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The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1913-02-21

Capital punishment will be abolished
and tipping will be a Unable offense in
Indiana II bills introduced are passed
by the legislature.
Fire caused by the explosion Of a
barrel Of oil damaged the Union Pa
cific roundhouse at Kearney, Neb.. to
the extent OF $4,000.
Robert Heller entered drug store
at San Francisco, asked for bottle
Of .'painkiller," shot the clerk In tho
back as he reached Cor bottle. and
then killed himself.
Devil Rucker, negro 80 years old.
was lynched at Houston. Texas, In the
presence of crowd estimated at 1000
persons, after he had confessed to the
murder OF white woman.
The jury which will try John Beal
Sneed. accused of murder in conaec-
ton with the killing OF Albert G.
Boyce. Jr., at Amarillo. Texas. Sep
TENDER IA last. was completed at Yer
non. Texas.
Dan" one of team of famous fire
horses which established worlds re-
cord for quick hitching at the inter.
national firemen's congress at London
in 1898. is dead at Kansas City at the
age OF "a.
The lower house of the Washington
legislature passed 81 to 4. a bill to
pension mothers not supported by
husbands. The measure provides SIS
a month for the first child and IS for
each additional child.
Striking miners made an attack on
the West Virginia state capitol, but
police stopped the riot. Every man
woman and child of Holley Grove, on
Paint creek, was arrested by militia
and taken to Paint Creek. Junction
for trial.
Because Mrs. Sadie Kohlers. 25
years old refused to marry him, Will
liam Jansen. % years old, slashed he"
with razor and then fired bullet
into his head, in Chicago. Mrs. Koh-
ler's husband is consumptive now al
Denver for his health.
More than 100000 In gold was
brought to Seattle by the steamship
Mariposa, from Cordova. Alaska.
having been more than tw,
months in transit from the Iditarod
district From Iditarod to Chitina-
more than 1000 miles-the gold was
hauled on dog sleds.
Betty Raspberry, said to have been
the leader Of band of oil swindlers
which operated in Oklahoma for sew
eral years, was convicted at Tulsa of
forging deed to valuable oil land
In Tulsa county. and sentenced to
seven years in prison. Three of her
alleged accomplices are in the peniten-
tiary.
The pastor Of the Methodist Episco-
pal church at Pontiac, ILL.,. who has
been in charge of the Mcdowell cir
cult for many years, has resigned, lc-
claring there is no money to be made
In ministerial work. He has purchased
100 acres near Rome. Mich. to en-
gage in far ming. During his ministry
his congregation has been composed
of wealthy farmers and he seeks to
profit by their example.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1913-02-21
CONGRESSIONAL.

By q viva voce vote the house ret
passed the Webb bill to prohibit the
shipment Of intoxicating liquors into
dry" states. as it passed the senate
The House passed bill removing
an unjust charge which for many
years has rested against the name Of
Lieut.. James Parsons. one of Colora-
dos old Indian fighters, long since
dead.
President Taft vetoed the billing
ham-Burnett immigration bill, which
would revolutionize the immigration
policy of the United States by impos-
ing literacy test upon all foreign
ers seeking a home In America.
The congestion OF appropriation
bills in the House has caused Demo
cratic leaders to urge a sweeping re-
form in the, appropriation system and
to seek a. way Of extricating the
House from its present position with
out making a record for expenditures.
Congress declared Woodrow Will
son elected president Of the United
States and Thomas r. Marshall
elected vice-president. The electoral
vote certificates. opened in the pre-
sence Of the house and senate sitting
together, showed that Mr.. Wilson and
Mr.. Marshall received 435 electoral
votes; that Theodore Roosevelt for
president and Hiram w. johnson for
vice-president received SO votes. and
that William H. Taft for president
and Nicholas Murray Rutler for vice.
president received eight votes.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1913-02-21
FOREIGN.

Commander E. R. G. Evans sends
further particulars in dispatch from
Christchurch, New Zealand, Of the Ill
fated British Antarctic expedition.
The party under Captain Scott, after
leaving Commander Evans January 4,
1912. marched an average of twelve
miles daily and reachedSthe pole on
January II. Captain SCOTS observa-
tion by the theodolite on January 10
fixed the pole within half mile Of
Amundsen's observations.
The British nation paid its last sad
respects to the memory of Captain
Robert F. Scott and his heroic COM
pany, who died in the wilds of the
Antarctic after reaching the South
pole. A great memorial service was
held in the cathedral OF st. Paul in
London In the center of the metrop-
oils. 1t was attended by people of
every walk in life, from King George,
in the uniform of an admiral of the
fleet, down to common laborers.
Official Notification has been made
of the resignation of Prince Katsura,
the Japanese premier. together with
his cabinet.
Plans for the celebration of the ter
centenary OF the accession Of the
Romanoffs to the Russian imperial
throne are practically complete.
April IA has been selected as the
date for beginning general strike
throughout Belgium by the National
Council Of Workingmeu's OrIanixa-
lions.
Franz Schuhmeier. member OF the
lower house Of the Austrian parlia-
ment, and Socialist leader. was
assassinated by the Christian Social
list and labor leader. Paul Kunschak.
Declaring that the Prussians were
oppressed and dishiembered folk in
1906 as a consequence Of Gods judg-
ment, because they had lost faith In
Him, the German emperor at a me-
mortal service at Berlin university de-
livered a characteristic speech. warn
ing the present generation OF Germans
not to forget the faith of their fathers.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1913-02-21
SLASH in SALARIES likely.
sensteilFlnanee Committee oelvlns
into Inequalities.


Western NEWSPAPER Union News Service
Denver.-The subcommittee of the
Senate committee on finance is delv-
ing into the inequalities of salaries in
the state house, and 1t has found that
clerks doing identically the same
class OF work are paid $65 a month In
some cases and 500 month in 9th.
ers; that some stenographers get 500
a month and some SIS a month, and
that some OF the higher officials are
paid out of all proportion to the
amount of work they do.
The subcommittee is engaged in
classifying the salaries to get at an
equal settlement of them, and 1t 10
upofficially stated that there will be
some salaries raised as we'll as some
slashed. 1t Is said that very few of
the clerks will suffer, but some of
the men and women occupying more
or less high positions will be recon-
mended for dismissal and others for
q reduction In salaries.
Numerous cases have been found
where people were on pay rolls who
didn't come to the state house more
than once week; Of others who only
worked a few hours day; OF others
who id>not even visit the state house.
1t is said that one Of the employees
Is going to school in Boulder and that
one state employee is bartender.
The investigation is not alone con-
fined to the capitol building, but to
employees whose duties take them
over the state.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1913-02-21

ty managed to push its way through
under unparalleled difficulties to One
Ton depot, but there the scarcity Of
dog food. the consequent poor condi-
tion Of the dogs drawing the two
sledges and the persistent savagery of
the Antarctic storm forced halt.
Garrard and Demetri did not know
that only. eleven miles farther south
In the white wilderness the brave men
they were trying to succor would die
nineteen days later. By just that mar
row margin of eleven miles Captain
Scott and his party had failed to win
over starvation and exposure.
On March 10. Garrard and Demetri,
the former suffering terribly from
heart strain due to the hard work of
breasting daily billiards, turned their
faces northward. They reached Hut
Point on March 16, their dogs almost
without exception frostbitten and so
exhausted from lack of food as to be
temporarily unfit for further sledge
duty. Garrard himself was utterly ex-
hausted.
Neither Atkinson nor Evans accom-
panied this first relief party, Evans
then being down with the scurvy and
Atkinson had remained with him.
When Garrard and Demetri finally
managed to return to Atkinson's camp
there were only two sound men left
In it. These two sound men-Atkin-
son and Keoghen-sledged out to Cor
ner camp In a vain effort to lend nee
essary help to the southern party,
whose long-continued absence began
by this time to raise fears in the
hearts Of the few puny explorers In
the heart Of the great silence.
Fight Way In Snow.
These two fought their way through
gathering SHOWS to Corner camp, de-
posted weeks provisions there and
returned to Hut point.
Open water prevented communica-
ton with Cape Evans, where Lieuten-
ant Campbell's western party had Its
headquarters, and It was not until
April of last year that communication
with Cape Evans was made possible
by the freezing of the ice.
The final searching party for Scott's
expedition left Cape Evans on October
80. 1912, after the hard Antarctic win
ter had passed.
The party organized by Huergon
Atkinson, consisted of two wings
Atkinson, with Garrad and De-
metri and dog teams formed one party,
and c. s. Wright took charge Of a par
ty Of seven, including Nelson, Lash
ley. Gran, Cream, Williamson, Keoghan
and Hooper. Wright and his men had
seven Indian mules. Provisions for
three months were taken by each
party.
Bodies Are Discovered.
1t was the Wright party that
reached One Ton camp first. They
found that depot intact, but no signs
that anyone had been there, SO they
pressed on over the old southern
route. Eleven miles across the wastes
they were thrilled by a sight Of Cap
tain Scott's tent. Their gravest fears
were realized. Within the tent lay
the bodies of Scott, Bowers and DR..
Wilson-as they had lain for eight
months. With the heroic leader and
mis- two equally heroic comrades they
found the precious notes that told the
story of the struggle and it's sorrow
ful though splendid, elimination in
death.
The discovery of the bodies was
made November IL.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1913-02-21
Opens "MansIon House. Fund.

London.-The lord mayor OF London
has announced the opening of Man
sion house" fund for the erection of
q memorial to Captain Robert F. Scott
and his companions who died in the
Antarctic. The duty of providing for
dependent relatives of the dead ex-
plorers, he considers, should be under
taken by the state.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1913-02-21

Conner Declares himself President.
Ell Paso, Tex.-Emilio vasquez Go
mex. Mexican presidential aspirant. re-
Gently released on bond at San Anto-
MO, Tex, has crossed the border at
Columbus, New Mexico, and pro-
claimed himself president of Mexico
At Palomas, Chihuahua.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1913-02-21

Ex-senator Hale Near Deaths Door.
Neutrality-suspicious. Senator Eu-
gene Hale Of Maine. is reported to be
in a critical condition from paralysis.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1913-02-21

Dswsy's Dog Bites Man; Asks $4,000.
Washington.-Admir Dewey'a dog
bit William +. johnson last July. 50
Johnson sued the admiral for $4,000
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1913-02-21

TAFT At Sherman Memorial Services.
ngton.-President Taft, his
Cabinet. the entire House OF Repre-
sentatives, the Senate, the Supreme
Court and the diplomatic corps assem-
bled in the Senate chamber at memoir
fal services for the lato vict President
James 9. Sherman.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1913-02-21

Cuban Warship In Mexican Wsters.
Washington.-The cruiser Cuba. the
flagship of the Cuban navy. reached
Vera Cruz, according to dispatch re-
ceived Mt the Cuban legation.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1913-02-21
Arm.d. FI.e., ..arem Aldes |

Armada FIees, Harem Hides LEADER
! Lcndon.-His expedition to land a
large force Of Turks on the northern
coast Of the sea Of Marmora being met
by Bulgarian attack. scores OF his
soldiers killed and drowned, himself
Strurs sued and beaten by his own men.
sEnver Boy has taken refuge in the
sultan's harem.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1913-02-21

nose VINO feFieHeo III SS0Sk
Expedition.
Captain Robert F. Scott. leader.
DR.. Edward Wilson, scientist.
Captain IL. e. G. Oates.
Lieutenant H. r. Bowers.
Petty Offer E. e. Evans.
Christ Church, New Zealand.-Ths
Terra Nova, the vessel which took
Captain Robert F. Scott to the Antarc-
tic on his way to the South pole. and
which returned there to fetch him
back, but instead brought the news
of his and his companions heroic
death. arrived in this port.
The whole terrible tale Of q disaster
followed triumph in the great Antarc-
tic wastes; of strong men battling
against overwhelming odds; Of how
Captain Scott and his four comrades
in the ultimate southern pa0ty" died,
and knowing that death approached,
left a record for the world to read, is
now told.
When the Terra Nova, SCOTS ship.
found itself unable to penetrate the
ice barriers and sailed back to New
Zealand again after leaving SCOTS
polar party and the geological party
under DR.. Levick, to spend another
winter in the dim continent. Garrard
and Demetri-attached to the west
ern party under DR.. Atkinson-set out
with two dog teams to the southwark.
hoping to meet Captain Scott's party
on its return from the polar dash.
Scott had anticipated reaching Hut
Point, one of the established depots.
about March 10, 1912. The relief par
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1913-02-21
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SHOWING THE PRoaREss o.
EvElirs IN OUR OWN AND
FoREIoN LANps.
WESTERN.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-04-25
April rs, 1913.


deplorabe conditions in Minnesota especially in the twin
Cities brewery ownership control Of saloons The
temperance committee of the house has recommended for
passage bill providing for statewide constitutional Prohib
ton The house has passed bill prohibiting the pedding
of liquor except for those holding liquor licenses
The spring showed the dry victories
had in the state.
MISSOURI. Missouri has enacted county option bill
under which is generally conceded all the counties in
Missouri will dry except the counties containing ST. Louis
ST. Joseph and Kansas City. law enacted prohibiting
free lunches. bill pending making the possession of
federal tax receipt in dry territory evidence of unlawful sale
of liquor.
MONTANA. There is before the legislature bill pro-
vding for the closing of saloons from p r but
the liquor interests boast that they will keep Montana the
wettest state in the Union
NEBRASKA. Bills pending: To increase the jail SEN
for the unlawful liquor thirty days to three
monhs to forbid the shipment of liquor from dry
territory bill open the saloons Sunday during the
afternoon and evening is being vigorously fought by the
Anti-Saoon League
NEW MEXICO 1t is reported that Prohibition bill
passed he lower house of the legislature but
local option bill passed instead.
NORTH CAROLINA. Search and Seizure law was
enacted making unlawful for any person in the
possess than gallon OF spirits five gallons Of
beer and orbdding banks handle bills for the payment
for intoxcants
NORTH DAKOTA Bills pending: To compel rail-
and companies to show their books in trials
concerning the unlawful sale of liquor also bill prohibiting
others.
OKLAHOMA Law enacted making the unlawful sale
of liquor felony prohibiting the renting of property for the
sale of liquor any imitation substitution which contains
much cent of alcohol and forbdding any person
to agent for any wholesale liquor house. brewer dis
ller take orders distribute liquor for the prohibiting
of keeping than quart liquor imitation thereof
containing much per of alcohol about any
place of business place of recreation
public club except bonded druggists to
alcohol purchased accordance with the provisions
law The penalties attached to violations of the law
fines of from $50 to $ooo and Imprisonment thirty
days five years. and the removal of county attorney
who fails to carry out the law.
OREGON More than twenty bills have been introduced
against the liquor business Many of them originated with
the governor One of these bills prohibits sale of liquor
outside of municipalities and closes tirtyne saloons in
state One of the laws provides that the issuance of the
internal stamp shall be pma face evidence
such person is selling Intoxicating liquor.
PENNSYLVANIA. Progress is being made in Pennsyl-
vana though the AntSaoon Leagues county option bill
defeated There ninety in the house
in favor of submitting constitutional amendment Six
counties in the state dry by the refusal of judges
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1913-03-21

Coiman's Rural World, published
weekly, and THE SENTINEL.
$3.50 RENTED at once will secure
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new or renewal subscriptions.
Every farmer WHO'S not a subscrib-
er to COLMAN'S RURAL WORLD
is missing one of the greatest aids to
success. II has been the leading farm
journal In Missouri for sixty.five years
and its reliability is unquestioned. 1t
has departments devoted to General
Farming, Dairying, Gardening, Fruit
raising, also Horses, Cattle, Hogs,
Sheep, Poultry and Bees, and the
matter In all departments can be de-
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to.date. Two entire pages are devot.
ed to the home, making it Of special
interest to every member of the farm.
er's family.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1913-03-21
Sank on First Trip.

a farmer passing along the Missouri
River Road mile and q half above
Parkyillc, Tuesday Of last week, March
18th, saw two men standing In the
middle Of the Missouri River. Only
their heads and waving arms were
visible.
The farmer got u skill and brought
the men ashore. They are JOSEPH,
Simpson and Claiming W. Baker,
hoscmcn from No. l lire station on
the Kansas side. They had gone due K
hunting IN their .D.foot gasoline
launch, the Titanic, which lad sunk
with them IN five and q half feet OF
water. Encountered with heavy boots
and hunting clothes, they were unable
to swim, and fearful OF sink holes had
not dared attempt TO walk ashore.
IL was the Titanic's first voyage
The men had built the launch last
winter and with fun hunting equip
ment had started up the river for
ducks. The voyage was prosperous I'M
I'll they passed Parkville. Then Simp
son, In reaching for his double barrelcd
shotgun, knocked the weapon from
it's position against the side Of the
launch. II fell To the floor Of the boat
and both barrels were discharged,
blowing q hole through the bottom Of
the frail craft.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1913-03-21
From Little Jimmy.

We make a few interesting extracts
from a letter received from James +.
Foster, a former Oregon boy and well
and favorably known here:
LARAMIE, WYOMING,
March 10, 1913.
"Ilow Is old Oregon and all of the
old friends? My wife and ! are both
well and fairly prosperous, but have
been having y "hot time" ~ the re.
cent election ] was elected council
man In the first ward on the Demo
cratic ticket, and as there are $50
votes In this ward, and only about 6s
Democratic voters In the ward, so
you see had q few friends among
the Republicans. Then after ! was
elected there was a Republican mayor
and u majority Democratic council,
and SO we had quite q fight never
got It settled until the first OF March,
but "little Jef," as they named me,
settled the fight.
"Well, as to the "kids' as you call
them: Edythe Is married and lives In
Los Angeles, California, and Earl Is
still slngle-is a railway mail clerk
and has been "clerk In charge" for
five years, and Is In the highest class
there is for q postal clerk. lie Is a
great investor, owning property In
Laramie and In several other places In
Wyoming and In Mexico. He gets q
good salary and he believes in making
his money earn him something. His
run is from Cheyenne, Wyoming, to
Pocatello, Idaho, a distance OF 565
miles; he is three days out and five
days home"
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1913-03-21
A Well Spent Life.

Amanda Ann Oldham was born in
Galloway county, Missouri, near Full.
ton, March 8, 1880, and moved to
Henry county In 1889, and from there
to Holt county In Isj5.oyerland, there
being no railroads IN this part of the
country, and on March $, 1919, she
was 80 years old.
She was married to Andrew Jack
son Shepherd, August -, 1857. An.
drew Shepherd died on the eth day Of
March, 1864. Grandma Shepherd lived
on the home farm, three miles south.
west Of Bigelow until about 10 years
ago. She has since that time been
making her home with her daugh.
tiers. Mrs. ]. NJ. Minton, of Fortescue,
and Mrs. J. q. Melvin,o Mound City.
She was the mother OF four chill
dren: William a. Shepherd, who
died at the aye Of ~: Mrs. I. NJ. Min.
ton, OF Fortcscue: Mrs. J. G. Melvin,
Of Mound City: John A. Shepherd,
who now lives on the old home farm.
Though now 50 years old and not as
active as she was In the years that
have gone, she Is yet able TO do and
be an example for the good. In gen.
eral health she is remarkably well
preserved, and enjoys an auto ride
with the vigor Of those many years
her junior. She is a great reader and
reads both books and papers, and is
we'll posted on all current events.
She reads her Bible faithfully, and
every Sunday she may be- found sit.
ting by the stove with the book be.
fore her, reading.
She Is probably better posted on
the Bible than many Biblical stu.
dents, as she has made IL life study
and tried to follow It's teachings
faithfully.
She often talks about the wonder
full changes and improvements that
have been made In Holt county since
she came here, and relates many In
cidents relative TO Holt county In Its
early day.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1913-03-21
WHEN your Eyes fail
- you 90 to
Carey E. Bunker,
Oregon, No.,
and have them properly
fitted.

The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Christian church will hold their an
nual Easter sale at the home of Mrs.
&. o. Proud, March 2l.22.
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