davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-01-24

At this time of the year the south
ern promoters get busy. They have a
habit OF making great claims and try
TO sell you land without seeing it. Don t
bite at tins bait. with the promise Of
a hy-by.night corporation or your
money back if not satisfied. Look up
the facts, and # you cannot find them
write to the Wisconsin Advancement
association at Milwaukee for them. That
association has all the facts ami
figures
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-01-24
0rder for Notice of Final Settlement.
State of Wisconsin,
County Court for lrcn County

County Court for lrcn County
In the matter of the estate of Richard
johnson, decreased. In Probate.
On application Of Anna Johnson, adj
ministratrix of the estate of said
Richard johnson, deceased, for the adj
justment and allowance OF his admins
tration account and the assignment
of the residue Of said estate to such
other persons as are by law entitled to
the same,)
ills Ordered. That said account be
examined. adjusted and allowed at a
regular term of said Court to be held
at the Court House in the Village of
Hurley. in said County, on the 10th
day Of February \. D. 1914.
1t Is Farther Ordered, That upon
the adjustment and allowance of such
account by the Court, as aforesaid, the
residue of said estate be, by the fur
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-01-24
The Other Side.

THE early bird catches the worm.
observed the sage.
Yes" replied the fool, but look at
how nv longer he has to wait until
dinner time Cincinnati Enquirer
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-13
BALD JACK TELLS
BECKER CRIME TALE
Star Witness at First Trial
Again Relates Story Of Plot.

New York, May 13.-Bald Jack
Rose, star witness of the first trial
of Charles Becker for the murder of
Herman Rosenthal, appeared in that
role again.
A trife stouter than when he ap-
peared before he took the stand and
calmly told of the part he played in
the events leading up to the gamblers
death. Substantially 1t was the same
story that he told at the first trial.
Briefly, Rose recited how Becker
and Rosenthal had entered into part
nership in a gambling establishment;
how they quarreled; how exposure
for Becker was imminent and how
Rosenthal's death was plotted
When the trial was resumed Dis
trict Attorney Charles S. Whitman
called DR.. Dennis Taylor to the wit
ness stand as the last of several wit
nesses to establish the death of Rosen.
thai
DIR. Taylor at the time of the mur'
der was an ambulance surgeon and
his testimony was necessary because
it was he who pronounced the gam
bier dead
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-13
FEDERALS ORDERED
TO GUARD CAPITAL
Troops to Leave West Coast
for Mexico City's Defense.

Mazatlan, Mex, May 13.-Mexican
federal troops defending San Bias, a
seaport half way between Mazatlan
end Manzanillo, have evacuated the
town. II is understood that they were
ordered by Provisional President
Huerta to proceed to Mexico City to
strengthen the force there. 1t is be-
lieved troops at other points on the
west coast will be ordered to the
cepital.
Americans in the Yaqui valley have
decided to remain on their ranches.
General Obregon is said to have guar.
anteed every protection.
Walker Neal, an American, wounded
by federals recently near Ell Favor
mine, is safe with his family aboard
the cruiser Maryland at Manzanillo
according to a wireless message re-
ceived from that vessel.
Neal confirmed the report of an at
tack on the mine April 26 and the kill.
ing of C. b. Hoadley, an American
and of G. E. Williams, an English
man. Desultory fighting continues al
Mazatlan.
The gunboat Guerrero, which left
Mazatlan May Z, carrying city officials
and other refugees, touched at Man
zanillo and discharged several pas
sengers.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-13
MOUNT ETNA MORE ACTIVE
Another Severe Eruption Feared by
People of Vicinity.

Rome, May 13.-Mount Etna be-
came more active and the thousands
of fugitives in the Catania district,
shaken by the severe earthquakes of
last week, were thrown into a state
Of terror. Great clouds of smoke
poured from the crater of the volcano,
with sheets of flame leaping high in
the air at intervals.
Cinders showered down upon the
villages near the base of the volcano.
There were almost constant tremors
of the earthquake the past twenty
enough to cause additional damage
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-13
EARLY ATTACK EXPECTED
Rebels to Press Campaign Against
Saltilio.

FL Paso, Tex, Mey 13.-The Consti-
tutionalist campaign against San Luis
Potosi will not be pressed until after
the capture of Saltillo by General
Francisco Villas army Robert v.
Pesquieria, diplomatic agent of the
Constitutionalists, made this declara-
ton on his return from Torreon.
According to Pesquieria the actual
bombardment of Saltillo will begin in
three days. Rumors that the Consti-
tutionalists have captured Tampico
continue. There is no confirmation.
CarranZaist leaders regard the cap
ture of the port as of utmost impor-
tapce, because they believe the United
States will not blockade Tampico
against the importation of arms and
ammunition to the Constitutionalists,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-13
ARMS YIELDED PEACEABLY
enforcement of Order in Colorado
Strike Zone Progressing.

Trinidad, Colo, May 13.-Enforce-
ment of disarmament of the contend
ing factions in the strike districts, in
accordance with the proclamation fix
ing 5 p. M. today as the limit for vol
untary surrender of arms, is expected
to bear out the promise of strike
leaders that no hostility will be shown
to the federal troops.
According to the governments man
date the order does not specifically
command search and seizure of dwell
ings, but persons suspected" of hav-
ing weapons will be required to sur.
render arms and the order will be en-.
forced "as the authorities see fit"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-13
American Bank at Vera Cruz.

Fort Leavenworth, Kan, May Ia
r. A. Kelly, president OF the Army
National bank. has left for Vera Cruz,
where he will establish a branch Of
fee to care for the banking interests
OF officers and men of the Fifth brig
ade. A cablegram advised him to
come at once, because the banks pay
In Mexican money on a fiuctuating
gold basis.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-13
BOARD WOULD END STRIKES
Bill Drawn for Preventing Labor Tie
ups Involving Government.

Washington, May 13.--The federal
industrial relations committee has pre-
pared a tentative draft Of bill for
submission to congress creating ma
tional board of mediation and concilia-
ton to prevent strikes and lockouts
that may involve the federal govern
ment. The measure provides strictly
for voluntary Cancellation and ex-
pressly denies to the board any CON-
pulsory powers of arbitration or pro-
hibition OF strikes or lockouts. In this
respect 1t avoids all conflict over any
question of state or interstate juris-
diction.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-13
Determined TO
FIGHT TO LAST
Huerta So Quoted in News
paper Interview.
PREDICTS LONG WAR

Says "We Are In the Lions Mouth,
but the Lion VIII Not Find 1t Easy
to Eat Us"-EndIess Guerrilla War
fare Will Follow American InVa-
sion, He Asserts.
London, May 13.-"We are in the
lions mouth, but the lion will not lind
1t easy to eat us" was the declara-
ton of General Huerta in an extend
ed interview in Mexico City according
to Luigi Barzini, correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph.
1--WE are showing the world how tc
defend a sacred principle, that of ma
tional sovereignty" Barzini declared
the dictator told him. Huerta said
he was determined to fight to the
last.
Fate has willed that in my hands
should rest the decision of life or
death for our national independence,
Barzini quotes Huerta as saying: Il
nave no TlSnL 10 DdIler away the III
dependence of Mexico. For my own
tranquility and that of the country 1t
| is my duty to fight to the last, to
fight to the death.
viii Resist imposition"
1--WE are small and weak in compar
ison with the power which threatens
us, but we are conscious of our rights
that are being trampled under foot
My government may be burned OIL
pulverized, but 1t must remain at its
post to resist American imposition.
| "If l were to give way | should de
serve to be cursed by future genera
tions as a traitor"
| General Huerta predicted endless
guerrilla warfare If the Americans at
tempted to take Mexico City. He
characterized the revolution as noth
ing but a masked American war, de
claring two entire companies OF Amer
leans fought with Villa at Torreon IL
their American arms and uniforms.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-13

II am a lover of your godsend TO
humanity and science Your medicine,
DIR. Kings New Discovery, cured my
cough of three years standing" says
Jennie Flemming, of New Dover, Ohio.
Have you an annoying cough? Is 1t
stubborn and won't yield to treatment?
Get a soc bottle of DIR. Kings New Dis
coyery today. What il did for Jennie
Flemming it will do for you, no matter
how stubborn or chronic a cough may
be- 1t stops a cough and stops throat
and lung trouble. Relief or money back.
soc and s1O0, at your druggist. Buck
lens Arnica Salve for Pimples.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-13
TOLL EXEMPTION ATTACKED
Senator Hoke Smith Comes TO Sup
port of President.

Washington, May Ex-senator Hoke
Smith of Georgia championed the re-
peal of the clause in the Panama
canal act granting exemption of tolls
10 American coastwise vessels in the
coastwise trade.
He told the senate he would vote
for repeal because of our treaties
with Great Britain and Panama" and
because, in his opinion, lit is right
that the owners of these vessels
should bear, for using the canal, fair
part of the cost Of our government
OF building and operating It,"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-13
HIS FAMILY WAS IN NEED
Captured Train Robber Tells Why
He Turned Bandit.

San Francisco, May 13.-"I turned
bandit because | was out of work and
desperate. My wife was sick and my
two children in need"
That is James s. HoGue's explana-
ton of his attempt to hold up the
Southern Pacific's coast line limited
train. After he had obtained about
$3.50 in money and jewelry from pas
sengers Hogue encountered two rail
road detectives in the dining ear. A
pistol fight ensued, in which Hogue
received two bullets in the hand and
one in the face. The cars cook
then knocked him senseless with an
ice packer and when he recovered
consciousness Hogue turned his pistol
against himself, but succeeded only
in inflicting a slight wound In the
cheek
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-13
BOY IN ROBBER ROLE KILLED
Csvein of "Den" in Sand Bank Nearly
Costs Two Other Lives.

Burlington, NJ d., May 13.-While
playing members OF a robber band,
with a cave in a sand hill as their
den, Oscar Timer, fifteen years old,
was killed and his two companions
narrowly escaped death when the bank
caved in, burying them.
A fourth boy in the party was just
outside the cave when the roof fell
and he gave the alarm. Two of the
lads were extricated Immediately. The
Timer boy was so deeply buried that
it required forty minutes of frenzied
digging to reach his body Life v as
extinct.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-13
HENDERSON NEXT GOVERNOR
Alabama Primary Returns Indicate
His Nomination.

Birmingham, Ala, May 13.-At Dem
ocratic headquarters here 1t was es-
timated from the returns received
thus far from the Democratic runoff
primary that Charles Henderson,
president of the state railroad COM
mission, will have a majority of more
than 11,000 votes over former Gov
ernor B. B. Conner, for the nomination
for governor when the complete re.
turns are in. Nomination is consid.
cred equivalent to election.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-13
MAJ BE GIVEN THE CHANCE
kliIitary Prisoners Willing to Serve
In Mexican MIxup.

Fort Leavenworth, Kan, May 13.-
Fifteen hundred prisoners in the mill
tary prison here can and will be press
ed into service in the event of war, &C
cording to a report sent to the war
department by Colonel Slocum, com
mander of the prison.
When the prisoners were lined up
for review Colonel Slocum asked who
was ready to go to Mexico. Nearly
every one was willing to serve.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-13
HIS RELEASE is ORDERED
Vice Consul SlIiman Held Prisoner
at SaltiIIo.

Washington, May 13.-Senor Oil
vera, the Brazilian minister In Mex
ico City, informed the state depart
ment that the Mexican government
has ordered the immediate release of
Vice Consul John r. Silliman, held a
prisoner at Saltillo The minister
added that as soon as Mr.. Silliman
reached Mexico City he would obtain
for him safe conduct to Vera Cruz.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-13
President and Cabinet Dis
cuss Subject.
NO DANGER AT VERA CRUZ
General Funston Sends Message Say
ina No Attention Should Be Paid to
Reports That Mexicans Are Threat
enina Waterworks There.

eninQ WaterWorkS mere.
Washington, May 13.-President
Wilson and members of the cabinet
discussed plans for participation by
the United States in the Mexican
mediation conference, to begin next
Monday at Niagara Falls, Ont, and
various problems which have arisen
since the occupation of Vera Cruz by
American military forces.
Just before the cabinet met mes
sage was received from General Fun
ston at Vera Cruz In which he de-
clared no attention should be paid
to reports that Mexican forces were
threatening to attack the Vera Cruz
waterworks.
General Funston added that 200
sacks of American mail, destined for
Mexico City and delivered at the
break In the railroad, still lay in the
tracks in possession of the Mexican
outpost. He had no news OF Private
Parks, who rode into the Mexican
lines and has not returned.
Among issues the president and the
cabinet had under consideration was
the appeal from the Brazilian minis
ter at Mexico City to General Funston
on behalf of five South Americans
under arrest at Vera Cruz for snip
ing" American soldiers from tramp
steamer Three Brazilians are among
the prisoners and the appeal, coming
from a diplomatic representative oi
one of the mediating nations, presents
delicate problem.
The manning by American forces oi
the lighthouse on Lobos island, of
Tampico, which Huertas foreign
minister has protested is violation
OF the armistice. also was taken up
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-13

A cross, peevish, listless child. with
coated tongue, pale, doesn't sleep ;eats
sometimes very little then again raven
ously; stomach sour; breath fetid; pains
in stomach, with diarrhea grinds teeth
while asleep, and starts up with terror
all suggests a Worm Killer-some-
thing that expels worms, and almost
every child has them. Kickapoo Worm
Killer is needed. Get box today. Start
at once You won't have to coax, as
Kickapoo Worm Killer Is candy con-
fection. Expels the worms. the cause
of your child's trouble. Csc, at your
druggist.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-13
NAVAL BILL is INCREASED
Total Appropriation in Senate Meas.
ure Is S14o,e9o,833.

Washington, May 13.-The naval ap-
preparation bill was reported to the
senate by the naval affairs commit
tee, with an increase of s1,1S2,0 900
over the bill as it left the house In
all the bill carries $14O, ,99O, 1873, or S3,-
100000 less than the estimates for the
coming year.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-13
Two Nearoes Killed In Storm.

Pittsburg, May 13.-During severe
rain and wind storm at Arnold, near
here, a three-story tenement, housing
thirty persons, was demolished. TIVE
negroes were killed and at least ten
persons were injured.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-13
Big Barges to Garry Coal.

San Diego, Cal, May 13-Four
500-ton steel coal barges under con-
struction at the Puget sound navy
yard will be brought here early next
for use at the government
coaling station at La Playa. They
will be used in expediting the coaling
of the warships now in Mexican wa
tarc
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-13
TREAT ILL AT GALVESTON
Army Hospital VIII Be Opened In Big
Hotel.

Galveston, Tex, May 13.-An army
hospital is to be established in Gal
weston in the event of war with Mex
leo, or II additional troops in any
large number are sent to reinforce
General Funston's army now in Vera
Cruz. A large hotel located on the
beach front has been tentatively en-
gagged.
The war department, 1t is reported,
will not attempt to care for the wound
ed in Vera Cruz.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-13
Hospital Ship Returning.

Washington, May 13.-The hospital
ship Solace, en- route from Vera Cruz
to New York, will return to Mexico
after transferring sixty-two patients
to the naval hospital at New YORK,
with medical stores for the fleet in
Mexican waters. The Solace will take
back to Mexico forty-one GONZALES
cents.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-13
Most Children's Diseases Start with a
Cold.

Restlessness - feverishness an in
famed throat and spasmodic cough may
be whooping cough in starting in. Give
Foleys Honey & Tar promptly. IL helps
the children so very much, and Mrs.
Ships, Raymondsville, Mo. says: II
got fine results from 1t and 1t is great
medicine for whooping cough" For sale
by all druggists.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-13

nought Wyoming has sailed for Vera
Cruz by way of Hampton Roads She
carried 1000 fighting men, one-half
of whom are available for duty ashore
IL needed. She also took 600 bags of
mail
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-13
British Ship to Tampico.

London, May 13.-The British
cruiser Bristol, now stationed at Ports
mouth has been ordered to proceed to
Tampico as speedily as possible.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-13
SUICIDE POlSONINGS AND
ACCIDENTS EVEN.

Chicago, May 13.-Nearly as
; many Chicagoans suffered death
. last year by taking poison ac-
; cidentally as by taking them
. with suicidal intent. according
. to a report by Peter M. Hoff-
. man, coroner of Cook county.
; One hundred and forty eight
: persons died as the result of
!. taking poisons accidentally and
: 163 persons committed suicide
!. by deliberately taking poisons.
!.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-13
MAN WHO DRAFTED 1893
TREATY DEAD.

Madrid, May 13.-Eugenio
Montero Rios, one of the best
known Spanish statesmen and
the man who drafted the treaty
which brought the Spanish
American war to a close in
1898, died here, aged eighty
two.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-06
SIEGE GUNS ARE
GERMAN WONDER
Mortars Used by Germans
Can Crush Any Fortress
as They Did Liege.

Berlin. Germany Oct "a mem
Der Of the German parliament who for
nearly 10 years has been connected
with the army budget committee o. the
reichstag. tells some interesting things
Of the history Of the now famous AZ
centimeter siege guns which served
the Germans so effectively at Liege
and Namur.
The surprise that Germany possessed
such mortars," he says, in an article
published by the Neue Zuercher Eel
tung. was as great in Germany as it
was in other countries. After compile
ton Of secret tests with these guns
some time ago, and the decision OF the
government TO order a number Of them,
It was a problem as to how to keep the
matter secret.
Great secrecy Maintained.
cover 40 officers took part in the dis
cussion at which the military budget
was prepared for submittal to the
budget committee Of the reichstag.
When new clause was reached with
only the heading, Arms the CHIEF OF
the department of arms requested that
for the time being this subject could
not be discussed. At the conclusion OF
the conference he told me IN strict con-
fidence that the title, Arms involved
new siege mortars.
The general staff requested urgently
that not word be said Of the matter
in the committee; not even the officers
present had any knowledge Of it
Can Wear Out Any Fortress
six weeks ago I visited an amuni-
ton factory as member Of the arma-
ment commission and ascertained that
any number Of prOjectiles and cases for
these mOrtars could be produced within
a very short time. In reply TO my
question whether these mortars did not
wear out rapidly. a director OF the
company said, There are not enough
fortresses in existence in the whole
world to wear out a single mortar As
matter Of fact. our army possesses
5000 mortars Of an earlier date, which
are still disable"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-06
FRENCH TROOPS
SLEEP LITTLE
Trenches Become Stilled in
the Night, but Weary Sol
diers Merely Doze.
BY GEORGE DUFREsNE.

Paris, France, oct 6.-Dring the
terrific fighting in northern and east
ern France, the troops Of the allies
have had very little sleep. There has
been a great deal Of night fighting,
and heavy rains have made the posi-
tion Of the men in the trenches vastly
uncomfortable.
The trenches within the circle Of
forts are cloaked before dawn by mist
Here and there, hidden under tenn
pOrary shelters, a grOan or murmur
tells where the soldiers sleep on straw,
behind the entertainments The sta
tons Of the local lines are filled with
straw. and among sacks and aCcOutre-
ments the more fortunate are asleep,
crowded close, under the open sheds.
Here and there as one moves, shad-
ows loom out Of the mist-the close
standing sentries. Singular figures,
hidden in white yapor TO the waist,
all wearing heavy cloaks Of differ
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-06
GEN. Won MOLTKE, GERMAN
CHIEF OF STAFF, DISMISSED

London. Eng, Oct. "a report re-
ceived here Monday night states that
Gen Helmuth Won Moltke. chief OF the
German general staff has been re-
moved from that office by the emperor.
An Amsterdam, Holland, dispatch to
the Call says the dismissal Of Cen Won
Moltke was due to a conflict with the
emperor over several important ques-
lions OF strategy.
Continuing. the dispatch says the
emperor wished to subordinate sound
strategy to a beside TO attack England,
pone the latter action. as it would have
more effect on the immediate situation
The emperor, adds the dispatch,
wished to detach large number Of air
ships and aerOplanes to attack Eng
land, but Gen. Won Moltke held that all
available aircraft was needed in
Europe.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-06

Chile for nitrate Of soda outside OF
Germany there are no other known
deposits Of potash salts, just as ouls5le
Of Chile there are no other known us-
posts Of nitrate Of soda
Potash salts in Panhandle.
ss-ro-, geological consideration It IS
believed that the portion Of Texas Dor
derfne on and southeast Of New Mexico
he favorable for the existence OF potash
salts. The necessary explorations. now
ever. can not be undertaken LOT iaCh
In that mart OF the state. nor have any
detailed examinations been made there,
we can only say that in one deep wen
a considerable amount OF chloride or
potash has been found and tnaL Ll-e
wa11s has contained noticeable quanu-
ties Of potash
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-06
WAR NAY BE- AID
T0DEVEL0PN
Natural Resources of Texas
Can Make Us Independ-
ent of Europe.

Austin. Texas. Oct 6--ln the great
war that is now raging IN --i ~ -, -
art OF leiIIinp other men and OF destroy
ing propertT. it may also be turned to
far more ,1sefII purposes. according to
VIM B. Phillips. director in the bureau
of economic geology at me INV e i-sl-,,
needed lesson in the utilization Of our