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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
EL PASO ASKS PROTECTION
Fear Result Of Impending Battle at
Juarez-Madero's Chief Lieu
tenant Deserts.

Washington.-Gen. Pascual Orozco,
President Madero's chief military lieu
tenant, has deserted and is heading a
force of 1,4OO revolutionists marching
on Juarez, the Mexican city just across
the boundary from Ell Paso, Tex.
This startling information was re-
ceived at the White House and war
department from Col. E. q. Steever,
commanding the American forces at
Ell PaSo and the border guard. He
asked instructions in case of fighting
at Juarez as to how he was to protect
the lives of persons on the American
side of the boundary.
Following the receipt of this com
munication a delegation Of citizens
from Ell Paso, headed by Mayor c. E
Kelley, held an extended conference
with Secretary of War stimson. They
appealed to the secretary Of war tc
take action which would assure the
5000 inhabitants Of Ell Paso from
danger of serious injury or death II
fighting at Juarez was begun. Secre
tary Stimson said he would lay the
matter before the president.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
EIGHT DIE IN BURNING MINE
Work Of Rescue Is Prevented by
Smoke and Failure Of Hast
ing Machinery.

Lehigh, Okla.-Eight Miners en-
ployed in the coal mine of the Wichita
Coal G Mining company, one mile
east of Lehigh, lost their lives when
fire broke out in mine No. s, entomb-
ing the men In the pits.
The filling up OF the shafts with
smoke and the failure Of the machin-
cry to work prevented their res ,ue.
Six dead bodies have been recovered
from the mine and the work is still
being pushed. The fire is still raging
in the mine, and 1t is not believed
that any of the men within the shafts
can be alive. The number of these
Is estimated variously by different Of
ficials of the company at from fifteen
to thirty-fve.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
FLAMES SWEEP CITY
FIRE DOES ENORMOUS DAMAGE
AT HOUSTON, TEX.
Loss Reaches $500, ,ooo-Worst Con-
fiasratlon in the History Of State
Industrial Enterprises Destroyed.

Houston, Tex.-In the wake Of the
most destructive fire in the history of
Houston. smoldering wreckage covers
an area one and a half miles In
length and varying in width from 200
yards to half a mile in the northeast
ern section of the city.
More than dozen-of the city's
most important industrial enterprises
are in ruins, 200 or more dwelling
houses and store buildings are in
ashes. and approximately 1000 per
sons are homeless.
Two hundred and fifty working.
mems homes and stores we're burned
and. although many people were In
jured. there we're no fatalities. The
greater part Of the loss was occa-
stoned by the destruction OF sew
eral cotton congresses and ware
houses filed with the staple and by
the burning of many lumber mills
with their immense yards and other
manufacturing plants.
The charitable institutions OF the
city have united in relief work and are
caring for the homeless thousands.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
When Mamma Failed to Beam.

A little girl, who attracted all the
passengers on the tram car with her
singular sweetness, was asked by
lady who sat next to her: And did
Santa Claus bring you dolly az
Christmas?" ......
Yes. indeed" said the little girl,
and all the passengers smiled, while
the mother beamed at the attention
her child was receiving.
"He brought me two dolls," contin-
ued the child to the strange lady, "and.
do you know, the hair on one of my
dolls heads comes right off-just like
mammals"
And every one smiled again, but the
mother did not beam
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
COUNTRY SWEPT BY STORM
Immense Damage Done and Eight
Lives Known to Have Been Lost
In Recent Blizzard.

New York.-The terrific western
and southwestern blizzard which gave
Kansas, Missouri, Texas and other
western states one of the worst storms
Of recent years. passed out OF the
country after breaking the record for
varieties of weather and covering ILL
nois, Indiana Kentucky and Ohio with
the heaviest mantle Of snow for the
season,
In the succession Of storms that
have followed. practically every Sec
tion of the country from Texas to
south Georgia and northward to Lake
Erie had its visitation, and while only
eight lives have been lost great dam
age has been done to property.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
ROAD INDICTED FOR REBATE
Three Railroad Companies and Tho.
atricaI Persons involved In Law
Violation.

Chicago. o.-Rebating indictments in.
volving the Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern, Michigan Central and Big
Four railroads and officials OF the
lines were returned by federal grand
Jury here. The indictments-four in
number and each containing five
counts-also name number OF the
atrical people. Rebates are charged
in connection with the transportation
Of a number of burlesque companies.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
YERKEs PICTURES SELL WELL
moonlight at Midnight" Brings $500,
Highest Price of SaIe-Another
Sold for $7,1o0.

New York.-A total Of $104,710 was
realized at the second session Of the
sale of the paintings in the Charles T.
Yerkes and other collections. The to-
tai realized from the sales Of pictures
is Sl37,22O for the two sessions
Moonlight at Midnight" by Jean
Charles Cain. brought $500, the
highest price of the sale.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
SPLIT VOTE IN OKLAHOMA
Clark and Wilson Forces Divide Dem
oeratie Delegation Evenly Be-
tween Them.

Oklahoma City, Okla.-ln accordance
with the provisions of q resolution
adopted after hours OF wrangling, the
Democratic state convention ad'
journed, having named a list Of dele
gates evenly divided between the
Clark and Wilson factions. Robert
Calbreath was named national com
Z..!Aeeman by unanimous vote.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
FRISCO IS AT HOME AGAIN
Municipal Government Housed In a
City Building for First Time Since
the Disaster Of 1905.

San Francisco.-For the first time
since the disaster of 1906 San Fran.
cisco's municipal government is
housed in a building owned by the
municipality. Offices of the mayor
chief of police and other city officers
we're moved to the new hall of justice
and three buildings formerly occupied
by city officials were abandoned
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
Lone Bandit.

Redkey, Ind.-A lone bandit held uE
and robbed Operator F. S. Vantilburg
and his brother-in-iaw, w. A. Love-
land, at the Pennsylvania passenger
station here. With revolver in each
hand, the masked robber forced the
two men to lay their watches and $35
on a table. He then forced them into
a waiting room, locked the door and
escaped. It was at least half an hour
before the victims could gain their lib
erty and give the alarm. It is thought
the bsudit escaped on freight train.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
PASS TARIFF REVISION BILL
Democrats In House of Representa-
tives Take Action on Chemical
Measure.

Neutrality-suspicious. the first time
since the Insurgent Republicans broke
away from the regulars in the fight
on the petroleum duty in the Payne
tariff bill in 1909, the Republicans of
the house presented practically a
solid front against the passage OF a
tariff revision bill.
Representative Theron Akin Of New
York, an Independent Republican. and
Mr.. Hanna of North Dakota, regular
Republican, voted for the measure.
Representative Berger of Wisconsin,
Socialist, voted against it. All Dem
ocratic members Of the house voted
for the bill.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
PLANS INDUSTRIAL BOARD
Congressman Wilson Offers Bill for
Federal Commission to Recon-
mend Laws.

Washington.-A federal commission
Of nine members to be appointed by
the president and serve without sal.
ary, to recommend new legislation to
Congress for the benefit of American
Industries. is proposed in resolution
introduced by Representative Wilson
of Chicago. The commission would be
authorized TO spend $4,000.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
LAST OF CREW OF MONITOR
Edward Berry, Aged RecIuse. Found
Dead in Home at York,
Pennsylvania.

York, Pa.-Edward Berry, seventy.
one years old, the only surviving mem
Der of the crew Of the Monitor. which
demolished the Merrimac in Hampton
roads in the Civil war, was found dead
in this city, where he had been living
the life of recluse. Heart disease
caused his death. He was native of
Sweden.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
Recall May Be Recalled.

Seattle, Wash.-Returns indicate
that Hiram c. Gill. who was removed
from the Office of mayor by the recall
last year for alleged misconduct in
office. has been renominated by a
large vote to run against Thomas A.
Parish. the business mems candi.
date" Gill and Parish will contest
for the Office in the election on
March s.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
RAIL CHIEFS IN CONFERENCE
Meet to Discuss Demands OF En-
eIneers for Increase In
Wages.

New York-Executive officials rep
resenting all Of the large railroad sys-
tens in the eastern territory met in
this city to exchange views on the de-
mands made by the locomotive en-
gineers for higher wages. The en-
gineers are uniting in movement for
a wage advance of Is per cent. Every
road east Of Chicago, north OF the
Chesapeake & Ohio and south Of the
Canadian border, is affected.
The railroads, it is understood, are
inclined to look upon the demands OF
the engineers as hardly justified by
existing conditions.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
Panic Prevented.

Chicago.-Nurses prevented panic
among 13O patients in st. Joseph's hos
pital when a fire swept the basement
Of the structure. Forty children
asleep on the floor above where the
fire was raging were aroused and
nurses told them stories until the
flames had been checked. The prop
erty loss is slight
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
Younq BIoods.

Chicago.-Three young Chicago men
about town turned bandits and robbed
chauffeur, shot the tires of his taxi
full of bullet holes and made their es-
cape. 1--WE have learned that the
young men belonged to good families
and that the hold-up was the result
of a wager" a police official stated.
I'VE know the names Of the youths
and will sooh have them under arrest.
They will be treated like any other
bandits" F. A. Wrisley was the VIC
tim. He lost $18.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
Truth Alone Not Sufficient.

Just consider for a moment how
ridiculous it would be for a lawyer
to attempt to win case on his clients
bare assertion as to the facts. The
facts as stated, might be true, but
truth alone is not sufficient either in
law or in advertising-there must be
proof positive or at least evidence
(reasons) sufficiently good TO convince
the jury or the Judge that the asser-
tions made are probably true.-John
e. Kennedy in Printers Ink
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
Five KiIled hX CNcIone.

Shire report, La.-During the Mardi
Gras celebration here the outskirts of
this city were swept by cyclone frcm
the west. Five persons were instantly
killed and score injured. The prop
erty loss from the storm totals $780,
900.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
EMULSION of Italiana.

Constantinople.-At a cabinet meet
ing held here it was decided to expel
all Italians except ecclesiastics from
Beirut, Damascus, Jerusalem and
Aleppo. Intense feeling is aroused
here over the shelling of Beirut, and
an appeal may be made to the Pow
ers because of the killing of noncon-
batants.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

Scrubbing and laundering are to be
taught to the girls in a Chicago high
school. About the time that this
course becomes popular with girls in
their teers the boys will. be nockinR
into the classes on digging bitches
And breaking stones
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

Minstrels with their poor jokes cured
a young woman who was suffering
from protracted hiccoughs. But the
trouble is that not ali persons who 20
to minstrel shows are afflicted with
hIccoughs.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
aosenwaId Restows so5.o .ooo

New York.-A gift from julius Ro
senwald of Chicago Of $4,000 toward
a fund to build Y. M. c. A. branch
for negroes in this city is announced
here. More than $4,OO0,O0O is being
raised for Y. NJ. c. A. and Y. w. G. A.
work In New York.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

But why should the French or any
other astronomers feel worried" over
what may be happening to Saturn s
rings? So far as this earth is con,
cerned, Saturn never has been any.
thing but distant and unsociable.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
ALL Sent Flood Victims.

Gibraltar-The poverty throughout
Andalusia ON account of the late floods
is appalling. Money is being sent
from all parts of Europe in an attempt
to remedy the pitiable situation. The
pope made a generous contribution.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
AVIATION Is College study.

Madison, Wis.-Flying machines
and the principles of aviation are to
be studied by students in the college
of engineering of Wisconsin univer.
sity as a result of the formation of an
aeronautical club by students.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
One Place Where U. S. Ships Win.

Ottawa, Can.-Figures produced in
the house here show that shipments Of
wheat through the Canadian canals
last season were carried largely in
American bottoms. British vessels
carried 488,300 bushels and American
vessels 1,235,000.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
Woman Slain With a Hatchet,

San Francisco.-Mrs. E. 2. Robe,
thirty-two years old, was killed in the
dining room Of the Coghlan residence.
According to the detectives she was
hit over the head with hatchet and
then shot
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
nIa i Roads Erom Ilunaer

Shanghai, China.--Missionaries in
the famine district report seeing men,
women and children lying dead from
starvation along the roadside. The
conditions, they say, are worse than
previously reported.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
Rinn Blow Kills Elnhtsr.

Cleveland, O.-Charles Ellis, the ne
gro welterweight pugilist who fell un.
conscious at the start of the sixth
round of his bout with Joe Motto here
died at a hospital.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

Few men would have been reckless
enough, a hundred years ago, to
make the prediction that an American
hen would ever win the worlds egg
championship.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
emslInox At Naval Station,

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. has devel-
oped at the naval training station,
Norfolk, Va, according to dispatch
to the navy department. B. B. Ernest,
ordinary seaman, is dead, and many
Sther cases are reported.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
Cut Throat to Get Teeth.

Wichita, Kan.-lt was necessary to
cut Mrs. Alice Miller's throat to re-
move her false-tooth plate, which
lodged there when tooth caught in a
potato.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

Gee whiz! I'm glad I'm free!" ex,
claimed a woman when she had se,
cured divorce in New York the other
day. The man was probably too hap
py to be able to say anything.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

Princess Pat succeeded in slipping
into New York unnoticed. Some of
the ladies who employ press agents
will wonder why she should have
wished to do so.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

London Labor Farley Is Failure.
London, England.-A conference Of
coal mine owners and tine mems repre-
sentatives, which has been In session
in London for two days. ended with
out an agreement
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

The National Association If Ice
Cream Manufacturers reports that we
consumed $20O.O00,O0O worth of that
deIicacy last year. The young swains
are quite prepared to believe it.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
Estate GOES 10 JustIee Dav.

Canton, O.-By the will Of Mrs
Mary E. Day, filed, all her property
is bequeathed to Justice William r
Day pf the United States Supreme
court her husband 1t Is valued n
100000
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

The ex-autocrats get of with fat
purses. Abdul Hamid got his 800
wives, Manual his $4,000 year, and
the infant Emperor Pu-Yi Is to have
S6,5O0,000 annually.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

One large railroad has ordered that
its pencil sharpeners be discarded.
We accept this as another indication
that the world is growing better.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

Saturn is having trouble with it's
rings, but as they are not wedding
rings the people who follow divorce
scandals need not prick up their ears.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

The millionaire for day in Wilkes
barre, Pa, got a great deal of adver.
tising for his money, and he may de-
eide to go on the vaudeville stage.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

English girls must promise to obey
in order to make the wedding cere-
mony binding, but the breaking of the
promise does not invalidate anything.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

A Minnesota professor says race
suicide is a peril to posterity." We
could hardly expect it to give our an
cestors whooping cough and measles.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
In and out of Boston

There is a sign in Boston which
reads as follows:
Washing ard ironing and going out
to work taken in Woman'e
Uome Companion.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

One girl married baseball player
because he made so many home runs.
All players who make home runs do
not at once run home, however.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

The common towel is to be abolish
ed. Little by little mankind is be-
coming sanitary.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

If reports of robins seen during the
zero weather were not mistakes on
the part of the observers, they were
mistakes on the part Of the robins.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

Everybody will be as we'll satisfied
II the weather man, for a little while
at least, refrains from giving us any
more mean temperature.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

The nursery and seed men convey q
reinsurance that spring is coming by
sending out bunch of finely illus
trated catalogues.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

Few Manchus resign, but recent re-
ports indicate that good many OF
them die.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

The girls of high school in Penn
sylvania are widely praised because
that hair device known as the rat"
has been prohibited among them.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

Where there's a will there is gener-
ally a way to try to break II.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

A Kansas City court refuses to
grant a man a divorce from his mail
order wife, Then why doesn't he send
to Reno for a mail-order divorce?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

Brides are wanted in western Wash
ington state. Here is where the sup
ply Of leap year can connect nicely
with the demand.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

Telephone connection between Eng
land and the continent is maintained
by six cables, and the number Will
soon be doubled.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

According to one professor the earth
will cease its revolutions in 52Sl. II
you don't believe it figure it out to
suit yourself.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

Cooked hats may become as numer.
Gus aB the fuzzy ones.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

A Montana court has decided that
one Chinaman constitutes a laundry.
But what If he were In the chop suey
business?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
LABOR OPPOSED TO PlTNEY
Protest Against Confirmation Of His
Appointment as Justice Of the Su-
preme Court.

Washington.-Opposition to Pres
ident Taft's nomination of Mahlon
Pitney, chancellor of New Jersey.
to be an associate justice of the Su.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

preme court materialized when Sena'
tor Kenyon of Iowa received from
President Urik of the Iowa Federation
of Labor protest against Chancellor
Pitney because of some Of his master
and servant" decisions
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

The microbe Of love is often destroy
ed by the germ of suspicion.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Oulnipe Iableta
Druggists refund money If 1t fails to cure. Il. w
GROVES signature Is on each box. 25c.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

Let US hope the Wright brothers
have really invented fool proof air
ship. 1t is greatly needed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
Sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy to take
Do not gripe
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

The Wilkesbarre man who was
millionaire for a day had to go away
from home to act we'll his part
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

They find gold in chickens crops In
Manitoba, thus offering another oppor-
tunity for somebody to boost the price
of eggs.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

Music is to be established IN the
barnyard, for 1t makes cows give more
milk and hens lay more eggs.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

One does not know whether to con-
denim or praise the Paris opera strlk-
ers. 1t all depends on the opera