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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-11-14

Seed treatments are OF no avail
against corn smut. The disease Is
worst on sweet corn, and increases
from year to year in old gardens or
fields where corn Is frequently grown.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-11-14
Its Kind,

What Is a voice from the tombs
like"
1T must be a skeletons articula.
ton"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-11-14

A voice used too much in scolding
Is not good to sing with.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-11-14

CURES BURNS AND CUTS.
Coles Carbolisalve stops the pain instantly
Cures quick No scar. All druggists rs and Soc Adv
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-11-14
TIRED BLOOD
LOWERS VITALITY
fCnnuriuht lala hu thn Tonitiyes Col

Copyright 1919 by the Tonitives Coz
Nutriment and Oxygen absorbed by
the blood from the food we eat, and
the air we breathe feeding the living
cells, produces vitality. When the
blood is tired, it fails to provide these
elements in sufficient quantities, and
we suffer from Lack of Strength, Lack
of Endurance, Broken Down Constitu-
ton, Worried or Depressed State Of
Mind, etc. In order to maintain vital.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-11-14
.T0N IL y.
TsTlRED BLOOD

gen. A treatment Of Tonitives Is the
surest method Of accomplishing these
results. 75c. per box OF dealers or by
mail. The Tonitives Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-11-14

Hay cured In cocks In the field is
better hay than that rushed to the
NOW from the swath, and grain
threshes out In better condition when
stacked, but things have to move
fast, now. everywhere. and the hay
loader and shock threshing are quick
means OF getting the crops off the
fields.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-11-14

One reason why some men do not
Ind sheep profitable is because they
have those which would not do well
for anybody. Turn of every head of
that sort and get some first-class
sheep, and you will soon find yourself
making some good clean money from
them
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-11-14

ity the blood
should BIO rich
with nutriment
and red with oXy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-31
THF. BUTCHERS MUST PAY
SAYS FARMERS FATHER

fled. The butchers must pay he
says.
Chief of Police Briggs expresses
but little concern over the verdict.
ut was the kind they had to bring
in" he said, "half the jury were bust
ness men who depend on the farmers
for their livelihood.
The thousand farmers who attend
ed the inquest were intent on We,
dict holding somebody. Their anger
was further inflamed by Briggs care
less attitude in telling his story,
when he said:
II didn't think of Blunt after the
convicts opened fire. | was out to get
them and I would have shot into that
wagon if my own brother had been
there"
County Attorney Jameson has an,
nounced that he will have grand
jury called to hear the evidence and
decide whether or not manslaughter
indictments should be filed against
the three men.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-31
BREAKING dam
FLOODS eITY.
Fountain Lake Release Cd Waters
Are Rushing Do, 8 ,oross
the as.Y
Dist
BRIDGE is DROWNED
Four Feet Of Water In Railroad
Yards and Ice Threatens to
Do Even More
Damage.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
ALBERT LEA, Mimi, March 3d.
The dam holding back the high wat.
err Of Fountain Lake broke late today.
The entire lake is tonight rushing
down across the residence district and
the Rock Island yards. The yard and
depot is under four feet of water and
the water rising rapidly. People are
moving out of the low districts.
Hopes are entertained that the
heavy ice of the lake will settled as
the water leaves the lake. II it breaks
up, nothing will save the Rock Island
bridge, station and yards.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and ST
Paul bridge Is already under water
! The passengers of the Rock Island are
being carried by boats. The resi-
dence district north Of the city is cut
off and traffic from the north country
is suspended.
The damage cannot be estimated
tonight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-31
SAFETY AND SANITY IS
NEEDED, NOT FADD|SN
President Taft Awakens Sleepy Philade!phla
With an Address in Which He
Sounded keynote
THE FR|LLS AND UNTR|ED FANC|ES
Without Mentioning Roosevelt by Name the
War Was Carried Directly to the
Colonels Policies.

and direct representative of the busl-
ness interests of those of us who are
not business men TO deal with busi-
ness with sanity.
I'VE have great many reforms TO
uplift the individual in this country,
to give him greater equality of OPP
portunity But | venture TO think
that in so far as the government may
properly do 50, there is no office
more important than the aiding OF
business prosperity to remove those
obstacles that interfere with prosper
ity 1t is when the wheels OF indus
try are humming so hard that you
can't hear anything else that the wage
Garner is the happiest.
Here President Taft took what was
apparently regarded by his audience,
from it's tumultuous applause, as
slap at his chief political opponent.
So-called Reforms.
While do not depreciate the
movement for real reforms and prog
ress," he said, provided 1t is not eff
fected by fads and destruction OF
things that have proved successful
for more than hundred years, there
| is no duty so heavy as that of seeing
to it that reforms interfere as little
| with the business OF the country and
/ assist in the inspiration of business
| confidence. | mean the confidence or
| those who have accumulated capital
and whose investments are affected
by security of government and sanity
in its government
I'VE know the defects of govern
ment as we'll as anybody. We do not
hesitate to point out these defects.
But for 1875 years we have had the
best government that man has Great
ed and we should not lightly cast
aside machinery that has served as
we'll That is not going to make US
reactionary and sit back with SNUG
satisfaction that shall reject reform
or any movement toward progress,
But on the other hand, it does keep
us sane.
II believe there is great room for
supervision and regulation of great
corporations through the department
of commerce and labor, and regulation
, of corporations and enterprises which
shall involve and preserve their le-
gality on the one hand and on the
, other afford them the protection and
security which they do not now
: have That will require considerable
legislation to be worked out carefully
; and slowly, and not with a rough adze
or some tools that are not adapted for
the purpose
. "I don't mean to say that there may
q not be some machinery that is better
adapted for the purpose than the one
we now have, but what do mean to
;. say is that generally no new machin'
cry is going to make great progress
that we might not accomplish If the
individual only grows better and that
I it does not help matters to transfer
: from one machinery to another wher
the defects are going to interfere
a n
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-31
TOWN WHERE EVERYONE
MUST KEEP MOVING

er by his arbitrary positions in time
of trouble and his attack on John
money while the latter was a prisoner
in the JAIL was in a large measure re-
sponsible for the rioting that resulted
in the death of the TWO men here
Tuesday night.
With the saloons closed at eight
o'clock ana the troops keeping every
one in the downtown district ION the
move the city was quiet and order
ly.
1t was expected tonight that In
dictments against at least fifty per
sons prominent in Tuesdays rioting
will be returned Monday or Tuesday
by the special grand jury
No effort was made today to pre-
vent the circulation of Looney's
weekly newspaper as no personal at
tack on Schriver was made Postoffice
inspectors are here investigating the
issue of a week ago,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-31
CUMMINS CAN'T
CARRY OWN STATE
Taft is Gathering In the Dele
gates From All Over
State.

. DES MONIES, March 30 =
y With the Taft men victorious in 4
o Scott county today, capturing =
= thirty-five delegates from pro-
. gressive stronghold and instruct 4
y ing them for the president it be- 4
q gins to look as though Taft had 4
y an even chance to take Iowa
. away from Senator A. b. Cum
= Minis. Progressiyes now claim 4
= the state by only thirty-nine
y votes, as follows
= Taft 721 and Cummins- Roose- 4
q welt 76o. {
q There is a chance OF course
. that Cummins may increase his {
. lead in the twenty-four counties {
. yet to hold conventions and yet {
= again he may lose. Clinton and 4
. Muscatine counties will hold con- I
y ventions next week and there will /,
. be hard fight. If they go for I
. Taft the state convention Is his. I
y The action of Scott county today /,
= insures the Second district to !
. Taft with its two delegates. The
= following counties gave Taft S4 :
= delegates today: Scott 35, Du- :
. buque 25, Delaware 13, Crawford
= II. Following for Cummins:
= Howard 9, Plymouth -. Wright
= 13, Blackhawk 2s, Hancock 10,
= Buchanan IA.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-31

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l /
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. March 3d.
Without mentioning Col. Roosevelt by
name, President Taft, in three of
the most vigorous speeches he has de-
liyered since it became evident ne
would have to fight for denomination,
carried the war directly to the poll
cies now advocated by his predecessor
and rival for the Chicago nomination.
Throughout his speeches tonight.
the president called for safety and
sanity" in public affairs and sounded
what is likely to prove the keynote OF
his campaign He vigorously assaiied
what he termed 'fadism" ana
running amuck' and depiored en-
dorsement of what he said were
"frills and untried fancies" of his
political opponents.
The president was wildly cheered
when he made it plain that he would
have interfered to settle the coal
strike eif possible and had it been
necessary" but insisted that there was
every reason to believe that there
would be peaceful solution of the
questions in dispute.
/ 81 am delighted to note he said,
chances for solution Of the soft
coal difficulties in the west and there
1 is some reason to hope that the hard
! coal strike In the east is nearing
solution. AS president have no iuris-
i diction except as a citizen. But as
citizen | have a right to suggest a
| solution and would do SO If neces-
llcary / think it better to wait to
know if you are welcome before you
go to butting in between parties
who know their rights and are able
to settle them l am glad to believe
4 that in this situation mediation Will
4 be unnecessary. Those who hope for
prosperity long for it SO that the lo'
of the poor man can be made as hap
py as possible"
The president also declared thai
). he hoped that in any agreement reach
ed between the operators and the
miners the rights of the public a
large will be respected.
, No Fear For the Future.
: Taking UP the question of goot
times, the president said that condl
tions were seemingly clearing up ant
there was no reason to fear for tn
i future.
4 believe we are on the eve o
3 good times the president continued
i "and | am not a reactionary. | an
e progressive, not a pessimist. / am
|, real optimist and I believe that W
!. should look back to see if the peopl
Y have not ruled in the past to max
A an effective government"
e The president endorsed the pla
s OF Secretary of Commerce and Labo
l. Nagel for a national chamber of con
Ii merce saying:
q Il am glad to say that we hope ne2
L month to have meeting of manufa
q turers and great commercial bodie
and to organize national chamber {
IS commerce that shall act as the clos
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-31
CLARK is THE
IOWA FAVORITE
Democrats Of the State Are Strong
for the Speaker as Can
djdate,

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service /
{ DIES MONIES, Iowa, March 30
Four counties held democratic con
,-ntions today and tie presidential
race stands tonight: Champ Clark
.212, Woodrow Wilson So, Harmon 2
and doubtful s.
Wilson got two counties, Keokuk
and Lyons, with 20 delegates and
Clark two, Monroe and Clark with 10.
Polk county will hold caucuses Tues
day evening and the Clark men claim
the county convention by vote of ITO
out of 223.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-31
Rock Island Has Quieted Down
SO Much that Troops May
be Withdrawn.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. March 3o,-Al-
though Adjutant General Dickson to-
night planned to relieve the larger
portion of the Sixth regiment of ma
tional guards from further duty to-
morrow serious differences which
have arisen between Sheriff Bruner
and Coroner Rose on one side and
Mayor Schriver and Commissioner of
Safety Hart on the other, may neees-
state further presence here of the
military.
The county officials tonight indl-
Gated their belief that Mayor Schriv,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-31
coroner's Jury Holds Posse
Responsible for Killing
Of Roy Blunt.

United Press Leased Wire Service
OMAHA, Neb., March 30.-Sarpy
county is satisfied with the verdict
which the coroner's jury returned
Friday night, holding Chief of Police
John Briggs of South Omaha, John
Trouton of Omaha and Sheriff Hy-
ers of Lincoln responsible for the
death of Roy Blunt, farmer, killed in
The man hunt two weeks ago Mon
day.
James Blunt. father of the boy,
Who since his death has been obsessed
with desire for vengeance, is salts
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-31

scene of the slaughter of the Nader
ista army in the four-day battle near
Jiminez, was brought here today by
miner who made his way through the
rebel ranks by automobile to the rail
road after the frightful blood-letting
which began week ago today.
~ saw them come into Torreon
after the BATTLE he said. There
were only a few men. The rest were
dead They had fallen in as deper-
ate battle as have ever been fought
on this continent and against as fear
full odds. Two German officers had
gone to their death.
Dying for Water.
"These two regiments, sent by
Madero to check Orozco's advance,
had fought for two days without food
or water against odds Of five to one.
Sixty men of one company became SO
tired and thirsty after the second day
that they went over to the rebels
The rest stuck and most of them
were moved down.
General Trucy Aubert and his mer
were within sight of water for two
ldays but couldn't fight their way te
lit 1t was an irrigation ditch ane
THE water was mucky and dirty. The
bodies Of many after that battle were
strewn along near the banks.
"When Aubert and his force lef
| Torreon they knew they were goins
ont to defeat and probably death. He
told his officers and his friends so ant
/ he bade his friends good bye just be
fore they left, saying he expected t.
be annihilated.'
According to this miner, Aubert ant
his troops are still in the field nea'
Jiminez, surrounded by nearly 400
rebels and still fighting.
Torreon Comes Next.
Ell PASO, Texas, March 30.-To1
reon, the federal stronghold in north
ern Mexico, is to be attacked at once
according to the announcement Q
J General Pascual Orozco at Jimine7
UDlS dIU6TuOOH. touuody liioi hiiiSs e''
, rebel troops at Jiminez, Escalon an
! Atotonilio will entrain for the south
These will include all of Orozco'
army, about seven hundred unde
General Luis Fernandez, who will a
, tack Parrall Sunday.
Tonight Orozco has mobilized hi
. army, gathered his stores, arrange
2 for trains and has everything read
2 for the move upon Torreon A jim
: inez dispatch says he will take tie
thousand men and sufficient ammun
A tion for prolonged attack. The an
4 munition question. however, appear
S to be a serious one with the rebe
K now, as the Juarez garrison toda
I was asked to give half of its car
: ridges to be used in the Torreon ba
d tie, and each man contributed thlrt
rounds from his cartridge belt. SiXt
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-31
Americans Who are in Mexico City are in Grave
Danger Of Being Victims of Anti
Foreign Outbreak
Rifles ARE SELLING AT 500 APIECE
Rebels Winning Every Battle and Just About
Ready to Go to Capital and Let Anarchy
Run Riot.

kunited Press Leased Wire Service.l
WASHINGTON, March 30.-Just
how desperate will be the situation
IF Americans now apparently bottled
I'm in Mexico City slould the expected
happen and the Madero dynasty fall
bmid turbulent anti-foreign out
break, was made known here today.
American citizens at the Mexican
tapital are the only foreigners there
who have not yet been adequately
armed and provisioned against the
anarchy that is half expected.
Forbidden by the Monroe doctrine
from themselves taking drastic steps
Ito protect their citizens, several
European governments weeks ago
Isent plentiful supply of arms to
their legations. Americans Joined
with these foreigners in established a
Fortified island of safety in anticipation
of revolution and blood lust. But I'm
: Gle Sam, fearing to precipitate an out
break, held off from sending arms.
81 Tonight the state department offi-
s&cially admitted tbct the rifles and am
EShnunition shipped may be stopped al
Vera Cruze, and held there rather
than have them fall into the hands
of the fanatical Zapatistas who are
thick along the railroad to Mexico
City.
Meanwhile the European nations
have notified the state department,
that they look to the United States tc
safeguard the lives of all foreigners
/ in Mexico, under the responsibility
which the Monroe doctrine puts upon
this country.
Rifles of army pattern sell for as
high as s100 apiece in Mexico CITY
today, so great is the dearth OF weap
ons. This prohibitive price has pu
them beyond the reach OF poorel
Americans.
Should a massacre start, the gov
eminent has no hope of being able t
reach Mexico City with troops in TIM
to prevent slaughter.
All the information reaching Wash
/ ington tonight intensified the gray
/ fears already entertained as to wha
tomorrow may bring forth in MeXic
and set aaoat wild crop of all sort
OF rumors.
Federals Badly Hit.
JUAREZ, Mexico. March @.-Of tn
4 Twentieth Mexican infantry onl
thirty-fve men are alive. Of tn
i Twenty-ninth Mexican infantry ther
are only fifty survivors. Only thre
4 line officers in both regiments r.
main.
n After the battle of Jiminez, whe
u orozco's rebels routed the federals
q bloody conflict, only these officer
s and handful of men struggled pac
to Torreon-the broken remnant
two of the best regiments in the Me
lean army which Madero had hurie
against the triumphant insurrectos
This information, the first dehnl
news that has been received from II
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-31

Maximum temperature, g.
Minimum temperature, 80
Stage of river at a. m, 1872.
Change in past "a hours. rise 15.
FRED q. GOSEWISCH,
Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-31
Two Deaths From Hookworm

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. 1
SEATTLE, Wash, March 30. Sc
attic physicians today were much
interested in the report of DR.. Ben
jamin s. Paschall and DR.. John
Tiedeman, who died here yesterday
of the hoekworm disease According
to City Health Commission Orichton
but two other cases of hookworm
ever came to his attention and neither
of these proved fatal. DR.. Tiedeman
/ contracted the disease, it is believe.
while engaged in laboratory work in
San Francisco in 1909. He believed
himself infected with an intestina:
parasite till a few days before his
! death when both he and DR.. Pasehall
DIAGNOSED his case as due to the hook
worm.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-31
THE WEATHER.

Iowa local rains in eastern portion;
local rains or SHOWS in western por-
ton Sunday Much colder Monday.
Illinois unsettled Sunday, probably
followed by showers and colder by
night Monday cloudy with rain and
colder in southern portion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-31

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-22
RMS WANTED

~ You Really wasn't "a Sell Your Farns
write today for listing blank Z.
COTTRELL & CO.. sO4 f. Franklir
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-22
BOYS ARE GIVEN
YEAR ON ROADS
YOUNG HIGHwAYMAN CAP.
TURED IN CINCINNATI AZ
TER ESCAPING FROM JAIL.

Charles Fox and Norman johnson.
the two boys who escaped from the
city Jail by saving their way ont on
the night OF June I'd. and who were
recaptured several months ago ana
brought back 10 Richmond by Detec-
tive Atkinson. were convicted In the
Hastings court yesterday. the Jury
bringing in verdict OF one year on
the roads
The boys were serving nne-year
term in jail for highway robbery
when they made their escape Tie
penalty, because. Of their youth. had
been reduced from a penitensiary
term to a jail term. anu 4 movement
was en- fbot 10 have them pardonau
when they made the delivery. They
escaped Win i forger. who took Ac-
/ tive uanaeenent Of the escape and
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