ing determined campaigns for the
right to vote.
The Ordway new era., 1912-05-03
Looks Like Intervention.

Washington.-It Is generally be-
lieved that the United States Is on
the eve Of intervening in Mexico.
This is based upon the latest warlike
movement of the army and navy, all
OF which hint at aggressiveness to-
ward the Republic on the south. San
Diego is looked upon as the most
probable point Of mobilization for an
advance upon Mexico.
Two torpedo boat destroyers. the
Preble and the Perry. the largest ves-
sells of the flotilla. suddenly left San
Diego April 81. under sealed orders,
proceeding at high speed and without
lights, Magdalena bay is believed TO
be their destination.
The United States transport Buforl
steamed from San Francisco recently,
bearing relief to distressed Americans
on the west coast of Mexico.
Vessels arriving at San Francisco
and Los Angeles from the western
coast Of Mexico brought many refu-
gees, who told many tales of cruelty,
outrage, robbery and murder.
The Ordway new era., 1912-05-03
TERRIFIC CYCLONE VISITS TEXAS
PANHANDLE AND SOUTHERN
OKLAHOMA.
Is KILLED AT LUGERT
DOZEN TOWNS MORE THAN HALF
RAZED; PATH SWEPT
CLEAN.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Oklahoma City, Okla. - Forty one
persons are reported to have been
killed by tornado that swept south
western Oklahoma and the southwest
corner OF the Texas Panhandle April
2Sth. A dozen towns were struck and
farming communities suffered.
Communication facilities are para
lyzed and 1t Is impossible to confirm
the reports of loss Of life or to accur-
ately estimate the property damage.
The greatest loss of life reported is
at Lugert. where 1t is said fifteen per-
sons were killed. A special train. sent
from Altus with physicians and nurses.
when 1t was reported passenger
train had been blown from the rails.
picked up ten injured persons and
died on the train.
1t was reported a Kansas City, Mex
ico & Orient train had been blown
from the track and twenty persons
killed. but it developed that but two
cars had been derailed and no one WAS
hurt.
The tornado started just across the
Texas border and first killed seven
persons at Kirkland. Tex. demolishiug
thirty buildings. and blew a Rock Isl.
and work train off the track.
Tearing on northward the storm
struck Eidorado. killing four: Calumet.
killing three. and Lugert. Rocky. wherc
half the town is in ruins: Yukon. War
ren, Martha. Blair and Lone Wolf. At
each OF these places many persons
were hurt.
Several Of these towns are cut off
from communication. What is belle .cd
to be the tail Of the storm destroyed
several buildings at Mulhall. fifty
miles north Of Oklahoma City, but so
far as known thefe were no casualties
there.
p. B. Thompson and his wife were
caught under the falling timbers Of
their home at Calumet and crushed 20
death. Several other buildings at Caiu-
met were demolished and two persons
were injured.
Aledo. a village In Dewey county, is
reported to be in ruins.
Those killed in Texas were Roy
Camp. wife and two children: Mrs. c.
f. Kennedy and Hugh Singleton and
wife.
The Ordway new era., 1912-05-03
WASHINGTON,

Resolutions authorizing $4,000 ap-
preparations for the families of each Of
the three United States postal clerks
who lost their lives on the Titanic,
were introduced in the House by Rep
resentative Reilly of Connecticut.
Representatives Mondell, Taylor
and Pray had a conference with Com
missioner bennett of the General
Land Office regarding the bills which
have been introduced in the Senate by
Senator Warren, and in the House of
Representatives by Representative
Mondell, to provide for reducing the
area required for cultivation in en-.
larged homesteads from eighty to for
ty acres. Representative Mondell's bill
provides that but twenty acres be cul-
tivated the second year, and forty
acres the third year of the entry. Com
missioner bennett Is inclined TO favor
legislation which will reduce the area
to be cultivated from eighty to forty
acres in the third year of the entry,
with h provision that when proof is
submitted at the end of the five.year
term to complete the entry, 1t shall
be shown that one-fourth of the en-
tire entry, or eighty acres, Is under
cultivation.
The Ordway new era., 1912-05-03
WESTERN.

Preliminary plans have been per.
fected for the erection of labor ten.
pie in Fresno. Calf.
Three persons are dead at Ponca
City. Okla, as the result Of one of
four tornadoes near the Kansas-Okla.
homa line.
Three trainmen were instantly killed
the Western Pacific railroad blew up
near Elko. New.
Forty-seven passengers, all but one
citizens of the United States. who ar
rived in Galveston from Vera Cruz,
Mexico, on the steamer Texas, tell of
alleged torture and assassination Of
Americans in Mexico.
A cyclone which swept the country
near Broken Bow. Neb., picked up a
little country school house, in which
were twelve children and the teacher,
carried it a mile and set it on the
ground without injuring a child.
Estimates Of flood losses in eleven
parishes of northeast Louisiana set the
damage at $15,OO0.OOO. Fertile acres
are inundated and will be unfit for
crop planting this year. Suffering
among the thousands of homeless is
great.
Unless an immediate settlement of
the strike of the Union Pacific shop
men is effected. strike of the 800,
900 shop employees of the Denver &
Rio Grande, Burlington. Colorado &
Southern and other lines is threat
ened.
Twenty-nine persons were injured,
one Of them, James Davis, perhaps
fatally, when cyclonic wind struck a
Union Pacific passenger train one mile
west of North Loup, Neb. The entire
train, the engine excepted, was blown
from the track and all the care were
overturned.
Henry NJ. Dearing, aged ~, and son,
Palmer NJ. Dcaring, 40. were brought
to the federal prison at Leavenworth.
Kan, to begin sentences Of five years
each for embezzlement. Henry NJ.
Dearing was cashier of the Albion
National bank of Albion, Mich. lad
his son an employe.
Declaring that unless the trouble of
the railway carmen, who have been on
a strike on a western railroad for sew
eral months was mediated, a strike of
more than 100000 shopmen and ma
chinists employed on all western rail-
roads would be called, the officers Of
the Federation of Federations sent a
telegram to President Taft advising
him of their intentions. The message
was signed by the presidents Of twelve
unions.
The Ordway new era., 1912-05-03

The Senate passed bills previously
passed by the House. extending the
time within which to make proof on
desert land entries for three years in
cases where through unavoidable de-
lay In the construction of irrigation
works. the entryman. without fault of
his own. is unable to get water on his
land within five years: extending the
provisions OF the surface entry law to
coal lands within state selection, and
providing that an entryman under n
government reclamation project shall
not forfeit his entry on account OF ab.
sence prior to the date the govern.
ment furnishes water for its irrigation.
The Senate also passed Senator Gug.
genheim's bill appropriating $25. 900
for establishment of fish cultural sta.
tion in Colorado. the site to be select.
ed by the Department Of Commerce
and Labor.
The Ordway new era., 1912-05-03
SPORT.

Johnny Kilbane. feathcr.weisht
champion, has accepted an offer OF a
match with Johnny Dundee. In New
York, May Is.
Luther Mccarthy OF Springfield.
Mo-, knocked out Joe Hagen of Den
yer. in the third round OF scheduled
ten.round bout at Bartlesville, Okla.
Pat Mclntire OF Cleveland has of-
fered Kilbane $4,000 for a twelve
round battle with White. Kilbnne
says he will take the money providing
some other opponent is picked Nc
lntire says White is the man. Kilbane
says nix.
Packey Mcfarland, who was intro
duced at Madison Square Garden in
New York. as Chicago's Fighting
Irishman. administered a drubbing 20
England's lightweight champion, Mass
Wells. The men went ten rounds, and
while Mcfarland was 10 to Z favoe-
lite. nobody thought his task would be
so easy.
The Ordway new era., 1912-05-03
Experlment WITH siberia Fruit.

Grand Junction.-Director Shaffer
OF the publicity board here has wired
the Department Of Agriculture for
samples of hardy cherries. apricots
and other fruit trees reported found
in Siberia. Frank A. Meyer. govern
ment experimentalist, reported that he
discovered in Siberia cherry trees that
will withstand temperature Of forty
below zero, apricots thirty below. and
other fruit trees equally hardy. Mr..
Shaffer believes that such trees plant.
ed here would revolutionize fruit
growing In the state.
The Ordway new era., 1912-05-03
FoREiGr!.

In future women will not be engaged
in the Canadian civil service save us
stenographers and typewritcrs, accord
ing to a recent ruling.
The relief funds being raised in
London for the assistance of the suf-
ferers by the Titanic disaster now
amount to upwards of 100000,
The English continue to make liber.
al contributions to the relief fund for
the sufferers from the Titanic disas.
ter. The Mansion House has re-
ceived $735.00O. the Mail $l5O,OOO, the
Telegraph $4,000. while other funds
are growing in proportion.
Beginning round trip from Paris
to London by way of Brussels. Bel
GUM, Aviator Hamel, in a mopoDlaue,
left the suburb Of Issy, France, carry
ing Miss Mary Davies as passenger.
Before he returns to Paris, he will
have flown over three countries and
crossed the English channel twice.
The Ordway new era., 1912-05-03
GEN RAJ.

Warned by telephone operator
that the Mineville dam had broken,
five hundred persons residing in the
valley of Milbrook, Essex county, N. Y.
fled to the hills and then watched the
torrent wash their homes away.
DR.. d. X. Pearson, the aged philan.
thropist, died in a sanitarium at Hins-
dals, ILL.,, at the age OF ninety.two. He
had been at the point of death sew
eral days, and physicians had given
up all hope for his recovery. He was
kept alive by the use Of oxygen for
several days. DR.. Pearson's fortune
of $6.OOO.0OO was given away to needy
schools and colleges.
The king of beggars" is in New
York and under lock and key. In pos
session of a fortune-as some fortunes
go-he was picked up on charges of
intoxication and disorderly conduct.
He calls himself the king of beggars"
and had no objection to telling the po.
lice of his career. In Cleveland re-
Gently he gathered up $4,000 from
sympathetic auditors and the Probate
Court of that city appointed guar.
dian to look after his money.
Five persons were robbed of money,
or valuables, or both, by three masked
men who went through the sleeper
nottingham of the Rock Islands west
bound Golden State Limited, at Shelf
field, ILL.,, forty miles east of Moline.
One passenger was robbed of $1,000.
Thirty-two persons are known to be
dead, half score are SO severely In
jured they may die, and hundred
and fifty others were hurt in two tor
nadoes which swept over southern
Illinois in one instance, and across
northern Illinois into Indiana in the
other.
The Ordway new era., 1912-05-03
NEWS OF COLORADO POINTS

Miss Margaret O'Hearn, a teacher
OF Johnstown. Is under arrest charged
with whipping a ten-year-old boy with
a horsewhip.
The two boys who confessed to the
robbery of the Globe Express Compa.
ny in Grand Junction Of $4,000. will
not be prosecuted.
John Weese, a well known ranch.
man living near Hygiene. and who was
one Of the first settlers In the st.
Vrain valley, Is dead.
Work on the new Catholic church
at Meeker is expected to be resumed
soon. after having been suspended
through the winter.
A small tornado swept the coun.
try near Sterling recently and de.
stroyed considerable property and
killed many chickens.
Apples in the vicinity OF Boulder
have been damaged rs per cent by
freezes. and cherries and other fruits
are said to be total loss.
Farmers of Lucerne and Eaton who
went on the Chicago market recently
with several thousand fat lambs re-
ccived $5.45 per hundred, the highest
price in years.
The Knights and Ladies of Security,
First district Of Colorado, comprising
the cities Of Denver. Loveland,
Greeley. Longmont. Brighton. Boulder
and Fort Collins. met In bi-annual ses.
sion at Denver recently.
Colorado has more divorce courts
than has England, Germany and
France combined" was the statement
made by DR.. William 8. Friedman In
Temple Emanuel In Denver.
San Juan Odd Fellows Association,
comprising the lodges OF Pagosa
Springs. Cortez. Mancos. Pennington.
Aztec and Durango. held a two.day
celebration at Durango, the occasion
being the ninety-third anniversary Of
the order.
An enthusiastic meeting OF the San
Juan Congress was held In Durango
with representatives from every com.
mercial organization and county In the
Southwest present. Steps were taken
looking to the improvement of rail.
roads In that section.
At meeting Of the directors OF the
Greeley Commercial Club and the
Weld County Farmers Club. Ward
barley. a sugar factory promoter. was
practically pledged G.OOO Acres Of all.
gar beets. Farmers believe that they
should secure more money for their
beets and the Commercial club Is
pledged to render every aid to them
to secure factory. 2st a.-.a. .,.,,- .
The Ordway new era., 1912-05-03
THE OLD PLEA
He "Didn't Know It Was Loaded"

The coffee drinker seldom realizes
that coffee contains the drug, caffeine,
severe poison to the heart and
nerves, causing many forms of dis.
ease, noticeably dyspepsia.
Il was lover OF coffee and used It
for many years, and did not realize the
bad effects l was suffering from it's
use. (Tea is just as injurious as cot.
fee because 1t. too, contains caffeine,
the same drug found in coffee)
AT first was troubled with indiges-
ton. did not attribute the trouble
to the use Of coffee. but thought It
arose from other causes. With these
attacks ! had sick headache, nausea
and vomiting. Finally my stomach
was in such q condition could scarce
ly retain any food.
Il consulted a physician: was told
all my troubles came from indiges.
tion. but was not informed what
caused the INDIGESTION. kept on with
the coffee, and kept on with the trou.
bles, too. and my case continued to
grow worse from year to year until It
developed into chronic diarrhea. nan.
sea and severe attacks of vomiting.
SouAu hSoP ASehAh6 oh NY SlOWaCn and
became a mere shadow, reduced from
159 to 1913 pounds.
"A specialist informed me I had n
very severe case of catarrh of the
stomach, which had got so bad he
could do nothing for me, and I became
convinced my days were numbered.
Then chanced to see an article set.
ting forth the good qualities of Postum
and explaining how coffee injured peo.
pie 80 I concluded to give Postum n
trial. soon saw the good effects-mv
headaches were. less frequent, nausea
and vomiting only came on at long in.
tervals and was soon changed man
feeling much better.
Then l thought could stand coffee
again, but as soon as tried 1t nv old
troubles returned and l again turned
to Postum. Would you believe IT. l
did this three times before had sense
enough to quit coffee for good and
keep on with the Postum. lam now ,
well man with no more headaches sicl
stomach or vomiting, and have nj.
ready gained back to lat bounds"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Battle Creek, Mich.
Look in pkgs. for the famous litt,e
book, "The Road to Wellville."
Ever read the above letter.
one appears from time to time Th."
are genuine, true, and full OF hu NM
interest.
The Ordway new era., 1912-05-03
Time Flies.

Time Files.
When the blind woman who plays
the accordion saw genial looking
man stop to read her placard she
quickened her tune in the expecta-
ton that he was going to give her
some money. but he gave advice in
stead.
Said he: Have you read that sign
OF yours lately?"
She said she had not.
Well" said he. you'd better. and
then have 1t edited. 1t Is dated six
years ago and says you have six small
children dependent upon your efforts
with this instrument for support. Six
years works wonders In children. and
they must be pretty lusty youngsters
by this time. Change that date to
1912"
The Ordway new era., 1912-05-03
Novel Irrigation Experiment.

Meeker.-An unusual irrigation prof.
ect, which is being watched by the
Western slope with interest. Is being
tried on what Is known here as Blair
mesa, twenty-seven miles from Meek
er. The major part of the land on this
mesa - 500 acres - is owned by
Phelps brothers. 1t Is unusually good
land, the soil being rich. but 1t has
been impossible to get water to 1t by
ditch from any stream OF the county,
with the result that the land remained
vacant until the Phelps brothers filed
on 1t. The idea OF the brothers is to
install a turbine pumping plant. with
canals and .laterals. which win auto
matically raise the water to the level
OF the land and then distribute 1t
evenly.
The Ordway new era., 1912-05-03
stockmen Short Of Hay.

Meeker.-Stockmen OF the valley
are threatened with a shortage of hay,
unless elusive spring comes soon to
stay. This has been the longest feed
ing season known in the county for
years. and indications are that more
must be done. Hay cannot be bought
for less than 80 per ton, and there
is little to be had even at that price.
The grass Is coming up and soon cat
tie can be turned out. .