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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-07-02
FEELING is OPTIMISTIC
Business Men Write President Con
tradicting Repub lean Cry of
Calamity Factories on
Full Time.

upon President Wilson and Mem
bers of the Cabinet fatty contra
dict the pessimistic reports of the
business situation which are being
so industriously circulated by Re-
publican politicians
Talk of panic, these advises say,
has no foundation All evidence
points to the largest grain crop, in
Guiding corn, in history 1t there
fore follows, the Democratic leaders
say, that "a business boom will
quickly appear after marketing of
the humber crop. The President is
confident it will be a lasting boom
because the existing doubts as to
the meaning of the anti trust laws
will be removed and because a
scientific currency system will then
be in full operation.
The letters most valued by the
President come from the heads of
large banking, manufacturing and
jobbing houses They express
agreement that there is every rea-
son for optimism. The banks have
plenty of money and are not over
loaned. and the manufacturing and
merchant world is carrying a light
debt load
The only testimony of depression
comes from the stock exchanges.
The stock gamblers of Wall Street
are not getting as many lambs to
shear as they would like They at
tribute the slack year in stock trad
ing to the fact that the President is
firmly demanding that Congress
live up 10 the Democratic platform
pledges and strengthen the Sher-
man antitrust law If enacted.
the trust bills will 90 long way to-
wards limiting the old field of stock
manipulation. The requirements
that new issues of railway securi-
ties be approved by the Interstate
Commerce Commission. for instance
will put an end to the old game
selling water to the public at high
prices.
Joseph P. Tumulty private Sec
rotary to the President, recently
was showing pile of the encourag-
ing letters to Representative Thomas
| L Reilly, of Connecticut After
reading them Mr.. Reilly said;
My own correspondence is of the
same character | got a letter a
few days ago telling me that be-
cause the employees in the clock
factories in around New Haven
have been working fewer hours the
charge is being made that this and
other alleged troubles are due to
the heavy impOrtations of foreign
clocks under the Democratic tariff.
| wanted to know the true facts and
asked the Department of Commerce
to give me the very latest figures
as to the importation of clocks.
The latest figures were for the three
months of this fiscal year ending
March 81 last that is, for January.
February and March. Clocks to the
total value ofS159,000 were import
ed in those months. For the same
three months of 1918, under Re-
| publican tariff, clocks to the value
of $l61,000 were imported.
Investigation by me shows that
manufactures of all kinds around
New Haven, accustomed for many
years to a shut down of two weeks
around July A. will not close down
! this year longer than that and some
of those which have closed in the
past will not shut down at all
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-07-02

Mrs. H. P. Lewis of Hannibal and
Mrs. Frank Smeathers and daughter
Majorie, of Decatur, ILL.,, passed
through here Thursday enroute to
Colorado where they expect to
spend the summer. The ladies are
sisters of Mrs. o. r. Emerson.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-07-02

Miss Lena Bib of Monroe City
came over to Perry Saturday and
went out to South Fork neighbor,
hood to visit her sister, Mrs. S. S
Hoar. Perry Enterprise.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-07-02

Mrs. j. NJ. Carrico and son. Mel
vim, of Beloit, Kansas returned
home Thursday night They have
many friends in this locality and
their visit, tho a short one, was
very much enjoyed Mrs, f A.
Morrison of this city accompanied
them home.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-07-02

DR.. Hornback Oculist and Aurist.
Hannibal, Mo.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-07-02

Miss Cordie Finney of Hunnewel
visited here the last of the week.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-09
FIVE TOURISTS HOTELS
IN FLORIDA BURNED
Two Persons Injured When Flames
Attack Buildings at St. Augustine
Loss Is 100000.

st. Augustine, Fla, April 4.-Hfs-
toric ST. Augustine, the oldest city in
the United States, was swept by a
fire that destroyed five tourists hotels
Thursday, burned records and curios
dating back to the days of Spanish
rule in the sixteenth century, and
caused 100000 damage.
There was no loss of life, but numbers
of guests in the hotels were forced to
fee scantily clad into the streets,
while others were carried down lad
ders by fremen and volunteers.
A company of National Guard helped
preserve order and prevented looting.
Two persons who jumped in their
flight from the flames were seriously
injured. Miss Alice c. Smith of Am
hurst, Nova Scotia, who leaped from
the third story of the Florida house,
suffered an injured spine. Her condi-
ton is critical. w. F. Giddings of
Granty, Quebec, was injured internal
ly. Physicians say he probably will
recover.
The hotels destroyed were the
Florida house, Munson house, Clair
mont hotel, Central hotel and Atlantic
house.
The Vedder house, one of the oldest
buildings on the continent, containing
priceless relics of the Spanish period,
was completely destroyed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-09
NINE SENATORS REVOLT
AGAINST SECRET SESSIONS
After Daniels Is Confirmed
VIII Defy All.

Washington, April 6.-Nine mem
bers of the senate, headed by Senator
La Toilette, openly revolted Friday
against proceedings behind closed
doors after an executive session in
which the senate, by a vote of SO to q,
confirmed the nomination of Winthrop
M. Daniels Of New Jersey to be a
member of the interstate commerce
commission.
Senator La Toilette declared on the
floor that he proposed to defy the
rules of the senate in future and dis
cuss publicly legislation not affecting
foreign relations and later it was an
nounced that Senators Bristow, Cum
minis, CIapp, Kenyon, Norris, Jones
and Gronna, Republicans, and Poin-
dexter, Progressive, would maintain
the same attitude.
The revolt created a sensation and
there was much speculation as to the
effect it would have upon future exec
utive sessions. The general opinion
was that there would be no attempt to
take action against members who dis
regarded the rule of secrecy.
Confirmation of Commissioner Dan
iels closed a three-day fight marked
by one of the bitterest debates heard
at the capitol in years.
Both sides contested determinedly,
Mr. Daniels advocates having the sup
port of President Wilson's well-known
desire that his appointee and per-
sonal friend be confirmed without de-
lay.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-09
N. A. c. BUILDING
To COST 100000
LWAUkEE ATHLETIC CLUB
STRUCTURE FOR WEST WA
TER STREET.
TO BE TWELVE STORIES HIGH
Accommo GATORS viii Include Two
Swimming Tanks, Indoor Track,
Mems Cafe and Dining
Rooms

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. have been virtu-
ally completed between the Milwaukee
Athletic club and the PIankintcn Re
atty company for the erection OF a
building for the club on West Water
street between Grand avenue and Syc-
amoTe street. The cost will be about
100000, and the building will be II
stories high. Two swimming tanks,
one for men and one for women, an
indoor track, a mems cafe and pri-
vate dining rooms will be included in
the accommodations Before final
plans are made other clubhouse build
ings in various cities will be Wis
tied by the clubs committee Julius
Simon, chairman; Guy F. Gregg, presi-
dent of the club; John E. Eldred, Jr.,
secretary; J. P. Hummel and F. P.
Blumenfeld. Marshal & Fox, Chicago,
have been named architects. The
contract will be signed by represent
atives of both parties in a short time.
A 50-year lease will be given the
club, with the privilege Of buying the
building at the original cost at the end
of that time. TIE plans for the five
other buildings on the Plankinton site
which will cost about S50O0,000, are re-
ported well under way.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-09
l2FEDERAL RESERVE
BANKS ARE NAMED
Districts into Which Country Is
Divided Revealed.
CHICAGO HEADS SEVENTH
New York, Cleveland, Minneapolis, ST.
Louis, Kansas City, Atlanta, San
Francisco and Dallas
Also Centers.
Washington, April 4.-Chicago is the

Washington, April Chicago is the
headquarters Of the seventh reserve
banking district established by the
federal organization board composed
of Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo,
Secretary Of Agriculture Houston and
John Shelton Williams. comptroller
Of the currency, in accordance with
the new currency law.
The reserve bank cities of the IL
other districts, which were delimited,
are Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
Richmond, Atlanta, ST. Louis, Kansas
City, Minneapolis, Cleveland, Dallas
and San Francisco.
The Chicago district includes the
entire state of Iowa, the southern part
of Wisconsin below an imaginary line
drawn from La Crosse to Lake Michi-
gan, that part of Michigan east of
Lake Michigan, all of Illinois north of
an imaginary line crossing the state
just south of Springfield, and all of
Indiana, north of an imaginary line
drawn from Terre Haute in a SOUTH
easterly direction to Aurora, Ind.
The division of the country into dis
tricts and the selection of reserve
bank cities constituted the first step
toward the establishment of the new
system. A statement issued by the
organization board IN announcing the
choice of cities and the definition of
districts says at least 7,548 banks of
all sorts will be members of the sys-
tenn, with total capital and surplus of
1881 ,648,369. Their six per cent
subscriptions would amount to $780,
898,902
The committee called attention to
the fact that under the requirements
of the act it could not find grounds
for the establishment of more than
one bank on the Pacific coast, but
held out the hope that in the near
future another bank would be author
lied by congress and located some
where in that great section.
The next step to be taken by the
organization committee will be the
notification to banks entering the sys-
TEN of the plans for the districts. This
notification will follow the formal GER
LITIGATION today of the committees &C
ton to the comptroller of the cur
rency.
Within thirty days after such no.
tice is received by banks, each must,
under the law, begin payment for it's
stock in the reserve bank in it's dis
tTict.
Each bank must subscribe six per
cent of its combined capital and sur
plus. The capitalization announced
for each district is based '.pon this
six per cent subscription.
The payment of subscriptions by
banks will be spread over many
months, but meantime President Will
son is expected to announce the five
members of the federal reserve board.
An announcement may not be made
for at least a month.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-09
CLINICS WILL BE HELD
THREE DAYS SESSIONS BY THE
WISCONSIN SURGICAL AS
ISOLATION.
Meetings to Open in Milwaukee on
April p and Close on the oath
Banquet Will Close the
Gathering.

Madison.-The Wisconsin Surgical
association will hold a clinical session
in Milwaukee, April p, % and "a that
will be attended by several hundred
members of the medical profession
throughout the state. On the arrange
ment committee are Drs. A H. Lev
ings, D. J. Hayes, G. W. Fox, R. G.
Sayle and Edward Quick. On the
evening of April % and %, clinics will
be held in the Hotel Pfster Among
the doctors who will have charge are:
Drs. H. Reineking, c. A Evans,
Charles H. Lemon, John NJ Dodd,
Louis F. German, F. Gregory Connell,
w. E. Fairfield and Joseph Dean. Sur
gerry Of the gastro-intestinal tract will
be demonstrated at the Marquette Uni
versity School of Medicine Thursday
afternoon, April %. Drs Otto Fielder,
S. H. Wetzler, Edward Quick and
E. w Bentzlen will have charge of
this clinic. A banquet will be held at
the closing session Friday evening,
April "a.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-09
DEATH THREAT IN LETTER
Widow of Man Killed in Wreck at
WoodviIle Last August Ordered
to Place 500 Near Depot
at Altoona.

Eau Claire.-Mrs. E. R. Shute of AL
toona, whose husband was killed in
the wreck at Woodville last August,
received a mysterious letter demand
ing that she place 500 near the Al
toona depot Failure to do as ordered
meant death to her and her children,
stated the letter. Mrs. Shute notified
the authorities. Officers were posted
in the neighborhood of the depot. Mrs.
Shute, accompanied by male COM
panion who was attired as a female
left for the spot. They noticed that
two unknown men followed them In
the meantime police officers and the
sheriff watched and waited from
points of concealment near the pole,
but no one came to get the money.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-09
ICE cRUsHEs SHIPS; 800 DIE
Disaster ovestakes Two Sealing Yes

Disaster OVeitakes Two Sealing YES
sells in the Far North
New York, April A private mes
sage received here On Thursday from
St. Johns, n F., says the steamer New
foundland was caught in a blizzard
while sealing just south of Belle Isle
strait and over 100 Of her crew were
frozen to death. The Red Cross steam
er Florizel picked up so men dead and
dying after the Newfoundland sank.
The total loss of life on the New
foundland is about ITO. Steamers in
the vicinity picked up several bodies
and a few of the crew who had sur
vived on the ice foes to which they
escaped when their vessel went down.
Fifty of the crew have been accounted
for in this manner. Most of them
were dead when discovered and sew
eral others were dying.
There is no news of the sealer
Southern Cross, and this ship also is
supposed to be lost with all on board"
says the message. IF SO, the death
list on the two boats will exceed 300"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-09
TORREON'S DEAD
BLOCK STREETS
Villa Increases Horrors of War
by Executing Many FederaIS.
HUNT FLEEING SOLDIERS
veIasco Escapes, But 100 of His Men
Are Killed and Others Captured
Foreigners Appeal TO U. S. to
Recognize Carranza.

Fl PasO, Tex, April "a movement
was started Friday by foreigners own
ing property in Mexico for an appeal to
Washington to recognize the CaTranza
government. Meantime federal sym.
pathizers estimated that the Huerta
forces lost $3.50 men in dead, wounded
and prisoners in Torreon's fall. Vel
asco was said to be trying to join the
federal garrison of 1000 at Monterey
with the rest Of his original force of
5000 men. Gen. Pablo Gonzales is
operating near Monterey with 5000
rebels
The effect of the rebel victory at
Torreon was felt here in a stiffening
Of the market for constitutionalist
money.
Torreon, Mex, April Cen. Fran
cisco Villa and the main part of his
exhausted but triumphant constitu-
tionalfst army took cognizance of the
horrors of war in the stronghold they
had captured by the light of blazing
buildings while they stumbled over
and tTampled on the bodies of slain
federal soldiers in the pursuit of the
fleeing remnant of the Huerta force
of defenders.
Dawn of Friday showed what the
gallant defenders of Torreon went
through before they fed. The streets
were strewn with dead, sewers were
clogged and over the city hung the odOr
of burning and decompOsing' human
flesh. Everywhere was ruin, business
buildings down, homes destroyed, mis-
cry and Indebtedness.
Determined that not a man of the
garrison should escape him, Villa sent
columns south and east in pursuit of
the fleeing federaIs. Some returned
before night with prisoners and re
ports of battles in which no man es-
capped Some were still out.
Villa paced up and down his head
quarters in the Quartet Generate. fever
ishly impatient of news Of the capture
of General VeIascO, chief of the fed
erals, but 1t did not come. There were
executions during the day many in
fact, but the lives taken were the lives
of men that Villa long ago declared
forfeit These men we're the follow
ers of General Orozca, who fought
for Madero in 1910 and 1911 when
Villa and Orozco fought side by side
against Porfrio Diaz, but who followed
Orozco into the rebellion against Ma
dero in 1911, which sent Villa back to
banditry and later made him leader of
Carranza's forces in the war against
Huerta.
Generals Hernandez and Ortega, af
ter a 25-mile chase, caught up with
one of the attachments at San Pedro
There were only 253 federals, but
when cornered they turned and made
a desperate fight against overwhelm
ing odds. One hundred federals were
killed within ten minutes of fighting
The rest threw down their arms and
were brought back prisoners. They
were ragged, thin with hunger and ex
haustion, their hair and boards matted
with blood and dirt. Despair was writ,
ten on every feature.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-09

THIRTY STICKS ARE PLANTED
NEAR TOWN OF BUR-
LINGTON.
NO LABOR TROUBLES KNOWN
Lie OF the Workers Endangered and
Motive Is Unaccounted For
Authorities Are Notified.

Racine.-Laborers at the Walsh
gravel pit, near Burlington, were great
" alarmed when they discovered
sticks Of dynamite planted about the
pit. They notified the authorities at
burlington and Racine, who found 80
sticks Of the explosive at different
paints and so arranged that they
would explode and cause danger to
lives Of workers if struck. No motive
can be ascribed to the work as there
have been no labor troubles at the pit
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-09
Symptom of the Dawn.

Dr. Stanton Colt, who lectured in
Boston not long ago on Bernard Shaw,
made a comment that is recalled by
the production here Of one of Shaw's
plays.
SHAW is sign of the times" said
Dr. Colt. Then, referring to the plot
of Rostand's "Chantecler," in which
the cock thinks that the sun rises be-
cause he crows, the speaker added:
More people get up in the morning
because the cock crows than because
the sun rises. And yet the cock crow
is only a symptom of the dawn"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-09
SmaLlnox at Racine.

Racine.-Two city employees have
been stricken with smallpox and near
ly all city officials and city hall en-
ployes, as well as scores of people,
have been exposed. Certain city Of
fees were ordered closed and fumi-
gated and the stricken persons and
their families placed under quaran-
tine. The board of health has urged
city officials and employees to be vac
cinated
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-09
K0SCAK TAKEN TO PRISON
.kenosha Man Convicted of Transport
ing Dynamite to Blow Up House
Begins Five-Year Term at
Waupun.

Kenosha.-The last chapter in the
famous Kenosha dynamite case was
written when George Koscak, recently
convicted of transporting dynamite to
Kenosha to blow up the home Of T. w.
DeCou, manufacturer, was taken to the
state prison. The sheriff was formally
apprised of the fact that the supreme
court would not grant a stay of execu-
ton to Koscak and, fearing a demon
stration among the friends f,the Croa-
tian, he was taken to prison. He was
sentenced to five years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-09
WILL SUCCEED GEN. WOOD.
Wotherspoon Chosen to Be Chief of
staff of Army.

SAoti VI NlsfiJ
Washington, April Brig. Gen.
William W. Wotherspoon will become
chief of staff of the army on April %,
when the term of Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood, the present chief of staff, ex-
pires. Secretary Of War Garrison
made this announcement. Maj Gen.
Hugh L. Scott will be assistant chief
of staff and it is expected that he will
succeed Wotherspoon when the latter
retires on account of age in Novem-
Der. Major General Wood will take
charge of the department of the east
after April %. General Wotherspoon
has served as assistant to the chief of
staff for some years. Brigadier Gen
eral Scott is one of the youngest of
the brigadier generals.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-09
TWO ARE SCARED TO DEATH.
Aged Man and Woman Die When
They See Fiqht.

Worcester, Mass, April 6.-Patrick
Eagleton. seventy years old, and Mrs.
Dennis Arseneault, sixty years old, of
Spencer, Mass, dropped dead from
fright as they witnessed a three cor
nered fight in the trolley waiting sta
ton. Mr.. Eagleton went into the
street and collapsed on the sidewalk
from fright. He was taken to his
home. but died before a doctor could
be called Mrs. Arseneault sank to
the floor during the row and died be-
fore help could reach her.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-09
Oppose Raise in Rates.

Beloit.-The Modern Woodmen
county convention elected delegates
to the state convention in Fond du
Lac in May as follows: David De
throne, Beloit; o. S. Morse, James
vile; w. R. Thorpe, Milton Junction;
w. H. Greenwood, Beloit. The conven-
ton Endorsed E. n. Bort for reelection
as national director and passed resolu-
lions opposing a raise in rates.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-09
FIRE RAzEs FAMOUS HOUSE.

million Dollar Mansion" on Long
Island Destroyed With Art Objects.
New York, April 6.-The Talbot
house at Cedarhurst, L. l., known
locally as the million dollar mansion"
was destroyed by fire. Most of the old
furniture, wood carvings and art OBJ
jects. once considered the finest in the
country, were destroyed, The house
was owned by Mrs. Jessie Taylor,
daughter of the late James r. Keene.
She divorced her husband, Talbot J.
Taylor, in 1908.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-09
"MoTHER" JONES HITS JAIL.
Woman Strike Leader Writes Letter
to General Villa.

Woman Strike Leader Writes Letter
to General Villa.
Denver, Colo, April 6.-On the eve
of her attorneys filing of a petition
for writ of habeas corpus with the
state supreme court, Mother" Mary
Jones, the aged strike leader, who
has been confined in the basement of
Walsenburg courthouse for more than
a week, smuggled a letter through
the military guard to Horace n.
Hawkins, her counsel in Denver.
The original copy, said Hawkins,
was sent to General Villa, the Mexi-
can revolutonist, who is a personal
acquaintance of hers.
She calls the prison military bull
pen" and says her lot is to be kept in
a rat-infested dungeon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-09
FOUR YOUTHS MAKE ESCAPE
Boys Leap Through Window in Wash
room at the Industrial School in
Waukesha and Fiee-Depu-
ties Searching.

Waukesha.-Four boys made a sue
cessful getaway from the industrial
school and a force of deputies are
searching the woods and nearby vii
lagos. The boys leaped through a
window in the Mushroom. Although
their absence was noted Immediately
no trace of them could be found. SUI
perintendent A. j. Hutton said he be-
heved the ''runaways" would be re-
turned soon and refused to give their
names.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-09
LORD ROBERTS MADE HEAD.

British Covenanters Adopt Resolu-
tons PIedging Support to Ulster.
London, April 6.-Lord Roberts was
elected president of the League OF
British Covenanters at a meeting held
in Canton hall Resolutions pledging
the British Covenanters to do all in
their power to prevent the establish
ment of home rule in Ireland without
the sanction of the nation and the sup
port of the people of Ulster in their
gallant struggle to maintain their con-
stitutional rights" were adopted.