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Imperial Valley press., 1913-10-28
More Money for Aviation

New life has been infused into mill
tary aviation, as we gather from the
statement that the war department
will ask congress to appropriate ST.
100000 this winter to improve the ma
terial and increase the personnel Of
that branch of the service. Frankly,
it is high time to do something's prac-
tical and substantial toward putting
the United States abreast of the mill
tary establishments of Europe in the
use ard development Of that feature
of field work What is the good Of
frittering away the public funds in
sums insufficient to get results? Why
not assemble the best make of flying
machines of whatever style, like the
foreign governments do, and make
choice of such as are best adapted to
our purposes? There can be no pro-
gress when we pin our faith to one
device to the practical exclusion of all
others. Why stick to the biplane
when it has ben demonstrated beyond
peradventure that the foreigners have
perfected superior machines ?-Wash-
ington Post.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-10-28
Fashions Whims

One of the newest contributions to
Dame Fashions wardrobe is the net
blouse with touches of plaid.
There are many service coats made
from double-faced rough cloakings
that do no require any lining.
Every well-selected wardrobe re-
quires a loose wrap suitable for wear
ing over afternoon and evening gowns.
If you possess a stole or mutf
which is out Of date, cut the fur into
strips and use them to trim a wrap
CT gown.
The four-cornered sailor of black
velvet, with puff balls of black os-
trich fronds poised on three corners,
is the very latest innovation.
The effect of two lace flounces fall
ing softly and edged with lace and fin
ished at the waist with a crushed
girdle .of satin, is graceful, stylish
and economical.
The mixture of several materials,
the tunic idea, the founces of lace, net
or other fabrics, all make it possible
for one to have pretty costumes at
little cost.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-10-28
Not Scared by Names

San Francisco Chronicle: One of
the members of the American Bankers
association, making an attack on the
administration currency bill, closed
vigorous diatribe with the prediction
that it would be "too socialistic to suit
most Americans.
This man placed himself in much
the same category as the old-style Re-
publican who named his dog Bryan
so that he could have an excuse for
kicking it, He expresses an interest
ing state Of mind, but does not fur
nish an argument. He is out of date,
because he is appealing to a public
which has almost lost its supersti-
tious regard for names.
Mr.. Debs would probably say that
there is precious little Socialism in
the currency bill. 1t is no great mat
ter whether there is any in it or not.
It isn't the tag upon it that counts.
1t is more important to know what
kind of dog it is.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-10-28

and already have formulated plan
that will, if carried out, guarantee
adequate protection to every woman
and girl, however innocent and un-
who may come to San Fran
cisco during the exposition year. They
have before them a task almost as
great and fully as important as the
building of the fair itself. 1t offers
splendid opportunity for the newly
enfranchised women of California TO
perform a service of real worth and
lasting benefit. Any call for help
they make, upon the police, the city
or the railroads and
steamship lines, should meet with
willing response. With the co-opera-
tion of these agencies, there is every
reason to believe that the women Of
San Francisco will succeed in their
work and be rewarded with the graft
tude of the nation.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-10-28
Long Arm of Coincidence

An amusing story from the suburbs
concerns a householder who recently
bought two theater tickets for his
wife and himself, but inadvertently in
vited another married couple to spend
the same evening at his house. When
the mistake was discovered it was de-
cided to hand the tickets to another
friend rather than ask the expected
guests to come on subsequent even
ing. But the man to whom the tick
cts were given was called out of town,
and he in turn hurriedly handed them
over to near neighbor, suggesting
the latter should take his wife to the
play. Now, this is where the long arm
of coincidence comes in. The near
neighbor and his wife were the in
vited guests of the purchaser of the
tickets. They thought it would be a
pity to lose the chance of such a fine
dramatic treat, and, not knowing the
real origin of the tickets, wrote note
explaining the situation and used the
two seats which their hosts had
meant for Observation-Disclosures
News.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-10-28
Japan's Next Big Advance

The remarkable achievements Of
Japan during the last half century
have chiefly been the work of it's edu-
Gated sons. The part played in its in
ternational life by the gentler sex has
hitherto been insignificant. The next
step in Japan's progress must be TAX
en- by its educated daughters for
whose education along foreign lines,
especially in the languages of the
great nations, Japan has made pro-
vision by the establishment during the
last 25 years Of many educational in
stitutions for girls and women. But
Japan has not yet come to as full
realization as western nations have Of
the significance of the role played by
women as social factors. 1t is common
observation among Americans that
the careers of Japanese diplomatists,
visitors and residents of the United
States are greatly furthered by their
wives and daughters who have good
knowledge Of the English language
and tact in adapting themselves to
American usages. For Japan's at
tainment of social equality with wes-
tern nations, nothing could be more
urgent than education and modern
ization of her women.-From the Bull
letin of the Japan Society.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-10-28
The Amber Industry

The business of obtaining amber
from the ocean has been for long a
state monopoly in Prussia. The chief
center of the industry is in the pro-
vince of eastern Prussia. The gath
ering of the amber goes on throughout
the year, but it is most profitable at
the time of the equinoctial storms,
when the wind and the waves throw it
ashore. After a storm the fsherm IN
drag the beach. They deposit the haul
upon the strand, where the women
and children pick out the pieces Of
amber from among the seaweeds. The
pieces are assorted according to size,
color and form. The value of a piece
of amber is enhanced when, it bears
the impressions of plant or anima!
substances. The prices of the pieces
vary from about 13 cents to Is cents,
but may reach to 500 or more. The
price per pound runs from about $1.25
to $3.50. A very large piece some
times attains the weight of sixteen or
seventeen ounces. The color is most
commonly the familiar yellow, but it
may be reddish brown or emerald
green or creamy color and some pieces
are quite white. The total yield is
valued at $1,500,000 year.-Harper's
Weekly.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-10-28
Why Kansas Stays Dry
(By United Press Association
Topeka. KaS.. Oct. 28.=ASked WI


Topeka, Kas., Oct. 28-Asked why
Kansas stays dry Attorney General
Dawson today pulled the following
statistics from pigeon hole, saying
he always used them to answer that
question. "More than one-half of the
county jails are empty. Sixty-fve of
the 1O5 counties of the state have no
inmates in the state penal institutions.
Many counties have not had jury
trial case in ten years. Eighty-seven
counties have no insane. Fifty-four
counties have no inebriates. Twenty
nine counties have not single in
mate on their poor farms. Kansas is
the richest state in the Union; its av-
erage wealth per capita is $1,70o.
Less than ten of 1856 newspapers in the
state accept liquor advertisements"
Imperial Valley press., 1913-10-28
Charting the Port of Missing Girls

Charting the Port of Missing Girls
San Francisco Post: When the Co.
lumbian Exposition came to close in
Chicago, it was said that 5000 young
women who had set forth to see its
wonders never returned home. They
were caught up by the tides and cur
rents of the great, strange city and
whirled helpless to that mysterious
haven, the port of missing girls,
whence no word ever comes. Their
tragic story has marred the memory
of the brilliant fair in thousands of
homes. That San Francisco shall not
become port of missing girls in 1915
is the aim Of group of club women,
members of the woman's exposition
board, who have organized for the
purpose of charting the sea of city
life, making the dangers that beset
unwary feet. They have undertaken
to handle the whole work themselves
Imperial Valley press., 1913-10-28
Mrs. EatOn's Trial
BY United Press Association

(By United Press Association
Plymouth, Mass, Oct. 28-Cross eX-
animation by the prosecution of Mrs
Jennie May Eaton, charged with the
murder of her husband, Admiral ]. c.
Eaton, failed to shake the main points
of her testimony. She was self-po5-
sessed throughout the examination and
apparently made a good impression
on the jury. She completed the
morning session without contradicting
her direct testimony.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-10-28
Stung!

The automobilist, after several times
losing his way, found himself on an
unknown road, at midnight. Where
ne was he could not even guess. At
length he came to what appeared to be
signpost. He fumbled in his pocket,
and brought out his box of matches.
Luckily there was one left.
Carefully and slowly he toiled up
the signpost, and at the top struck
the match to see what was written
thereon. The Pickering glare of the
match showed these words: "Try
Imperial Valley press., 1913-10-28
''The Barbary Coast" an Asset

Nebraska State Journal: San Fran
cisco is making a bluff at abolshing
her Barbary Coast, but you can bet
a Bermuda onion the trick won't be
worked, even by the aid of an enfran-
chised womanhood. This rough-neck
Imperial Valley press., 1913-10-28

city life for obtaining easy money
from curiosity hunters" 1t rep
resents the "broad and busy attria-
utes of metropolitan existence. L :
the locality where the stranger is
"taken in" The population of San
Francisco is for business. Public
enterprise and private generosity have
Imperial Valley press., 1913-10-28

been taxed to the limit in preparing
for the big show. Nothing must be
left undone to make the enterprise
pay. Hell's half-acre on the water
front will catch large class of WIS.,
itors who will contribute no inconsid-
cradle sum toward helping on the
work.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-10-28
MRS. PANKHURST FREE IN AMERICA

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no % o is tn hug
Pahot P wethst
of yemen in this Scouuy d up thr of the
he Mrs twet % house O. Mrs h n the automobile ak ke
appear il m honor at thu
ty with breath emthds Mrs will Mpty here and
m gHe cause in America
Imperial Valley press., 1913-10-28

When you advertise your wants in a newspaper you
talk to one crowd.
If that newspaper is the Imperial Valley Press you
talk to the big crowd that has more people than
all the other crowds put together.
Some people Judge the value of advertisement by
the copy they see, but the careful business
Judges it's value by the thousands of others seeing it.
The Imperial Valley Press enters more homes in the
Imperial valley than all other Imperial valley papers
combined That is why careful business men and
those having wants to MAXI known seek it's columns
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09
SCHMIDT THROWS ROSARY
PRIEST-SLAYER CAUSES PANIC
IN COURT ROOM.
Testimony Of Physicians Tend to Show
That Anna AumueIIer's Body was
Cut While Still Alive.

New York.-A crowded court room,
in which ONE predominated, was
thrown into a semi-panic by Father
Hans Schmidt.
During the inquest into the death
of Anna Aumueller, to whose murder
the prisoner has confessed, Schmidt
jumped to his feet and, shrieking
something unintelligible, threw his
rosary and a crumpled So bill at the
face of Coroner Feinberg, conducting
the inquest. For a time he seemed
about to attack some one, and spec
tators jumped to their feet, prepared
to flee. Finally, however, the con
fessed murderer was Gained and the
inquest proceeded.
DR.. George w. Simpson of Hoboken,
N. j., the principal witness, who told
of having the first two sections of
the body turned over to him Sept. s,
and of the other pieces being recov-
cred and fitted by him to the first
two. He said that death was due, in
his opinion, to hemorrhage.
AS soon as this testimony was COM
pleted the jury retired and returned
a verdict finding that Anna Aumueller
came to her death at the hands of
Hans Schmidt and holding him to
await the action of the grand jury.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09
PANAMA ROCKED BY QUAKE
DISTURBANCES FELT ENTIRE
LENGTH OF CANAL ZONE.
Locks May Have Been Damaged
Residents of Parma City and
Colon Rush to Streets.

Colon,-A severe earthquake oc.
CURED here. The disturbance was
Of nearly a minutes duration.
Houses were rocked and the en-
sands filled the streets and remained
there in fear of the collapse of their
houses.
tire population was aroused. Thou
within memory.
The Gatun locks are being tested,
but it is not known if they are dam
aged.
Panama.-The earthquakes of an in
tensity much more severe than any
disturbance since the Americans took
possession of the canal zone occurred.
They were felt from Panama City to
Colon. The first shock, as experienced
in the capital, was slight and was
quickly followed by one of longer
duration, which shook buildings to
their foundations. The church bells
were set to ringing; doors were
thrown wide open and residents were
brought tumbling out of the beds.
The first movement lasted about flve
seconds. The second movement was
of ten seconds, duration.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09
TARIFF MEASURE
BECOMES A LAW
HOUSE REcEoEs FROM COTTON
FUTURES TAX AND BILL
GOES TO WILSON.
SENATE ADOPTS THE REPORT
President Signed the Act as Soon as
1t Reached Him-Treasury Off.
eiais Prepared to Put Mes
Duties Into Effect.

Observation-Disclosures Wilson has
signed the Underwood-Simmons ad-
ministration tariff bill and it is now
effective.
The adoption of the conference re-
port by the senate by a vote of 80 to
IL passed the measure. The bill went
to the house for the signature of the
speaker, in open session.
After that body receded from its
cotton futures amendment the bill
was sent on the president, who
signed it at nee.
How They Voted.
Senator La Toilette, Republican,
and ~Poindexter, Progressive, voted for
the conference report as they did for
the bill on its passage, and Senators
Ransdell and Thornton, Democrats,
ovted against it, as they did against
the bill. Otherwise after the passage
of the conference report, acting on
motions made by Chairman Simmons,
of the finance committe, the senate
rejected the Smith Lever compromise
cotton futures tax amendment, passed
by the house, and then receded
from its own amendment known as
the Clarke cotton futures tax plan.
Both of these motions were carried
without roll calls and their effect is
to leave the cotton futures question
out of the tariff bill so far as the
senate is concerned.
Prepare to Fix Duty.
Anticipating the conclusion to the
tariff revision fight, the treasury de-
partment was kept busy making final
preparations to put the new rates of
duty into effect on all foreign mer-
chandise on the day following the
signing of the bill by the president.
Millions of dollars worth of imported
goods held in bond were withdrawn
for distribution in this country with
in two or three days after the new
tariff rates become effective.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09
FREES MAN YEAR IN PRISON
Son Confesses He Murdered Enemy
and Punished Mar Who Tried to
Prevent the Crime.

Chester, Ill.-Free after a year
In prison, but saddened by the
thought that his two sons must pay
the penalty for the crime once charged
to him, Samuel Meals returned to Pu-
laski county, upon being released
from the Chester ~penitentiary.
Meals was sent up for murder. With
him went his son, William. ODE Meals,
another son, who was present at the
killing of Robert Chastine in a gen.
eral fight, escaped and was not caught
until a few months ago.
Upon capture ODE confessed that
his father, far from being a murderer,
had tried to prevent his two sons from
killing Chastine.
On the plea of the son the father
was released by Gov. Dunno at the
recommendation of the pardon board.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09
CANAL LOCKS NOT DAMAGED
Origin Of Shocks Were North of Colon
in Caribbean Sea-Gatun Dam
Suffered No Injury.

Panama.-Virtually 10 damage was
done to the structure of the Panama
canal by the earthquake which oc-
Cured in the canal zone.
Instruments at the Ancon observa-
tory showed that the common point
of origin of the shocks was somewhere
to the north of Colon in the Caribbean
sea, but the Gatun dam and the canal
locks suffered absolutely no injury.
An investigation OF the buildings at
Panama showed that more damage
had been done than 1t had been at
first believed. Although no walls were
seriously impaired, slight cracks oc-
Cured in several concrete buildings.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09
8 DROWN IN TEXAS FLOOD
Water Flows Through San Antonio
Streets at Depth of Six Feet, Fol-
lowing an s-Inch Rainfall.

Austin, Tex.-Eight persons were
drowned, more than $5,000,0 900 dam
age to crops, business and property
and public service corporations Grip
pied are results of floods in South
Texas, following eight inches of rain
fall.
Four of the dead are in San An
tonic. A long distance telephone mes.
sage from Georgetown says a Mrs.
Grumbles and her two children and a
Mrs. Menken were drowned there.
The San Gabriel river is up 80 feet.
The town of C%ircleville is under
water. M, X. G. T. trains are stalled
near Wier.
Water is flowing through the streets
of San Antonio at a depth of from
five to ak feet.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09
Of WOMAN
KILLED IS OTHERS
HENRY SPENCER, PARoLED CON.
VlcT, coNFEssEs SHOOTING
OF MRS. RExRoAT.
GIVES LIST OF HIS VICTIMS
Seven Women and Two Chicago Po-
licemen Among Those He Muir
dered-story of B%luebeard Is
Partly corroborated.

Chicago.-Mrs. Mildred Allison Rex
roat, dancing teacher, who was shot
to death at Wheaton, was the victim
of a modern Bluebeard, who, accord
ing to his own confession, had killed
IL others in as many years.
Henry Spencer, arrested in a room
near the Southside leyee district, con-
fessed that he not only killed Mrs.
Rexroat, but that he had slain IA
persons. He was positively identi-
fed as the mysterious Mr.. Spencer
with whom Mrs. Rexroat left Chicago
on the night she was killed. Mrs.
Retreats blood-stained rattan suit
case was found in his room, as was
the revolver with which he had killed
her. 4
Full Truth of Story Doubted.
The police, while in doubt as to the
full truth of Spencer's story, are con-
fident they have found a wholesale
murderer and that he will be proved
to have killed at least several of those
"ilOOC uCoJA0 Lax uCDS1 lDCu III a OuS
confession.
All of his murders, except two, he
declared, had been for the purpose of
robbery. The two, Policemen Pc
nell and Divine, shot to death IL years
ago, he said he killed to escape be-
ing arrested.
Gives List of His Crimes.
Following is the list of killings
Spencer related prior to September
IL, 1912:
Patrolmen Devine and Charles Pen
nell, shot at Ashland avenue and
Congress street when the surprised
Spencer and a man named Murphy
in the act of forcing the door of a
house.
Fanny Thompson, murdered in a
rooming house. Robber of diamonds
worth $1,000.
September IL, 1912, to September
26, 1913:
Two girls at Pawpaw Mich, in
June.
Aged man in Washington park last
spring. Robber body of 5000.
Woman in house at Fulton and Hal
stead streets, about s months ago.
Burned her clothing and robbed the
house.
Woman in house about two blocks
from county hospital. Got $140 and
some rings.
Woman in Belle Isle park, Detroit,
Mich.
First Wife One of His Victims.
His first wife at Fort Montgomery
N. Y. Beat her to death and took
$500 in money and diamonds worth
$500.
English immigrant woman. Killed
lea Western avenue.
S~aloonkeeper on Van Buren, street,
near Aberdeen street. ~
Mrs. Mildred Allison Rexroat, muir.
dered at Wayne, ILL.,, Sept. 26.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09
TO GET REVENGE ON GALLONS
Sons of Slain Deputy viii Help Hang
Condemned SIayers-Accused
Are Not Sentenced.

Pearsall, Tex.-Jose and Alberto
Ortiz, sons of Deputy Sheriff Can
delario Ortiz, of Dimmitt county,
for whose murder 10 Mexicans and
one American, alleged gun smugglers,
are on trial here, asked to be ap-
pointed executioners in case the death
penalty is imposed, and Sheriff Hess
agreed to allow them to assist him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09
MRS. REUTER- FOUND GUILTY
Oklahoma Woman Charged With Muir.
deria5 Husband SWoons as Yer
dict Is Read in Court.

B~artlesville, Ok.-The jury in
the case of Mrs. Laura M. Reuter-,
charged with the murder of her hus-
band, a prominent attorney at Tulsa,
Ok, last year, returned a verdict of
guilty. The jury recommended life
Imprisonment.
Mrs. Reuter- was wholly ~unprepared
for the verdict. She confidently ex-
pected acquittal and wren she real
lied the full import of the iury's de-
cision, she fell in a swoon.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09

Centralia, Pa.-Thomas Toshesky,
the miner who was liberated from his
underground prison at the Continental
mine after having been entombed for
eight days, felt so good that he at
tended church at Mount Carmel and
joined in a general prayer which was
offered on account of his rescue.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09
TO DELAY MEXICO ELECTIONS
Bill Is Prepared Because of "unset.
tied and Disturbed Conditions"
Sponsor Tells.

Mexico City.-The general cleo
tons to name a president, set for
Oct. 26, will be postponed indefinitely
If a bill to be introduced in the cham
Der of deputies by Renevador Bloc is
passed.
Bloc explained that he had prepared
the bill because of the unsettled and
disturbed conditions existing through
ont Mexico"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09
AGAIN IN BALKANS
HamIets and Villages Are Depopu-
lated and Dead Remain Where
They Fall-ToIl Near 5000.

Bucharest, Roumania.-Cholera is
sweeping the Balkan states. The
ravages Of the two recent Balkan
wars left thousands of families home
less and starving. A large section of
Albania is without doctors and med
ical supplies.
In isolated districts hamlets and
villages have been depopulated and
the dead remain where they fell with
no m to bury them. 1t is estimated
that at least 5000 have died of chol-
era.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09
Body Found on Prairie Identified.

Chicago.-The body of a woman,
her clothing torn to shreds and scat.
tered about her, was found on a prai-
RE near Argo, ILL.,, a suburb. Cards
and papers among the woman's effects
indicate that she is Miss Ida Leegson
of Chicago, who was a school teacher
in Mason City, Ia, from Sept. 1 to
Sept. 29.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09
Girl Sold to Army Officers.

Cracow, Poland.-For some time
young girls of good families have mys-
~teriously disappeared from Cracow
and it was suspected that they had
been drugged and sold into white
slavery. A few days ago the ~15-year-
old daughter of n of the most prom
inent families was discovered in q
soldiers barracks near Rakovice.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-09
Quake Does sIioht Harm.

Panama City.-"Damage to Gatun
locks nominal" is the report Of Lieut..
Col. Sibert on the result Of the earth
quake. Machinery unframed and
superficial slide will be removed in 10
hours"