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Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1912-10-15

j. 3. MUhFHI,
ARTHUR DEAN BEAVAN
IS. L. TERRELL"

An hour after the examination Col
onel Roosevelt dropped into peaceful
sleep, which his physicians said would
be very beneficial.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, shot BY
John schrank, 3 woald.be assassin u
Milwaukee last night lies today =
Mercy hospital ils.a RESTING easily
Halt dozen of the laost noted aasl
skilled surgeons in Chicago, led BY
Dr.. John B. Murphy, made x'ray ex-
aminations % the .eoloneIs wound and
announced that the bullet did not
nierce the lung, but had lodged in the
chest They had not planned to oper-
ate this morning.
The following official statement was
issued at 1O:SO a, m. by the surgeons
attending Colonel Roosevelt.
Colonel Roosevelt's hurt is a deep
bullet wound of the chest wall without
striking any vital organ in transit
The wound was not probed. The poini
Of entrance was to the right of and
one inch below the level Of the righi
nipple. The range Of the bullet was
upward and inward distance OF fouI
inches on the chest wall. There was
no evidence OF the bullet penetratina
the lung. Pulse 80 temperature 99.e;
respiration 20; Leucocyte count cot s
at 10 a. m. No perat:on to genloye
bullet is indicated at present time
Condition hopeful, but wound 50 i'm
portant as to demand absolute resi
for number Of days.
(Signed)
"DR. JOHN B. MURPHY,
'DR. ARTHUR B. BEVAN,
"DR. sCURRY =, TERRELL,
"DR. r. J. sAYLE."
Medical men. when shown the Off
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-04-17
PORUM FEUO
VICTIM DIES
Of WOUNDS
HOSTILITY HAS REACHED
THE HOUSE BURNING
STAGE

Muskogee, Okla April l1--Ono
moro name was aided 10 the list OF
..osc killed in he porum fcuds when
Jesse Maxwell died iu the Baptist hos
pital here early this morning Max
we'll was shot through the stomach
Monday afternoon by 1acA Davis. the
leader Of the Davis faction who is now
an The county iai whore he IS held
on 6 charge al murder Leonard Nc
ICulloush VINO was also shot by Davis
.is In another hospital where il is said
'his chances for recovery are good un-
less blood poisoning SETS in.
To add fuel 10 the flame which the
.teud has kindled and kept alive.
comes the report that lack Davis
ranch home, near Porum was destroy.
led by fire last night and that a man
who lived in the house narrowly cs-
caped With his life. This is looked up
on as another chapter in the feud's
history and which makes the strug.
gle between the two factions only the
more bitter
II is said that within fifteen min.
utes after Davis shot McC0lluugh and
Maxwell Monday afternoon The news
had reached Poruu and there was
talk OF 'retribution
Determined that no more feud
scenes shah be enacted ia Muskogec.
Sheriff Wlsencr and chief Of Police
Dcpew gave ont strtct orders 10 their
mon today to arrest all men who
wore even suspected Of carrpi ing arms
r.,,. ~
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-04-17
BROUGHT TO LIGHT
Guthrie People Receiving the Full
Benefit

Benefit
! There have been many cases like
the following in Gutbria Everyone
relates the experience of people We
know These plain. straightforward
! statements viii DO much toward re-
Ilieyiug thc suffering Of thousands.
Such testimony viii bc read with in
terest by many people
" II G. Brown. 2o9 y. Fifth 81
! IGuthric Okla, SAYS The public
statement gavo some years ago in
praise OF Doan's Kidney Pills sti
l0Ci1s good do not believe would
/ O2 alive today were it not for this
Ilt cdlc,rr. For at least seven years
4 Wa victim Of kidney complaint.
.h' ono tine had attacks Of Gravel
This LETT my kidnoys very weak dud
after that l suffered almost constant
N from lame and aching back Tn"
kidney secrctions passed too frequent.
lv at night and when being yoidcd,
we're attended with pain was
treated by physicians and used one
remedy after another but found only
temporary relief ! did not think
there was hclp for me and it would
be almost impossible for me to de-
scribe how miserable I was when !
got Doau Kidney Pills at Craners
Dug store. This remedy helped me
$50 greatly from the first that / CON
finued it's use and the contents OF
three boxes restored me to health
For sale by all dealers. Price 30
cents. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, |
New York, sole agents for the United /
States
Remember the name-Doan's- and
AXE no other.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-04-17

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The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-05
Madero Soldiers Fighting Desper-
ately to Keep Liberals
from City
WEDNESDAY BATTLE ROUT
Liberals Flee as General Tellez
Strengthens Garrison Sever
al Killed

Jin{inez, Mex, April 4.-The Fed
erals are again inside the adobe
houses of Parral, fighting for their
lives, while the rebel forces are
pressing closer every minute and
pouring an incessant rife fire into
the twon General Orozco says he
will take the city within the next
twenty-four hours.
sharp battle between the rebel
guard and the Federals at Baca, 90
miles distant took place this after
noon.
In the battle Of Wednesday the
Rebels were defeated and General
Campo rctrcated to the Liberal base.
They returned to the attack today,
Gen. Tellez's federal command
from Torreon reached the belcag
ucred city before the Liberal COM
mand could attack, and this brought
the strength Of the defending garri-
son to number estimated by the
liberals at nearly 1000 They beat
back the rebels with ease in the
fighting yesterday.
Campo was forced to retreat, los
ing one of his field pieces, and the
FederaIs who hold the city are
pressing north after him and engag-
ing a command of 400 under Mai.
Quevedo, left by Campo to cover his
retreat and harass the Federals.
Rebels Completely Routed.
1t was a complete rout for the
Liberals and stirred them to concen-
trate all their strength for the COM
ing battle which has indefinitely de-
layed Orozco's long planned march
south to Torreon.
He was compelled to recall Gen
Fernandez from his march south,
As he finds he has an enemy to cope
with right "at home" While he Is
lighting this command at Parral
md vicinity, other Federals may ad-
vance to Escalon and engage his
men there, so that the locality Of
Jiminez, rather than Torreon.
Campo, with 700 men, opened the
attack on Parral Monday morning,
using q field piece and rapid-fire
M
rained close fire for five hours all
around Campa's column, killing the
artillery captain and silencing the
cannon and compelling a retreat.
Campo, according to his reports,
loft three dead on the field and
brought twelve wounded to this city.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-05
SUBWAY CAUSES SOME TROUBLE
Wave Strikes Bulkhead but Workers Stop
Water and Keep Cairo Dry.
Danger is Over

Cairo is coming out on top" This
was the word passed about at 2
o'clock this morning, when it was
found that the subway under the
Illinois Central bridge approach is
holding in fine shape.
For several hours last night the
workers had a hard fight keeping
the water from coming through the
subway and sweeping through the
city. at 2 o'clock all leaks had been
stopped and the place is NOW safe.
The trouble started when the
water from the Ohio, racing across
the Drainage District, struck the
subway. 1t came in the form of a
wave and continued to pile up for a
while. At 2 o'clock it was receding
and had dropped enough that danger
of its coming over is past.
Cairo, while she will be more or
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-05

less isolated for several days, is still
high and dry. The leaders, in the
levee work, now feel that there is no
trouble to be expected in caring for
the situation.
The river last night fell two
tcnths Of foot in 2 hours and re-
mained stationary at Q o'clock. The
fall may have been due to the
drainage district break, but it is now
believed that the water will begin
to recede within a short time.
When they found they would be
able to handle The subway last night,
men, who had lost thousands Of dol.
lars in the Drainage District food,
almost shouted with joy at being
able to save the city. No thought of
their own losses, apparently, en-.
tered their minds and only the fact
that others had been saved was
shown by their actions.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-05
COMPANY \. IS
DOING GREAT
WORK FOR CITY
Militia Organization Big Aid to
Flood Fighters in and
About Cairo

That Cairo needs Company X has
been thoroughly demonstrated dur
ing tho last three days. The boys
have done noble work, both day and
night and have never hesitated to
do whatever might be required.
Patrolling the lcvces, obtaining
workers, guarding property, quiet
ing hysterical women and a hundred
and one things not usually included
in the lot of a militiaman, has fallen
to Company X during the trying
days OF the last week.
Many of the boys have worked
both day and night, snatching 4
wink of sleep, wherever they could.
They have been detailed to carry
food to the workers and last night
were busy seeing that the places or
dered closed, oboycd the instructions
If Mayor Parsons.
When the Big Four levee began
breaking yesterday morning several
men were marooned mile from the
Cache levcc. The men at Cache were
not used to levces and breaks. A
call for volunteers to take hand
car over the shaking leyee was made
A militiaman was the first to reacl
the car. He forced everyone tc
stand back, while he and two of his
companions took the car and brough,
! the men out. The track shook ant
gave under the light hand car, bu
! the soldiers stuck to their job am
cot out In the 175 men taken Of
by the Theseus were several militia
men. They waited until the last
Yesterday afternoon a woman wa
told that the city levees were in dan
ger. She became hysterical and wa
ready to try to walk out of the city
A militiaman was detailed to quie
her.
These few incidents, coupled wit!
a hundred others, will show the goo
work done by the militia and hoy
the city will lose If the Company !
disbanded.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-05
NEW MADRID FACING
SERIOUS SITUATION

New Madrid, Mo, April with
the Mississippi river still rising and
water from to 6 feet deep in the
streets this city is facing a serious
situation, unless the river begins de-
clining within the next day or two
The water is in every house in the
town and there has been one death
People are getting out OF town as
rapidly as possible and business is
suspended. There have been nc
trains here for more than week.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-05
DRAINAGE DISTRICT PRESENTS
DESOLATE SCENE AFTER FLOOD

came through. Efforts to take them
ont were made early this morning.
One man was taken out of the
flooded district late last night He
was In the second story of board
ing house.
Many tales of what went on in the
district last night were told. 1t is
said that many of the houses arc
floating about and crashing into
.other buildings.
The work of protecting the city
gees on day and night and no one is
spared. Everybody works and
works hard repairing weak places
and seeing to it that nothing unto
ward happens.
The CommIssary Department at
the Elks' Club is kept constantly
busy distributing meals to the work.
ers. There has been some trouble
from the failure to return vessels IN
which coffee has been sent out and
Chief of Commissary RI. S, Candee
last night issued the following
statement
| zone of the greatest difficulties OF
the Commissary Department of the
relief work is in securing the return
of cans in which coffee Is delivered
to the various stations Citizens
generally have been requested to
aid the department by notifying the
headquarters in the Elks' building
of any empty cans, the whereabouts
of which are noted A better plan
| is suggested, which is to bring the
cans direct to the Commissary."
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-05

The Drainage District this morn
ing presents Il desolate scene. Lum-
ber, parts of houses and sheds and
other debris floats about the dis
trict In water probably ten feet
deep, while here and there the tops
of houses may be seen floating
about.
The water went into the eastern
part of the district at o'clock yes
terday afternoon, with rush and a
roar. The lumber piles at Greer
Wilkinson's yard, were turned over
and tossed about like tooth picks.
Water reached the subway, IN
der the Illinois Central bridge ap7
proach shortly before dark and at
midnight had almost reached the
top Of the bulkhead.
All of the workers have been
brought from the Drainage District
to Cairo to work on the levees here.
The work has not relaxed particle
and will continue until the high wa
ter is past,
Many tales of the food are told
but possibly the best description OF
the break is made by A. Leonard
l who saw it start Leonard tells oi
the break as follows
al was standing by the Greer
Wilkerson pump house" said Mr.
Leonard, when | noticed the water
pouring in under the tracks a hun
dred feet or more in front OF me
The hole under the tracks was only
about the size of mans body when
first saw it.
Il shouted to young man named
Rcrrv TO give the alarm, and by tha'
: time the hole became larger Ihe
work train was mile down the
road, about into Cairo then, but II
would have taken several tons o.
rocks to stop the flow then.
"More of the embankment con
tinued falling and soon the entire
length of the opening was 80 feet
BY this time several arrived on th'
scene but because OF the danger the.
were forced to retreat.
"The current was wonderful ant
the roar could be heard for a Erea'
distance
! In the Ruth school house at Ftt'
ture City are several persons whe
took refuge there, when the water
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-05
ICIRE TAI TcI NNTS lst1V IINI n

cure concerning his uncle, Sidna
illen, and his cousin, Wesley Ed
yards, the only two members of the
yang now at liberty Claude Allen,
and his cousin, Wesley Edwards, the
only two members of the gang now
at liberty, Claude Allen says he ex-
poets he will get five years, possibly
eight, for his share in the murders
FrecI. on account Of his youth, ex-
poets higher sentence. He also
hopes to get off because he says he
concentrated his fire on Dexter Goad
the court clerk, who was not killed
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-05

Roanoke, ,Naa April t;:E-Froel Al,
len and Claude Allqa have joined
their relatives in the jail here t"
await trial for the murders com
mitted in the Hillsville courthouse.
Claude undoubtedly is in the SHADOW
Of the electric chair, but still docs
not realize it, Freel, too, is in dan
ger, for he also did some of the coErr-
house shooting. lie, though, may be
spared because of his youth The Is
only seyenteen) and because of the
iaf0rn,ation he gave after his cap
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-05
Suffragettes get Order Permitting
Them in Voting Places at
Primasy
70 VOTE ON SUFFRAGE
Equal Suffrage to be Balloted Oh
1,4OO to be on Duty Day
and Night

Chicago, April 4.-Chicago's polls
will be manned" by women suf-
fragettes at state primary election
next Tuesday. There will be a wo-
man watcher at each of the 1900
polling places in the city.
This was made possible, today,
when County Judge Owens directed
the election commissioners to allow
women watchers at the count Of the
vote on the suffrage proposition,
April .. 1t will be the first time wo-
men have acted as watchers at an
election in Illinois.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-05
OHIO PASSES FLOOD
STAGE AT CINCINNATI

Cincinnati, O., April 4.--The OHIO
river passed the nood stage here last
night. At 8 O'Clock this morning
the gauge registered SOC feet, which
was 6 of a foot above the food mark
The local government weather bu-
reau predicts that the rivers Will
roach So feet by tonight, but owing
to the fact that all tributary streams
above Cincinnati are torrents the
forecaster was not prepared to say
how much higher ii will 70.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-05
TAFT AUTHORIZES
EXPLOITATION OF ARMS
TO MADERO FORCES

Washington, ID. c., April A.
President Taft today authorized the
expectation, to Mexico, of five ship
ments of munitions of war con-
signed to the Madero forces. He also
granted permission to ship dynamite
to mining company at Sonora,
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-05
ROOSEVELT PLANS
LIKE THOSE OF
1900 YEARS AGO.

Washington, April A speech
showing that the views of Colonel
Roosevelt on the judicial reform are
in the same line as those of Pontius
PLATE 1900 years ago, was promised
the Senate by Senator Jones of
Washington. The speech will be de-
livered next Wednesday.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-05

plain the increased rates Of the or
der was disbanded last night, when
the police were called to suppress a
riot, In which it is said insurgents
and regulars took part. A state con-
vention of insurgent Woodmen is
called to be held in Elgin, April Is
and 10.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-05
F0SS OFF BALLOT.

Boston, Mass, April 4.-Governor
Foss today withdrew his name from
the Democratic ballot for the prefer
ential primary. The reason assigned
is that the other candidates have
withdrawn courtesies to him. This
leaves only Clark and Wilson.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-05
EIGHT BLOCKS ARE
FLOODED AT MEMPHIS.

Memphis, Tenn, April 4.-Only
igh@blocks close to Bayou Gayoso
are effected by the breaking of the
levee. The business interests are
safe, ID
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-05
EFFORTS OF lEVEE
WORKERS CEASE WITH
BIG FOUR BREAK

All efforts TO save the levees IN
the Cairo Drainage District were
abandoned yesterday afternoon when
the Big Four embankment gave way
near the Greer-Wilkerson plant. The
broke at p. m. and the
Ohio river rushed in with terrific
force. The break was at the north
end Of the lumber yards of the
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-05
WOODMEN IN RIOT.

Elgin, April A meeting in
which national officers OF the Mod
ern Woodmen Of America were to ex-
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-05
Second Economy and Efficiency
Message Shows How Post OFF,
ice Can Save
PLEADS FOR COMMISSION
Bureau Should be Kept Up, Says
President. Asks for Money
to Operate

Washington, April 4.-President
Taft today sent to Congress his sec
ond message of the present year on
economy and efficiency in the gov
ernment service. He recommended
the passage of legislation designed
to save more than S11,000,000 an
nually to the people of the United
States. Probably his two most strik-
ing proposals were that the local
government offices in the Treasury,
Postoffice, Justice, Interior and
Commerce and Labor Departments,
be placed in the classified service
and that the Revenue Cutter Ser
vice be consolidated with the Light
house service In the Department OF
Commerce and Labor.
BY the first change the President
said Congress could effect saving
of at least $10,0000O0 annually and
although in this message he gave no
figures for the consolidation Of the
two services of the sea, in a previous
message on the same subject early
in the year, he predicted economies
that would total about 100000
yearly.
Asks For Money.
The President concluded his mes
sage with an appeal to Congress to
appropriate the 100000 necessary
to support the Economy Efficiency
Commission for another year with
$4,000 additional for the publica-
tion of the commissions findings.
President Taft's principal recon-
mendations for economies were as
follows:
Placing of pension agents in clas-
sified service; estimated saving $62,-
900 annually
Abolition of offices of receiver of
district land offices and transfer OF
duties to register; assisted by bond
ed clerk; estimated saving 100000
annually.
Transfer of political ap-
pointees" in internal revenue and
customs services to classified service:
estimate of saving not given.
Consolidation of Lighthouse and
Life-saving services into Bureau OF
Lighthouses; estimated saving
100000.
To Transfer Boats.
Transfer of vessels and equipment
of Revenue Cutter Service from
Treasury to Commerce and Labor
Department and it's abolition as g
separate service, estimated in mes
sage on economy January II, tha
saving would be about s1,600,000 {
year.
Consolidation of auditing offices
of the government under one audi
tory; estimated saving 100000 an
nualIy
Discontinuance OF mileage allow
ances for government travel and
per diem allowance for officers ant
employees. In place of Subsistence
which includes lodging for thos
travelling; no estimate OF savini
given.
improved method of handling cor
respondence; estimated saving no
given but predicted that labor ca
be reduced 20 per cent
Capitalization of the distributio
of government documents; estimate
saving s242,0OO a year.
Discontinuance of publication G
the official register; estimated say
ing $4,000 annually.
Directly and indirectly" read
the message, "the changes propose
will result in, the saving of man
millions Of dollars of public funds.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-05
WEATHER.

Illinois and Kentucky-Fair,' Fri
day and probably Saturday. Not
much change in temperature.
Missouri--Fair Friday; Saturday
unsettled, cooler northwest.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-05

Concluded on Page sixl
Crittenden record-press., 1912-04-18
The Impossible.

Andrew Carnegie. at a recent
dinner in New York. said OF a
certain labor trouble:
1T is silly of employers to
pretend. in these troubles. that
they are always in the right.
Employers are often in the
wrong. often unreasonable lhey
often like Mrs. Smith-Jones
ask impossible things:
Mrs. Smith-Jones, taking a
villa at Palm Beach. engaged tor
butler a stately old colored dea-
con.
Now, Clay. she said TO the
old fellow. there are two things
Il must insist upon truthful
ness and obedience.
yo pius iIe tell Jou guests yo',
out when yo's in. which shall !
be. madam ST. Louis Glob,
Democrat.
Crittenden record-press., 1912-04-18
Here aud There.
(By Rambler

Farmers are getting behind
with their farm work. There
is not a sufficient number OF to-
bacco beds burned and but few
oats sown-but the April sun
shine is making the wheat look
green and thrifty. .
There were five car loads OF
hogs shipped from the stock
mems last Saturday. Who would
have thought of that many hogs
being for sale around Marion?
The last few days of wind and
sunshine have dried the ground
"A few more such days and the
the farmers will get busy.
Marion has moved. She is nov
the I. 1UfRt'1ea. Z. K: r: and St. Louis
While thinking over the past
Mr.. Editor" and musing of the
beautiful. sunshine this Easte,
day-just the Lords Sabbath,
that's all, and like all Sabbath
days should be remembered and
Kept holy. But how many will
place a special stress upon this
day and even in our churches, in
cities and divers places, a few
hours will be spent today in rev.
elry, listening to some fine in.
strumental music of a worldly
nature. No wonder we are
growing spiritually dead as a
Church people. We need the
power of the past to quicken the
power of the present.