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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-19
CONFESS TO DOUBLE MURDER
Third Mysterious Death Charged 10
Man and Woman.

Shreveport, La.-Evidence tending
to show a third mysterious death in
connection with the killing of Charles
G. Bailey at Metcalf, La, for which A.
l.. Watson and Mrs. Bailey are in Jail
here, was unearthed when Richard
Wilcox, a timer Of Shreveport, told
Sheriff Tourney that Bailey was ac-
cused by his first wife Of having con-
trived her death by poisoning.
Mrs. Bailey and Watson, according
to the police, have given a written
confession of the murder Of the for
mer's husband and the latter's wife.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-19
SEATTLE RoBBER CAUGHT.
Negro Boy Tried to Carry y" ~"
Pounds of Rich Booty.

Pounds OF Ricn pooty'
Seattle.-The residence OF BANK
President James d. Hoge was ran
sacked from top to bottom by Wai.ei
Taylor, a young negro burgler' VINO
worked so quietly that the only otner
person in the house, a maid, never
heard him. However. when he dragged
a bundle of loot weighing 500 POUNDS
through a door the girl ran into lne
street screaming for aid, and TWO
deputy sheriffs, promptly pounced upon
the negro.
In his pockets were found the
choicest articles of the Hoge family
Jewels. In the bundle were found the
silver plate, silks and bric-a-brac, care
fully selected. 1t is supposed that lay
lor had accomplices nearby with a
wagon to haul away the plumber, Dut
no wagon was to be seen when the
deputy sheriffs sought it. The stuff
gathered by the robber was valued at
$4,000.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-19
Big Steel P~ontoon to Hawaii.

San Francisco.-A giant steel pom
toon, said to be the largest in the
world, was towed through the Golden
cate this week on the way to Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii, where it will support
a lOO-ton floating crane, to be used n
connection with the government dry
docks. The pontoon is 100 feet long,
~ feet wide and ID feet deep. 1t will
lake the ocean-going tug Hercules 20
days to make the tow.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-19
WILL SHERMAN QUIT TICKET?
Ambassador Guild Is to Run With
Taft, Reports Have IL.

Chicago.-The Tribune received the
following telegram from a politician of
countrywide fame:
Boston, Mass.-Secret news comes
from where Taft is that Sherman is to
get off the ticket, giving as a reason
i'll health preventing his campaigning.
Taft saying the Vermont election
shows the necessity for some one to
campaign the country for the ticket.
The new nan is to be from Massachu-
sets. Ambassador Guild, returning
from Russia, is mentioned because of
his progressive tendencies"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-19
Five Are Killed in Wreck.

Glasgow, Mont.-Five men were
killed and two were injured in the
wreck of a Great Northern freight train
two miles east of Macon Saturday
night. All the dead and injured were
tramps and their names are unknown.
They were riding on a lumber car and
were crushed by the shifting of lumber.
A broken flange ditched the train.
Traffic was tied up for about six hours.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-19
Teleqraphers to Strike.

Winnipeg, Manitoba.-A strike in
volving 1000 railroad te~legraphers en-
ployed by the Canadian Pacific on
lines between the two ~seaboards
imminent with the completion
Oh the count of a strike vote. The re-
suit was unanimously against accept
ing the offer of the Cancellation board
Oh a . per cent increase without other
concessions.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-19
British Trades Union Congress-.

Newport, Eng Syndicalism was
c~rushlngly defeated at the trades I'M
Ion congress here by the adoption by
an overwhelming mapjority of a reso-
tuition which the s~yndicalists strenu-
ousiy opposed pledging the support of
tne independent working class of Great
britain TO political action in the in
uustrlal fight for a more equitable
share of the wealth of the country.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-19
ASKED QUESTIONS OF MORGAN.
Committee Would Know All About His
Political Activities Since 1900.

Washington.-When j. P. Morgan
takes the stand before Senator Clapp's
committee investigating campaign con-
tributions of 1904 and 1908, but about
any possible connection between con-
tributions in the period from 1900 to
1912 and any legislation in congress.
William Rockefeller is to be called
in connection with John d. Archbold's
recent testimony about an alleged con-
tribution of 100000 by the Standard
Oil company to Mr.. Roosevelt's fund
in 1904.
Ormsby McHarg, n of the Roose-
welt managers in the pre-convention
campaign, has been asked to appear.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-19
GERMAN COUNTESS IN N. w.

Visits Brother at ~Okanogan, WASH
ington.
Okanogan, Wash.-Mr. and Mrs. HUI
go LANCE of this city are entertaining
Mr.. Lange's sister and her nine-year-
old niece, Miss Margaretta Lange, of
Berlin, Germany. Mr.. Lange's sister
is the countess of Helwig-von Wrangle,
who has an estate in the black forest
and a town house in Berlin. She is an
actress of much note in Germany and
has appeared at different times on the
American stage. They will spend a
few weeks here with Mr.. and Mrs.
Lange before returning to Europe.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-19
WORLDS CHAMPION, EDWARD
HASHA, OF TEXAS, met A
TERRIBLE death.
Daring Racers Body Is Shot so Feet
in Air When He Hits Fence-Boy's
Skull Torn Off-Six Dying and Thir-
teen Badly Injured on New Jersey
Track Sunday Afternoon.

NEWARK, N. Eddie Hasha Of
Waco, Texas, holder of several worlds
records for motorcycle racing, plunged
over the rail of the course of the New
ark m~otordrome into a crowd Sunday
afternoon, causing the death of six
persons, including himself, while six
are dying and 10 are badly injured.
The only two of the six dead posi-
lively identified are Hasha and Johnny
Albright, a Denver ~motorcyclist, who
vas riding third in the race. The 9TH
er four dead were boys and young men
among the spectators.
Five thousand spectators were wit
Messing the finish of a four-mile free
for all race when the daring young
rider, doing 80 miles an hour, took his
fateful plunge. He was pitched head
first so feet into the air. His body
was ~shapeless when it was picked up
almost at the feet of his wife, seated in
the bleachers.
Pick UP Rider for Dead
Albright was thrown head first in
the other direction into the enclosure
of the track when the champions
wheel came sliding down the steep
bank and struck him.
The spectators injured were mainly
the men and boys who were leaning
owe the rail yelling encouragement to
the riders when Hasha came tearing
into their midst.
Six Start in Race.
Six riders started in the last event
on the program. 1t was a handicap
event with Hasha and Ray Seymour of
Los Angeles, an old rival, each start
ing from scratch. Ray Peck, another
Los Angeles rider, started at the quar-
ter-mile mark, and Albright, the Den
yer rider and Frank King and John
King of Newark were each given two
full laps handicap. The track is a
quarter mile and circular.
At the crack of the pistol Hasha
leaped ahead of Seymour. After six
rounds of the course, during which his
rival had eaten his smoke, the pair
evened up and in another lap Seymour
passed Hasha. By varying margins
Seymour kept the lead until the last
few laps.
Railing Lined Four Deep.
The railing was lined four deep,
with the men and boys urging Hasha
to overtake his rival.
Just at the commencement of the
last lap, the champion tried to satisfy
the crowd by a desperate effort. The
leader ran high on the track, leaving
a narrow space for Hasha to pass, but
the latter tried it. 1t was then he
struck the rail.
The sprocket of Hasha's wheel was
loosened by the collision and went sail
ing into the crowd, tearing off the
skull of a boy. In addition to those in
jured, as Hasha was hurled against
them, many persons fell and were
trampled in the wild scramble among
the spectators. q
Seymour kept control of his machine
wrecked motorcycle came sliding down
the track.
Albright, the first of the rearward
riders, who was making a great effort
to overtake the leaders, was struck by
the Hasha machine and received fatal
injuries.
Of the injured spectators 10 were un-
conscious when aid reached them.
Two died before reaching the hospital,
and two others died as the surgeons
were about to work over them.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-19
100000 in kIondike Gold.

Dawson, Y. THE yield of the
Klondike gold placer mines for 1912
was $4,000 00, an increase of 81, 000, 900
over 1911. The increase was not due
to richer ground, but to more dredgers
being employed. The upper Yukon has
yielded s169, 900 900 of placer gold. The
placer mines of the lower Yukon, in
Alaska, show a large decrease for the
year.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-19
W.. c. GILLETTE, PIONEER, DEAD
Old Resident of Montana Succumbs,
Aged 80, at Helena.

Helena, Mont.-Warren G.. Gillette,
one of the best-known pioneers in
Montana, died Sunday at the residence
Of his nephew in this city, death being
due to ailments incident to old age.
Mr.. Gillette, who was 80 years Of age,
had been a resident of Montana since
1862, or before the creation of the ter
ritory. He was for many years en-
gagged in mercantile pursuits and later
entered the sheep business, in which
he amassed a comfortable fortune.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-19
oregon Boys Lost in Alask.

Juneau, Alaska.-John Shattuck. 21
years old, a student at the University
OF oregon; Dell Linscott, aged 20. a
resident of Douglas, and Leslie Oliver
II years old, Of Juneau, are believed to
have persisted in the mountains back
OF Sheep creek. four miles south Of
here, having become lost in a foo
while hunting. e
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-19
Hold Saloon Men in $4,000.

Chicago.-Cornelius Moore and Hen
ry Foss, West Hammond saloon men,
arrested in a recent raid made by gov
eminent and county officers are held
in bonds of $4,000 on charges Of violat-
ing the Mann act.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-19
CONGRESS of Farm Women.

The objects of the congress are to
improve the conditions, financial, ply
steal, social and spiritual of agricul-
tural homes. 1t aims to understand
more completely the significance OF
the farm to the life of the nations
and the dignity of the position of the
farm woman as co-worker in the most
potential and f%ar-reaching of the ma
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-19
Egg Laying Contest.

North Yakima, Wash.-The five lead
ing teams" in the 6O-day egg laying
contest under the auspices of the Wash
ington state fair are maintaining the
same relative positions as in the past
two weeks. Two teams of White wy
andottes hold first and second posi-
lions.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-19
Sunday Schools to Convene.

Walla Walla, Charleston, Occur
d'Alene and Cashmere have been def
nitely selected as the cities which will
entertain the four big Inland Empire
Sunday school conventions next May.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-19
Hold VIM. WakeleY for Crime.

occur dAlene, Idaho.-Wm. Wake
icy was brought into the probate court
oelore Judge Bert A. Reed, to answer
~ cne charge of murder in a perlim-
mary hearing, having been arrested
August 20 shortly after the affray in
ot' Joe, which caused the death of
Thomas Allard.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-19
HARLAN TO TRAIL COLONEL.
With John F. Ryan He Is to Talk for
Taft

Chicago.-Director Mulvane at tbe
national republican headquarters an
nounces that John M. Harlan of Chi
cago Will follow Colonel Roosevelt
through Oregon and other Pacific
states. Harlan will be accompanied bv
John f. Ryan from the New York head
quarters OF the national republican
committee.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-19
Prominent Alaskan Dies.

Rochester, Minn.-John Morrow, who
has long been a well-known miner and
merchant of Ophir, Alaska, died here
Saturday at the end of a journey of So
days, made ON a stretcher from the
far away north country.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-19
MILLIONAIRE AND WIFE KILLED
She Had Been Choked and He Had
Been Shot in Maine Home.

Portage Lake, Maine.-A double
tragedy was revealed here when Off
Gals forced an entrance to the home
of Daniel G. Emery and found the
bodies of Emery and his wife in one
of the bedrooms. Mrs. Emery had
been s%trangled to death, and Emery's
death was due to bullet wounds in the
head.
Daniel c. Emery was the son of the
late George d. Tmery of Boston, a mil
lionaire importer of mahogany, rose
wood and other South American woods.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-19
Whitebluffs, WASH, to Move.

worth Yakima, Wash.-White Bluffs,
Town on the Columbia river, IS miles
east Oh North Yakima, is going to
ooise tne problem of securing trans
poreation facilities by moving bodily a
.nlie or so back from the river to the
lacks OF the new branch Of the Mil
waukee railorad.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-19
Robber Shoots Bartender.

Santa Barbara, GAIA robber,
masked with a gunnysack in which he
had cut eye holes, entered a saloon
here and shot and probably fatally in
jured John McDonough, a bartender.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-19
Z. F.. Monroe Is Live Stock Chief.

North Yakima, Wash.-C. F. Monroe,
assistant in charge of the department
vi anlmal ~husbandry at Washington
state college at Pullman, has been
appointed superintendent of the live
fair.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-19
Fair at

Davenport, Neutrality-suspicious. are
going forward already for the Lincoln
county fair, which is to be held here
October 9. 10, II and IL.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-19

England has 2O,757 elementary pub
lie schools with $4,000 pupils. The
1912 budget for education is 2,00O,-
900, of which 81, OOO, 900 is for teachers
old age pensions.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-19

Twenty-one German universities had
57,415 students in the winter semester
1912, as compared with 54,S22 in
the preceding semester.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-19

The first German school to have a
moving-picture machine as a regular
The apparatus will be used mainly in
geography and nature study.
In Rome, in the time of the Repub-
lie, Ga days in every year were devoted
to public festivals recognized by law.
The American Republic has not
reached such a number of holidays,
but it's schools surpassed it long ago.
The Importance of rest periods in
school work and of as much fresh air
as possible is emphasized by recent
scientific Investigations, which have
shown that the condition of the blood
%corpuscles in children is far less ia
vorable after mental exertion in school
than after hard physical effort.
A striking instance of the prevail
ing cosmopolitanism of American life
is afforded by the German Presby-
west, where a group of students
showed the following races represent
ed: Jew, Bohemian, Mexican, Ger
man, Slovak, Russian, Japanese.
The sand bin, the slide, the giant
stride, the horizontal bar, indoor base
ball diamonds (for boys and for girls),
courts for volley ball and tethed ball,
running and jumping pit, and a skating
rink where the climate permits; these
are some of the desirable features of
an up-to-date school playground, as
planned by Mr.. Henry S. Curtis in a
bulletin just issued by the United
States Bureau of Education.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-19
T

Nearly 5000 students from foreign
lions of higher learning in 1911.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-01

periences of Ohio, New Jersey, New
York and Indiana. Two of these states
were much more hopeless in their ap-
portioned and legislative situations
than Illinois. Nevertheless, with just
such conditions in those states as now
surround US, the party laid aside its
past practice of minority nominations
which were not required by law but
which had been adopted by habit-and
nominated a full ticket. The result
was, through the patriotism of a demo
cratic. and republican citizenship
that these states have a democratic
United States senator, and have put
such valuable legislation upon the law
books of their state, approved by the
people returning these administTa.
tons to power and to the confidence OF
the people at large all over America.
l again beseech you to consider
these conditions and give me the ben,
eft of full ticket, that l may &c
through the state, county by COUNT
and aid in the election Of these legis
latiye representatives.
! / have the honor to be,
: Your obedient servant,
/ JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-01
They're Too Busy Knitting Each Other in
Illinois to Worry About Teddy Or Taft

Deneen has served two four-year
terms, and it now after a third. Eight
years ago, running with Roosevelt, his
plurality was about 10000. Four years
ago. when Taft's plurality in Illinois
was approximately $4,000, Deneen
skinned through by bare $4,000. Lor-
inner and his bunch of braves knitted
Deneen on that occasion. Lorimer
isn't so much now, even in spite of his
virtuous invocations of Lincoln doc
trine, but Deneen knows there is a
long. dark, soggy road ahead.
Roger Sullivan, confrere of Charles
F. Murphy and Tom Taggart, has a
lot to say about democratic doings in
Illinois. Mr.. Hearst is trying to land
the state for Champ Clark, so Sulli-
van, Hearsts sincere enemy, will not
be for Clark. That probably means he
will be for Woodrow Wilson. He
doesn't admire Wilson Unfortunately, but
he wants somebody TO upset the Hearst
program, and he wants a candidate
with a show of winning.
Governor Wilson is very strong with
the rank and file democrats of the
state. He is likely to get the Illinois
delegation On his recent speaking
tour he made a very good impression
in Illinois, and he has the Bryan ele
ment with him solidly. The Bryan
wing from the western states, by the
way. is going 10 have lot to say a
Baltimore.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-01

cling to Taft and Small. Deneen is
very attentively saving wood and hust-
ling for votes, without paying much at
tention to national candidates as yet.
The contending statesmen, it will
thus be seen, have so much to do to
save their respective ships that they
haven't had much time to sit down and
unselfishly think up ways to help Ted
dy or Taft. Lorimer's legion is yell
ing Justify for the president, but that
doesn't mean much in the way of real
assistance. Neither is Jones likely to
help Roosevelt
Observers opine that after Governor
Deneen stumps around the state for a
while he will come out either for Taft
or Roosevelt His brother-in-law, Roy
West, is chairman of the republican
state central committee. Deneen is
anxious for reelection, and he knows
that the democratic nominee will push
him numerically hard-and perhaps
trim him, unless the head of the ticket
helps carry him through.
So it is not unlikely that Deneen and
West will come out for Roosevelt la
ter, with the state organization behind
them. This is not saying that such g
thing will happen. Deneen to date has
been presumed to be Taft man. He
is furtively watching to see which way
the cat is going to jump, and until puss
gets busy, Deneen will not know wheth
er he prefers Taft or Teddy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-01
A TIMELY REMINDER
FROM HAMILTON LEWIS

Chicago, Feb. 29.-To the Democrat
ton, with great respect for the views
of your senatorial committee, that a
failure to nominate a full legislative
ticket in each district will be equiva-
lent to sacrificing the prospect of a
democratic legislature and a democrat
ic United States senator.
Conditions in the past might have
justified, in certain districts, naming
but one. Now, the conflict among the
republicans, because of their distrust
of each other, will necessarily force
each of the factions to vote against the
nominee of the other, which will re.
suit in obtaining their vote for any
highclass, honorable man nominated
by you,-the democrats. Such condi-
lions will elect men in republican dis.
tricts by anywhere from % to $50 ma.
jority. Is it fair that this should be
lost to the state?
For all the years in the memory OF
any Of you, you have been hoping for
the time and OCCASION to arise, just
exactly as that which has arisen
around you-that is, the opportunity
/ for the favor of the republicans, theiI
naturally awakened sense of justice
that you may be given the legislature
and prove your patriotism and devo
ton to the state by the kind of legis
lation you will put upon the law books
and the manner OF man you woulC
send to the United State senate.
VIII you not embrace the oppor
tunity now, which will give you th'
chance to prove for the future what
democratic administration for Illinois
would be? Permit me to invite yo
TO the late political history and eX
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-01
LOCAL LABOR WILL
GO TO MUSCATlNE

Labor forces, possibly 500 strong,
are to go to Muscatine on the coming
Sabbath to aid in the preparation for
the election the following day when
labor will be pitted against capital. A
special train to carry the men is to
leave Rock Island at 1890 in the aft
ernoon and Davenport 10 minutes lat
er. There is to be a parade from the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-01
FOR REPRESENTATIVE

] hereby announce myself a can
didate for the democratic nomination
for representative in the general as
sembly of the S3rd senatorial dis
trict, subject to the democratic pri-
uraries to be held Tuesday, April g,
1912. EVERETT L. WERTs.
Oquawka, III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-01
Illinois Politics

Decatur, March 1.-Governor De-
neen, in speech here last night,
spoke of the work of the state archi-
tect and the construction Of public
buildings during the last eight years.
The total expenditure for building
and repairs, including construction
OF sewers and drainage systems, he
said, approximated $10,0OO,O0O. OF
this amount $4,000 was spent for a
piggery at the Chester hospital for
the criminal insane and S2,700 for
hog station for the veterinary hos
pital of the board of live stock com
missioners at Springfield. by my
direction he said, special pains
were taken to write the specifications
in such manner as to give all con-
Gems dealing in building material an
equal show and not limit the general
contractor to special makes and
brands. Aside from the fairness OF
this procedure, it is evident that this
arrangement assured free COMPETE
ton in building material, again les
SEEMING the cost of the work and ma
terial This policy Furthermore as.
sured a higher class of contractors
than oftentimes care TO figure Oh
public work and resulted in the state
getting the services of these men and
correspondence better workman
ship"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-01

said: Democrats Of the nation have
overthrow one republican oligarchy,
that which your neighbor, Joseph G..
Cannon, had built up in congress. We
of Illinois are about to overthrow
another, which is even more burden
some to us-that which the jackpot
bosses built up in Springfield. Uncle
Joe's methods were of the same
stripe with those that have prevailed
in the legislative chambers of our
state. He was one of the feudal
chieftains who have assumed for
years to expend our taxes on high
salaries for themselves and their
henchmen. Illinois will get no hon.
est, no economical government until
it follow sthe example of other states
and turns out of office those who
have been faithless to the trust re-
posed in them"