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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-12-31
Farther liohts, Meetino.

The Farther Lights society of the
First Baptist church will hold its
monthly session in the church on
Friday evening of this week
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-12-31
Woman,s PRAYER Meetina

Woman's union prayer meeting will
be held each Thursday morning in
January at ten-thirty a. m. in the
chapel of the First Presbyterian
church.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-04
u. S. TO PUT STOP TO
JAPANESE ! RUMORS
Lodge Resolution Concerning Magda.
lena Bay Part Of Administration
Program. Is

Washington, D. c., April 4.-The
Lodge resolution calling on the presi-
dent to send to the senate informa-
ton obtained by the state department
in it's investigation of the report that
the Japanese government was seeking
from Mexico a naval base at Magda.
lena bay is now said to have been a
part of an. administration plan to smash
the constantly recurring bugaboo Of
japanese invasion or colonization of
North America. Fl
Acting Secretary of States Hunting
ton Wilson and Representative Sulzer
of New York chairman of the house
foreign affairs committee, had a long
conference with President Taft at the
white house today. Although no for
NAL statement was issued as the result
Of this visit, it was evident that a
thorough investigation existed be-
tween the president, the state depart
ment and members of the senate and
house foreign affairs committee as to
methods to be employed in setting at
rest reports that Japan entertained in
tentions hostile to the attitude of this
country.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-04
MRS. VERMILYA ON
THE WITNESS STAND
Chicago Woman Accused Of Being
Poisoner Attracts Crowd to Grim
inaI Court Room.

Chicago, April 4.-Seated in wheel
chair drawn up close to the jury box
and speaking in low but distinct
tone, Mrs. Louise Vermilya, on trial
before Judge Sullivan, charged, with
the murder of Richard T. Smith, a rail-
road man. concluded her testimony
today.
] The court room was thronged with
curious crowd eager to obtain a
glimpse of the alleged poisoner.
Mrs. Vermilya told Of the trip she
made to Henderson, Ill, where Smith
was buried. She said she went at the
request of Joseph 0. Smith, a brother
of the deceased, and A. P. Schaefer, a
friend of the Smith family, and spent
most Of her time comforting Mrs.
Smith, the mother.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-04
AMERICANS HELD
ON LONDON CHARGE

London, April ALFRED H. Motley
and Clark A. Miller former residents OF
New York whoahave been carrying on
a lithographic business in London
since last June, appeared at the Bow
street police court today on charge
of alleged larceny. They were arrest
ed Yesterday in London at the request
Of the New York police.
The men say that the prosecution is
a malicious one as they had taken. act
ion against the American patentees OF
their special photographic process,
which was worth 100000, for breach
of contract and had asked for dam
ages.
The police magistrate said he was
inclined to accept bail and release to
prisoners but could not do SO until he
had received further information from
America. He therefore remanded
them until Saturday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-04
MARITAL LAW TODAY
IN. NEW YORK TOWNS

Utica, N. Y, April 4.-Martial law
was declared at New York mills and
Yorkville, two suburban villages of
this city, because of rioting in con-
nection with the strike of employees Of
the New York Mill Co. Two militia
companies are on guard.
The strikers objected to attempts
to run out the fabric in the looms and
keep up fires in the mills to comply
with the insurance requirements, and
maltreated deputies on guard. A
woman threw red pepper in the face
of one deputy and she and six men
were arrested
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-04
NASHVILLE MOURNS
SENATOR'S DEATH

Nashville, Tenn, April 4.-The peo-
pie Of western and middle Tennessee
paid their final tribute to the memory
of "Fiddling Bob'-Senator Robert
Love Taylor-today. Through the
hall of the house in the state capitol
thousands of persons walked past the
body of the senator, who succumbed
in Washington Sunday.
Nashville today suspended all bust
ness and the capitol gave itself over to
providing for the thousands Of people
who came to witness the ceremonies
in final honor Of the man who three
times had been governor Of the state
and then federal senator. Tomorrow
funeral services and burial will take
place at Knoxville.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-04
BLAME CREW FOR
! HARAHAN' Death
FAILED TO PROTECT
HALTED SPECIAL, CONDUCTOR
SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THIS.

Washington, D. c., April 4.-Holding
the crew of train No: responsible for
the rear-end collision which occurred
on the Illinois Central at Kimmundy,
Ill. Jan. % last, resulting in the death
of former President Harahan and
three others, the Interstate commerce
commission today made public the re-
port of H. w. Belknap, chief inspec-
tor of safety appliances, who was de-
tailed by the commission to make q
report on the wreck and the causes
which led to it.
In his report Mr.. Belknap states that
Flagman Brocker of train No. did
not properly protect his train. Con-
ductor Brainard is equally response
BILE for not knowing that his train was
not properly protected. Engineer
Stuart is held responsible likewise for
his failure to control the speed OF his
train so as not to exceed fifteen miles
an hour while passing through Kim
mundy. -
Engineer Is Condemned.
Engineer Stuart also comes In for
condemnation because he did not com.
ply with his orders requiring him to
take water at Kimmundy. The opera.
tor at Edgewood Is condemned for not
having held train No. 3 at that place
until ten minutes after the passing OF
train No. 25. i
The division of the Illinois Central
|on which the wlecks occurred isssa
double tracked line. No block signals
are used, trains being operated by or
.ders. In his report Mr.. Belknap states
that the officials of the Illinois Cen
tral realize the protection afforded by
block signals. 5s5
Lacks Block Signals.
Vice President Park during his tes-
timony stated that during the previ'
ous year, while there had been seven.
ty-three accidents on the line of the
Illinois Central, only five of them oc.
Cured within block ignal limits. OF
the sixty-eight accidents occurring
outside of block signal limits, there
were nineteen head-oh collisions,
twenty-five rear end collisions, nine.
teen side collisions and five crossing
collisions. ',
MI, Park testified that all of these
accidents would have been prevented
had automatic block signals been in
use. ar.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-04
c. ?. RODGERS.
CROSS COUNTRY
FLYER. KILLED
Aviator Who Broke Worlds
Record With Flight From
Ocean to Ocean Meets
Death at. Long Beach.

Long Beach, Cal, April Gal.
braith p. Rodgers, the first man to
cross the American continent In an
aeroplane, was killed here almost in.
stantly at 3:15 yesterday afternoon
when his Wright biplane In which he
had been soaring over the ocean, fell
from a height Of 200 feet and buried
him in the wreck. His neck was bro
ken and his body badly smashed by
the engine OF his machine. He lived
but few moments. N
Rodgers for week past had been
making daily flights here and had
taken up with him many passengers.
both men and women. Yesterday he
started from his usual place and
scared out over the ocean, crossing
the pier and then turned and dipped
close to roller coaster in the park
amusement beach.
Chased Flock Of Gulls.
Seeing a flock of gulls disporting
themselves along great shoal OF sar.
dimes Just over the breakers, Rodgers
again turned and dived into them, scat
tering the sea fowl in all directions
Highly elated over the outcome of his
dive, Rodgers then few farther out to
the sea, all the time gradually rising
until he had reached a height of about
200 feet.
Begins Death Descent.
Making short turn, he started at
full speed for the pier, then suddenly
dipped his planes and his machine be
gan a, frightful descent. Rodgers was
seen by hundreds of persons to re-
lease his hold on the levers, and then
seemingly realizing that he was in
danger, he made strenuous efforts ia
pull the nose OF his machine into q
level position Failing In, this, he man
aged to turn his craft further inshore
sspa an i,estant the era hAf
ifsfo the edge Oh sSlias suit 500 feel
from the spot where ON Dec. 10 lA1s
he had finished his ocean to ocean
flight. Many men rushed to his aid
Ernest Scott and James Goodwin, life
guards were first to reach him. They
saw Rodgers head hanging over one
wing Of the machine, the heavy en-
CINE was on his back and his feet
were drawn up, nearly doubling over
his shoulders. Blood was flowing from
his mouth. @
Rodgers was lifted from the wreck
and hurried to the bathhouse hospital
He died on the way. Examination
showed that his neck, jaw bone and
back had been broken.
A telegram was sent to the avi
ator's widow, who lives in Pasadena
CAL, and a cablegram to his mother
Mrs. H. S. Schweitzer, who is now in
London.
The machine that Rodgers used
was the one with which he Won
$1,000 in prizes last summer at the
Chicago endurance meet. 1t was a to
tai wreck. Many parts have been
swept out to sea by the tide.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-04
STRUCK BY STREET CAR.
Helen Compton, Little Des Moines
, Girl Fateily Injured; Both
Ieos are Crushed.

Des Moines, April 4.-With both legs
crushed and her right hand cut off
from being run over by a street car
late yesterday afternoon, 3-year-old
Helen Compton is dying in Mercy hos
pital.
In ignorance of the accident the
little girls mother is i'll at the Metho-
dist hospital A child was born to
the mother Saturday night. and her
condition is so serious that she cannot
be told of her little daughters in
juries.
The girl was playing in the street
with two companions. and ran across
the road when struck by the car.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-04
WEATHER BUREAUS
PEsSIMISTIC REPORI

pgxiii3nrtnfi sD. I. I, Z. 1ApIa -
with the Mississippi river ct Men.
pfiis three feet above the high record
mark and at Cairo IL feet above the
highest previous mark, weather bureau
oficials today are unable to predict
any cessation in the constantly rising
flood below Caido.
Reports to the bureau indicated the
water would continue to rise slowly
and no prediction was made as 70
when the flood would turn.
The river at Cairo this morning stood
at 53.9 feet, rise of two-tentns
since yesterday. The previous hlgn
record at Cairo was 52.2, made In 1883.
At Memphis the stage was 43.4 feet, q
rise of eight-tenths since yesterday.
The previous record at Memphis was
4O.3 feet. At vicksburg the river
stood at Al feet, rise OF five-tenths
since yesterday.
President Taft today directed the
quartermaster generals department OF
the army to furnish rations to any suf-
ferers of the Mississippi and Missouri
river floods, who are found to be IN
want. The president also promised
Senator-elect James and Representa-.
tive Russell to do anything in his pow
er to aid those made homeless and de-
prived of the necessities Of life by the
flood.
A resolution is now before the
house committee on appropriations
which would place $250,OO0 at the
presidents disposal for the relief OF
the homeless in the flooded districts.
His order for the distribution of army
rations did not call for any special
authority by congress.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-04
SEVEN THOUSAND HOMELESS AS
. RESULT Of SERIOUS FLOODS IN
TEN STATES ALONG BIG RIVERS
FLOOD SITUATION
IN RIVER STATES

!. Seven thousand persons are
homeless.
! Eight thousand persons have
! fed from flood threatened
:. homes.
+ Eight persons drowned.
! Property loss will run into
millions.
! Ten states affected.
) state and federal govern
! ments hurrying to help the az
! flicted.
). Nine thousand acres of manu-
! featuring district of Cairo, H.,
: under water.
! Future City and Urbandaie,
. outlying districts Of Cairo, with
! combined population of 1,1oo
flooded.
) Hickman, KY. factory district
+ and part of home section food
!. ed. Two thousand homeless.
! Columbus, KY, with outlying
! country under water depriving
! 1000 persons of homes.
) Memphis, Tenn, river sec
! tions flooded driving 1,200 from
+ homes.
! Many factories under water.
+ New Madrid, Mo-, eight hun
+ dred homeless.
+ Dorena, Mo-, 700 homeless.
!. Eight thousand persons fee
+ ingfrom fiood-threatened homes
: in towns between Hickman,
; KY, and Helena, Ark.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-04
NEW VICE PRESIDENT
OF CHINA KILLED

London, April A dispatch from
Tien Tsin to the Exchange Telegraph
CO., says that the reported assassina-
tion of General Ii Yuen Heng. vice
president of the Chinese republic, is
confirmed There is no confirmation
of the rumor from any other sources.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-04
FIRE CAUSES PANIC y
IN CHICAGO STORE

Chicago, April 4.-Two firemen We're
injured, several girls overcome by
smoke and carried down stairways and
twenty clerks and shoppers were driv-
en- into the streets when fire which
started from crossed electric wires
destroyed a West Madison street de-
partment store owned by John Krohn.
Jr. The damage is estimate . at
$4,000.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-04
ELGIN WOODMEN
MEETING RIOTOUS

Elgin, Ill.,, April A meeting at
which national officers of the Modern
Woodmen were to explain the increas-
ed rates of the order was disbanded
last night when police We're called to
suppress near-riot in which it is said
insurgents and regulars took part. A
state convention Of insurgent Wood
men is to be held in Elgin April 1919.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-04
TO-DAY IN CONGRESS
session at 2 p. m.
Finance committee hears protests
from Porto Rico against free sugar
bill.

at noon.
Considered Indian appropriation
bill carrying $7,465,255.
President Taft in message urged
passage of legislation to promote
economy and efficiency in govern
ment services.
Kentucky delegation urged appro-
priations committee to favorably re-
port bill appropriating $250,OOO
additional for flood preventive work.
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-06-19

Hurried all the way from Ala
bama toChicago because. her papa
and mamma couldn't get along
without her and couldn't get
away till the convention was over,
little Margaret Hundley is now
celebrating her third birthday
over again with her papa and
mamma as guests of honor!
Little Margaret had a birthday
the other day, and Papa Hundley,
Roosevelt manager for Alabama,
couldn't attend to- convention
business in Chicago for thinking
of his baby all alone down in Ala
bama, with her, little cake with
three candles on it. And Mamma
Hundley she cried, that's all.
When they couldn't stand it
minute longer they wired to the
black nanny at home to hurry
north with Margaret.
And here. she is.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-06-19
STERILE WATER.

It's easy enough to have sterlI-
lied water in the house all the
time. Any clean water that has
been boiled for five or ten minutes
and then allowed to GOBLIN a COW
eredyesselis sterile
Such water can be safely used
for washing wounds.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-11-28
Read of This Stirring Battle Against Civic
Evils That Are, and For the Honor and
Justice That Should Everywhere Prevail
This Great Novel by the Author of THE Man gher Up
Has Been Secured for Use in This Paper.

give a moving picture show. has been
hired by that city to run the electric
light plant.
The Great Northern In Ninot 10 do
ing . tremendous business In ito pas.
senger department. The ticket agent
sold $4,000 worth Of tickets out Of
Minot from Nov. to Nov. -.
DR.. Frogner has decided to return
from Carpio to Berthold TO take mp
his practice again.
James Foley, North Dakota's poet
laureate. win give q recital at Ken
mare Dec. Is.
According to the News, the Asso-
ciated Doctors will be in Kenmare
Dec. :. States Attorney Coyle may
be there also that day.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-11-28
TUBERCULOSIS SOCIETY AC
vANCED $500 OR DUNeElTH
SANITARIUM.

Bismarck. N. D., Nov. 26.-The
North Dakota Anti-Tuberculosi asso-
citation recently advanced $500 to sup
ply the North Dakota tuberculosis
sanitarium at Dunseith with sufficient
bedding to enable the authorities to
open the institution for me care Of
our tuberculosis patients.
The people Of the state VINO invest
ed . few cents or dollars In Red
Cross seals last year win be pleased 70
know that their charity helped to
make up this $500. Without this
money, those suffering from the great
white plague in our state, must have
waited uptin after our next legisla-
ture appropriated funds.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-11-28
ALFALFA KING VISITS MINoT.

Herman A. Nelson. bonanza farmer
from the Nesson flats, south Of Ray,
and member Of the normal school
board Of the state, was . Minot visi.
tor Monday. He met with the build.
ing committee Of the Minot normal
school proposition to decide some min.
or particulars.
Mr.. Nelson has finished all Of bis
threshing but thirty acres and says he
has an immense crop. He Is holding
his wheat, for he says the price II now
so low that 1t is impossible to make
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-11-28

er speaker OF the house, adds LOCO
more acres to the Dalrymple holdings
in this county. It was bought a& $50
an acre. Some weeks ago there was
an erroneous report that the Dalrym-
pie farm had been sold to q Aennon.
tie colony. Instead of selling the Dali
rymples are acquiring additional
lands. The promoters of the propos-
ed colony offered $65 an acre for the
entire farm. but the tender was de-
clined.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-11-28

any money at the present price. Mr..
Nelson farms more than a thousand
acres, q considerable portion Of which
is under tho irrigation ditch. Mr..
Nelson has been particularly success
full in growing alfalfa.
- - .
= CHANCES FOR ALL.
The students Of the Union .
Commercial College Of Grand
- Forks, N. D.. always make .
=" good, but the success Of F. H.
= Nicholl is remarkable. After .
finishing his course he accepted =
a position, but decided to 90 in.
to business for himself. He did :.
a 100000 business last year,
and now writes the school for 1 .
~ bookkeeper whom he Is willing :
to pay 800 a month. The :
school catalog IL free.
80 So >
DALRYMPlEs ADD 1900
ACRES TO HOLDINGS
Fargo, N. D., Nov. 36.]ohn DIAL
rymple, manager. 10 adding to the
holdings of the famous Dalrymples
farm In this country. The Dalrymples
already own the largest wheat ranch
in the United States. It contains over
$4,000 acres. The purchase Of the old
Cass farm, named after one Of the
founders OF the Northern Pacific, and
owned BY Treadwell Twitchell, form
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-11-28
He Proves Himself the
Uubought Champion
of the People, and to
Be True to His Oath
of Office Risks Losing
the Girl He Loves.

Everyone will want to read about
Katherine Hampden, daughter of the CAP
italist, aid the course of her love affair
with John.
The serial, in addition to its absorbing
romantic side, uncovers the hidden DEALINGS
OF intriguing politicians in conventions,
and with crooked capitalists and bankers,
in most impressive manner.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-11-28

This is the novel, the critics say, that
L best describes present day political con-
ditions in this country. 1t is forceful,
dramatic, picturesque and TRUE to LIFE.
Our ~*ad3;rs should know how John
Dunmeade, the fearless young district at
torne7, grapp|es with the corrupt political
machine and fights it with answering
lowalty to the people, thrusting aside all
lures t. bstray his trust.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1912-11-01
For States Attorney

Having received the republican non-
ination at the primaries for the Office
OF States Attorney of Adams county,
North Dakota, | wish to announce TO
yoters that | am a candidate for re
election and pledge that if elected
will continue TO enforce the law in the
future a in the past without any en-
tangllng alliances with any person or
clicque, and will use my utmost en-
deayor 10 give the people of the coun-
~ an honest and efficient enforcement
of all the laws OF the state
The States Attorney does not make
the laws If he observes his oath of
Office and prediction promises, he
should enforce all the laws He can
have but one policy: the enforcement
of the law as il stands on the statute
books.
| respectfully solicit your vote and
support al the general election. Nov.
5th. 1912.
l9 HENRY AlOEN.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1912-11-01
WIN. MENSNG
Candidate for Register Of
Deeds.

Wm Mensing. wh5 seeks election
- the orlce Of register of deeds Of
Perkins county. is a native OF Ger.
-aany, having bet Z born in 1874 in
the city of Oldenburg. In 1881 he
came TO the United States, settling at
Bedford, Ind, coming to Pierre. S.
ID. ~ 1888. La l.e1 he moved TO Day
county. living there until 1903, when
he settled on homestead in what is
now Dewitt township. Perkins Coun-
ty He has family consisting OF
his wife and two children.
Mr. Mensing has wide experience in
the matter Of keeping records. having
been abstractor in Day county for a
number of wears. He is painstaking
and conscientious in his work, and
may point with satisfaction TO a mum
Der of lesser trusts in which he has
acquitted himself with honor, and
given proof of his entire worthiness
TO the office OF register of deeds, which
he now seeks at the hands of the peo
pie of his county.
Vote for VIM. Mensing for register
of deeds. Adv