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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-16

Washington, April 13.-The measure
raising the American legation in Chile
to the rank of an embassy with
salary of $17,50O for the American
ambassador there, was favorably re-
ported by the house foreign affairs
committee on Friday.
The committee also adopted amend
ments to the diplomatic appropriation
bill, providing an increase Of $33,435
for an allowance for house rent In
the foreign capitals. The house rent
allowance for the ambassador in Lon
don is raised from $1,000 to $4,000;
in Paris, from $500 to $4,000; in
Rome. from $3.625 to $4,000; in Mad
rid. from 81, 400 to $4,000. and In Wen
ma, from $4,000 to $4,000.
The allowances at Berlin and St
Petersburg already have been raised
to $4,000.
The bill contains a recommendation
that homes for diplomats be pur-
chased in Mexico City, Tokyo and
Berne, Switzerland.
Senators Hitchcock, oliver, Clapp
and Warren in the senate on Friday
attacked the apportionment of reserve
districts as announced by the federal
reserve organization committee. 1t
was declared that the board had vio-
lated the provision of the currency act
requiring that the customary course
Of business should not be disturbed.
Senator oliver criticized the plac-
ing of Pittsburgh in the Cleveland dis
trict.
Senator Warren said that Boston is
as close to Wyoming in business
sense as Kansas City, in which re-
serve district Wyoming is included.
One Of the hottest fights in the his
tory of the house public lands COM
mittee was precipitated on Friday
when the battle for amendment of the
Ferguson grazing homestead bill was
taken up in executive session.
The measure, proposed by Repre-.
sentative Ferguson of New Mexico.
would grant to settlers $40 acres OF
the public domain. chosen from green
lands not considered available under
the ordinary rule of enlarging home
steads.
Hearings on the pending measure
for the repeal of Panama tolls before
the senate committee on interoceanic
canals was halted on Friday by lack
Of witnesses and they probably will
not be resumed until Monday, when
Commissioner of Navigation Cham.
berlain and DR.. s. s. Hubner, mer-
chant marine expert, will testify.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-16
CIGAR LIGHTER SAVED HIM
We Have the Word Of Returned Globe
Trotter That the Thing Really
Did Work.

The returned globe-trotter was lee
turing. Eyes, ladies and gentlemen"
he said, ''the traveller in foreign parts
must keep his wits about him. Why,
on my last journey around the
world had the illluck to be over
powered and captured by band Of
cannibals. The grinning black devils
dragged me before their chief, who
promptly let me know that ] was to be
the dish of honor at the weekly feast
two days later. I made deep bow,
which seemed to please the fellow,
and explained that priced the in
tended honor most highly, but was
prevented from taking advantage or
it. was reluctantly obliged, there
fore, / said, to stick to my wander
er's stan, however much ! preferred
to adorn the tribal roasting-spit. To
clinch the effect Of this well-turned
speech, offered his nibs handful Of
gold. He merely glanced at It con
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-16
ROBERT HIGGINS ADMITS DEED
Life Sentence May Be Given IIIlnolsan
Who Killed Spouse to Wed
Her Daughter.

Galesburg, ILL.,, April 13.-Robert
Higgins. who last January shot and
killed his wife at North Henderson
ILL.,, because of his infatuation for
his sixteen-year-old stepdaughter
Julia Flake, author of the come over
and kill mamma" letters, pleaded
guilty to the crime at Aledo on Friday
before Judge Olmstead and threw him.
self upon the mercy of the court. 1t
Is expected that he will be given a
life sentence.
Judge Olmstead has taken Higgins
case under advisement and ann ounces
that he will pass sentence Tuesday
Evidence was offered by the state in
support Of Higgins plea of guilty. Hig-
gins sat with his face hidden in his
hands during the reading of the depo-
sition of Julia Flake concerning her
relations with Higgins. Julia Flakes
letters telling of the plot to shoot her
mother and make 1t appear an acci.
dent were introduced in evidence.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-16
TREES HAVE HUMAN TRAITS
They Possess Some Of the same Char
acterlstles That Belong to
People.

Trees have the power Of suggesting
thoughts and feelings, These thoughts
and feelings are attributes of people.
In other words, trees are sometimes
thought Of as being possessed Of some
of the same characteristics that belong
to people. The oak tree, because of its
size and shape of limbs, suggests
strength. The elm tree symbolizes
grace and beauty. The birch is some
times called the Lady of the Forest"
Some trees are weeping, some gay,
some quiet and retiring. Some, such
as the sycamore. are ghostlike. Others,
like the honey locust, because of the
great array Of thorns, appear warlike.
The Lombardy poplar, which grows so
tall, suggests precision. One of these
trees standing by itself like lone SEN
tinel Is one of Natures most impress
sive sights.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-16
THINKS HE HAS CURE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS
CHEMIST SAYS DISEASE CAN BE
EFFECTIVELY TREATED FOR
VERY SMALL SUM.
Announces That Remedy Is Inhalation
Of suIphurous Acid Gas, Which
Consists of the Fumes Of
Burning Sulphur.

Cincinnati-Dr. Edward Gudeman,
Chicago chemist, at the convention
of the American Chemical society,
made a preliminary announcement Of
what he believes to be effective treat.
ment of tuberculosis in it's earlier
stages.
He said the remedy was inhalation
of sulphurous acid gas, which consists
of fumes of burning sulphur.
A dimes worth of sulphur, he said,
is enough for treatment.
1T is a well-known fact that there
is very little tuberculosis in the vicin-
ity of sulphuric acid factories" said
DR.. Gudeman.
AT first the treatment is very dis
agreeable. 1t makes you cough and
sneeze. You will not be able to re.
main in a room filled with the fumes
more than a quarter of a minute
Gradually, however, you will get used
to it.
while the treatment is going on
the patient should keep up fresh air
and pure food treatment.
For years sulphur has been burned
to disinfect rooms in which there has
been a contagious disease. Its appli.
cation to tuberculosis is similar in
principle"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-16
ARNOLD GIRL BELIEVED DEAD
Missing Young Woman Traced te
Hospital" In Pittsburgh-Many
Arrests Are Near.

Pittsburgh, Pa, April 13.-Wholesale
arrests of the most sensational char
acter are about to be made among
physicians of Allegheny county follow
ing the raid on the Bellevue house OF
mystery" Warrants to this end have
already been prepared by the district
attorneys office and will be served
on many doctors engaged In illegal
practise. The raid on the house OF
mystery" with the allegation that
Dorothy Arnold, the New York
heiress, died there, represents only
the beginning of what will prove one
of the biggest sensations in Pittsburgh
in years, the police declare.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-16

and wind storms are more damaging
than in former years.
Trees furnish safe shelter and
natural resting places for birds. Birds
are the best allies we have in fighting
insects, but the removal of the forests
has greatly lessened the number of In
sect-eating birds. Trees furnish a
great variety Of miscellaneous, useful
products, such as fruits, nuts, sugar,
honey, tannin, pitch. turpentine, dyes
and medicines.
AS the only source Of wood supply,
trees touch the welfare Of every man,
woman and child, but their influence
goes much farther. It underlies the
great questions of soil preservation
and soil fertility; the use and control
of rivers and streams; the water sup
ply of towns and cities. In short, civ
ilization and progress are based largely
on trees. There is no crime against
nature that draws down a more certain
or severe punishment than that OF
stripping the earth of all her trees
William r. Lazenby, Professor Of For.
estry, Ohio State University.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-16
Peanuts Brinu Wealth,

Toledo. - To share in an estate
of 100000 left by an uncle whom
they had never seen and whom they
heard died in abject poverty was the
sensation felt by Mrs. Albert Todson
and Mrs. Dick Lehr, this city. The
two women inherit the estate of Sam
uel Beam, recluse of Frankfort, who
died recently.
Beam sold peanuts on the streets of
Frankfort. Beam made his will two
hours before his death. He had al
ways kept track of his relatives, des.
pite the fact that he never sought to
correspond with them. Beam boarded
every cent he made.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-16
Van NAvar Car TAIl.

Z William Tell and the Austrian gov
ernor were discussing the morrow's
target practise. M
Il can shoot that apple OF with
my eyes closed" said the Swiss hero
confidently.
The Austrian smiled grimly.
"You never can. Tell" he answered
dryly-New York Sun.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-16
WHAT DO WE PLANT7

What do we plant when we
plant the tree?
We plant the ship which will
cross the sea,
We plant the masts to carry the
sails.
We plant the plank to withstand
the gales.
The keel, keelson and beam and
knee,
We plant the ship when we
plant the tree.
What do we plant when we
plant the treef
We plant the houses for you
and me,
We plant the rafters. the shin.
giles, the floor,
We plant the studding, the
laths, the door,
The beams and sidings, all parts
that be,
We plant the house when we
plant the tree.
What do we plant when we
plant the tree?
A thousand things that we daily
see.
We plant the spire that out
towers the crag,
We plant the star for our coun.
try's flag,
We plant the shade, from the
hot sun free,
We plant all these when we
plant the tree.
Henry Abbey.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-16
Says Buy Food In Bulk.

Bellefontaine.-Anson Carter, pio.
neer grocer of Bellefontaine, has beer
searching old records in a study OF
comparative cost of food products
now and in the past. He has reached
this conclusion:
aside from three products, butter
poultry and meat, prices of staple
articles in the bulk are not higher
than they were % years ago. A man
and woman can go to housekeeping
today in better shape for the same
amount of money than was possible q
quarter Of a century ago"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-16
Would Mean New Town.

Canton. A commercial electric
power plant to cost more than
$1,OOO,000 is to be erected by the o. C.
Barber Mining & Fertilizing Co. at
Howenstein. o. C. Barber, match
magnate, is head of the company.
The company has contracts now to
furnish power to large factories in
towns in this section.
The activities of the company will
mean new town. When the i'm
provements under way are completed.
steady employment will be given to
$50 men.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-16
Bars Holding seances.

Canton. - Chief of Police Smith
has forbidden the holding Of fur.
ther spiritualistic seances by Or
Ernest Stevens, following complaint
made by Misses Ruth and Helen Bliss,
daughters Of State Bank Examiner
The young women broke up one OF
the doctors meetings in the dark
when they grabbed the spirits trum,
pet, Patrolman Ellis Darany. Syrian.
told the chief the medium put him in
communication with his father, who
spoke good English, though he nayes
knew the language before death
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-16

temptuously. took my presentation
gold watch from my pocket. At that
he didn't even look.
Hold on there thought, you are
undertaking this fellows intelligence.
Aren't these the things he'll get any
how when he gets ready to eat your
The notion made me smile at myself,
and in my nervousness l drew from
my waistcoat my new patent benzine
cigar-ligbter. Now for the first time
the chief did smile-but it was cruel
smile, q smile that made my blood
run cold.
+ If that thing works. he said. III
escort you personally to the coast and
put you safe aboard the next steamer
THE. lighter did work-and here
am."-New York Evening Post
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-16
Held as White Shaver.

Cincinnati. - Ernest Clyde Pollok,
school teacher of Ray, Ohio, was
indicted on the charge Of violating the
Mann white slave act by the federal
grand jury here. There are five counts
in the indictment. Pollok is charged
with having taken 15-year-old Rachel
Essex, one of his pupils, to Bowling
Green, KY, and other points.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-16
rhouqht Dead, Returns Home,

Port Clinton. - After having been
mourned as dead for the last
two months, Joe Newcomb has Just re-
turned to his home here. He left here
several years ago and was reported as
having been killed in a railroad
smashup in the southern part of the
state eight weeks ago. He was sur.
prised to learn that he had been looked
upon as dead.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-16
Accused of Mail Fraud,

Cincinnati. - Morris L. Bettman
of this city, former president of
the Bettman-Johnson Co., liquor
dealers, which recently went into
bankruptcy, was indicted here by the
federal grand jury on the charge of
using the mails to defraud.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-16


for some months fastening
the work Of fortifying the two
approaches to the Panama
canal. Once in a while the public has
heard something of this, but as a
rule the work has gone on rather qui-
etly and 1t Is only of late that some
Of the facts have leaked out regard
ing the scope and character Of the
defenses which are being prepared.
A little more than three years ago
congress appropriated nearly $20,O0O,-
900 for the fortification of the canal.
So energetically has the undertaking
been pushed since then that before
traffic passes through the waterway
our coast artillery will be prepared
there for any contingency. Out Of the
total appropriation about $2,500,000
has been apportioned to the guns and
carriages for seacoast batteries. {
According to official figures the
16-inch gun is capable Of hurling a
projectile of 2,40O pounds distance
Of 1880 yards, and at range Of 2.8
miles that armor piercing shot will be
able to bore its way through 81 inches
of steel. The projectile carries de-
structive bursting charge of no less
than 1876 pounds Of dunnite.
The gun alone, when hung in the
yoke Of the disappearing carriage,
will represent suspended weight
of 1870 tons, and this will be aug
mented by the 2,4OO pound projectile
and the propulsive powder charge of
666 pounds.
Mortars to Cover Three Zones.
For indirect attack upon a foe the
seacoast defenses at Panama will rely
mostly upon the new design of r.
inch mortars The very latest re-
port of the chief of ordnance of the
army says:
"A number of the more powerful H.
inch mortars of new design referred
to in my last annual report as being
under manufacture for the fortifica-
tions of the Panama canal have been
completedandsuccessfullytested. They
will have maximum range Of slight
ly more than II miles, as compared
with approximately eight and a half
miles for the most powerful type pre-
Viously In use"
In order to send these missiles upon
their destructive mission the NOR
tar can be elevated to an angle of As
degrees. At this elevation the shell
would soar skyward until 1t had
reached the climax of its curving
flight at height Of little less than
5000 yards and then would begin to
drop toward the distant target, which
is the deck or turret tops Of the ad-
vancing ship. In this, you see, the
army strategist counts upon hitting
the foe where he is weakest, for the
decks and turret tops are only thinly
clad with protecting steel. These
cannot be reached by the direct and
hatter fire of the guns, but can be at
tanned by the plunging fire or the
mortar she'll.
The moment the powder is ignited
and the generated gases drive that
great shell seaward there will be de-
veloped within the weapon an i'm
pulsive energy amounting to more
than $4,000 foot tons. that is, motive
force equivalent to lifting more than
$4,000 tons one foot In one second.
There is no action without reaction,
and in this case the recoil is equal
to the driving energy back of the
shot, and all of this must be absorbed
by the gun carriage SO nicely and cas-
lily that the weapon shall sink without
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-16
Lost Boy Found Dead,

Bristol, Pa, April 13.-The body of
William English. fourteen years old.
who disappeared in the blizzard of
March 1. was found in field near here
200 feet from his home. 1t Is believed
the boy became exhausted.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-16
Council Deadlock Broken.

Fremont. - The city council has
Just ended a three weeks dead.
lock by electing Carl Miller as a
member in place of Samuel Knause,
ousted by ruling of Attorney Gen
eral Hogan because he is janitor of
the high school and cannot hold two
public positions.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-16
Reserve Clause Ia Killed.

Grand Rapids, Mich, April 13.-
The U. S. District court denied the
Federal league club an injunction en-
joining Catcher w. Killifer, Jr., from
playing with the Philadelphia club.
The reserve clause is held not valid.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-16

REEFS are among
the most common
things in nature.
They either cover
or have covered a
large part of the
e his surface
that Is suitable
for human life.
They are the nat
ural friends OF
man, yet we often
treat them with
sc ant courtesy,
and sometimes re.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-16
cell.n. Had |. : Suicide.

Newport News, Va, April 13.-Prof
Henry H. Savage, formerly of Liberty
Mo-. head Of the Hampton Womans
college, near Newport News. Va, COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself
through the heart.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-16
los killed In Desperate Attack

Bengazi. Tripoh, April 1S.-one
hundred Arabs and three Italian sol.
diers wer killed when hostile tribes
men made an attack upon the Italian
garrison at Bugazatio. The Arabs left
their dead behind.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-16
Nearo CHARGED With Murder.

Steubenville. - Theodore Lyons,
negro, was arrested here, charged
with the murder of Sue Brown, 40,
with whom he lived in houseboat.
He is alleged to have struck her with
a chair
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-16
pespondent Man Hangs Self.

Mansfield-Desponde because of
poor health, Louis Cutnaw, aged 81,
hanged himself from a rafter in
barn on his farm near Butler, south
of here.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-16
.FAVORS HIGHER RENT
FLOOD BILL INCREASING AM5As-
sADoR's EXPENSES INDoRsED
BY HOUSE BODY.
CHILE MAY GET EMBASSY

ApportIonment Of Reserve Districts by
the Federal Organization Body At
tackled by Senators Hitchcock, oIIv-
or, cIapp and Warren in the Senate.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-16
BENEFITS Of TREES
Natural Friends of Man Treated
With Scant Courtesy.
They Furnish Building Materials, Fur.
nIture, implements, Utensils, Tools
and Other Things in the
Greatest Variety.

Come forth into the light Of things;
Let nature be your teacher.
Wordsworth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-10
TODAY'S MARKET QUOTATIONS

customary 1OO.OoO.0OO corn from Ar
gsntina for the year. but the continent,
on the basis of the Austrian and Rou-
maaian yields. promises 25.0O0.OOO
less. demand. II the Argentina surplus
Is really 23u.OOO.OOO, there will be u
constant dribble OF this stuff to the
unprotected east
Northwest Canada seeds wheat in
April and May Experts have written
into Canadian history that for the man
who seeds after May 10 the failure
hazard is 90 per cent. Russia seeds
her huge spring wheat crop principally
In April and harvests in August. Her
winter wheat crop promise is below
last year.
The three big spring wheat crops of
the world in the United States, Can
ada and Russia, with total mammoth
acreage of probably S5.O00.O00. are now
being pressed into the soil. Until July
arrives or passes there is no assur-
ance of a large worlds wheat yield,
despite the wonderful promise of our
winter wheat.
The startling world consumption Of
1914 and the presence OF wheat at
around the lowest levels in FIVE years
will effectively neutralize southwest
crop progress. During every crop sea-
son wheat should be purchased when
bearish tidings are at their zenith.
Our eastern reports on Argentine
corn are unchanged. New York sold
about half a million to interior points
yesterday and Argentina continues her
forceful campaign to supply the Unit
ed States. We consider provisions on
sounder ground, but do not care to be-
lieve corn will figure permanently in
the 70's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-10
Local and FOREIGN.
WAGNER S REVIEW

CHICAGO. April 1O.-Fostcr success
fully predicted dry January. a cold
February and a warmer March than
usual. Entering April he indicated
gradually lower temperatures. succeed
ed bv a great high temperature wave
around the middle OF the month. FL
fects o. the remarkably extensive
f~ exc Of April OIL wheat will develop
later
The astounding spectacle OF Chicago
,the handsome mistress OF the corn
belp turning traitor on her own pro
ductiye and sustaining territory by I'M
porting corn is now predicted. To date
there has been no slip-up in the chance
OF heavy Argentine arrivals at the
Atlantic seaboard during the summer
and fall.
The world Is not importing corn
with the vigor Of the past season.
There is a stiff decrease" in the
worlds exports Nov. TO April ]. They
total around 5O.OOO.00O versus 10000
OO0 last season. The Argentine is
short on her wheat money this season.
Not only is her crop surplus 40 per
cent below early 1918. but the price is
strictly moderate She will send
her corn.
England will likely take her recent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-10

The new model has more improve
ments, refinements and new uses than
we can even enumerate here.
The cushioned keyboard" with IAN
Choir keys" and the new automatic
features mean less work for the hands,
less strain on the eyes, less manual
and mental effort.
With all OF these mastery mechan-
zeal improvements we have made the
machine more beautiful and symmet-
rical. From every standpoint The
Oliver No. attains superlative excel
lence
Nothing you could wish for has been
omitted. The new devices, refnements,
improvement and conveniences found
on the No. Z represent an enormous
outlay and vastly increase its value
the price has not been advanced one
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-10
WEATHER CONDITIONS

The crest OF the area OF high pres
sure and fair, cold weather has moved
to Virginia, and frosts have extended
10 southern Alabama Rain or snow
from the Pacific coast eastward TO the
Missouri valley and the northwestern
portion OF the lake region is resulting
from areas OF low pressure which are
central over Utah and Minnesota.
Higher temperatures are noted from
the eastern Rocky mountain slope to
the central valleys. An area of rela-
lively high pressure and lower tenn
perature is central over Saskatche-
wan and Montana