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Milford chronicle., 1914-02-20
SEVERE BRONCHIAL COUGH
Doctors Feared Lung Trouble,
Restored to Health by Vinol.

The medical profession does not be-
lieve that lung troubles are inherited,
but a person may inherit weakness
0r tendency to them.
Mrs. Kate Hickman, Springfield,
Ohio, says: "A few years ago was
in very bad rundown condition, and
the physician told me had consump-
ton. / tried another physician, and
be told me had ulcers on my right
lung. 1 quit the physicians and
started on 'VinoL' Today am
perfectly healthy, and that Is why /
recommend Who'll"
Vinol soothes and heals the infiam.
ID surfaces and allays the cough,
Vinol creates an appetite, strengthens
.he digestive organs and gives the
patient strength to throw on In
,ipient pulmonary diseases.
Try a bottle Of Vinol with the un.
lerstanding that your money will be
'eturned If IL does not help You
Y @nv skin trouble try our
L -antee It.
Milford chronicle., 1914-02-20
seInator eaeon pIes suddenIn.

Senator a. o. Bacon, of Georgia
died in a hospital in Washington not
long after it had been announced
that his condition was improved a
bloOdclot on the heart was the imme
diate cause Of death.
The senator had been i'll a little less
than a month. At first it was thought
he had fractured a rib by fall. but
an illness attended by a high temper
ature set in. Later examinations and
X-ray photographs showed, however
that an affection of the kidneys was
the cause.
Several days ago the senator was
taken to a hospital, where he got
along favorably, and with a recession
in temperature thoughts of an oper
alton were abandoned.
The scene on the senate floor for
several minutes after the announce
ment of the death was unusual. Sena
tors paced nervously from one grouT
to another, discussing the unexpected
shock. Many Of them were so affected /
by the news that they scarcely spoke |
Mr.. Bacon, as chairman Of the import |
ant foreign relations committee. was
a power in the senate. He stood fifth
in the senate in point of service.
Milford chronicle., 1914-02-20


it has now been six months since l took
any medicine at all. ! hope my little
note will assist you in helping other wo-
men. / now feel perfectly well and in
the best of health. " II Mrs. AUGUST
W. KoNDNER, 1852 Hollins Street, Bal
timore, Md.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotic or harmful
drugs, and to-day holds the record of
being the most successful remedy for
female ills we know of, and thousands
Of voluntary testimonials on file in the
Pinkham laboratory at Lynn, Mass,
seem to prove this fact.
For thirty years it has been the stand
ard remedy for female ills, and has re-
stored the health of thousands of women
who have been troubled with such all
ments as displacements, Inflammation,
liberation, tumors, Irregularities, etc.
If you want special advice |
write to Lydia +. Pinkham Med
icine Co, confidential Lynn, |
Mass. Your letter will be opened, |
read and answered by woman /
and held in strict confidence.
Milford chronicle., 1914-02-20
Woman Holds Up Another.

Miss Eliza Francis, a young stenog-
rapher, was held up in one of Fridge
port Conn, busiest streets by Miss
Mary Mccormick, thirty years old,
who, at the point Of a revolver, de-
manded money of her.
Miss Mccormick was seized by a
policeman. She said she had not eaten
for a week, and had determined to
kill some of these women" whom she
did not like to see walking up and
down the street with furs and mesh
bags She was placed under observa-
tiOn to determine her mental condi
tion.
Milford chronicle., 1914-02-20

the authorities OF the smaller munici.
palities have been unable to apprehend
criminals because OF the inadequacy
Of their police forces.
1t is proposed in the bill to estab-
lish a state constabulary under the
command Of a central officer who at
moments notice can patrol the en-
tire state in search Of criminals. or
who in case Of a serious outbreak of
lawlessness can concentrate his forces
at given point in a few hours no
Iice
Milford chronicle., 1914-02-20
susnend Head of Carlisle.

Moses Friedman, superintendent of
the Indian school at Carlisle, Pa, was
suspended by Commissioner Sells. of
the Indian office, as the result of a re-
cent investigation by a congressional
committee.
Supervisor o. H. Lipps has been
placed in charge, pending Friedmans
trial upon charges which have not yet
been made public. The time of hear.
ings will be set later.
Milford chronicle., 1914-02-20
Proeressives Want Roosevelt

An entire Progressive ticket will be
placed in the field at the New York
state elections next fall.
The state committee of the National
Progressive party deciieI upon this
unanimously. During the discussion
Of the problems which confront the
party in the state, Theodore Roosevelt
was suggested in speeches as the Pro-
gressive candidate for governor.
The eX-president was not mentiopel
by name. He was referred TO by Jonas
S. Van Duser, Of Elmira, in launching
the boom. "as the gentleman in South
America"
Mr.. Van Duser urged that the party
work without taking that gentleman
into its confidence and give him u
surprise" on his return home.
Milford chronicle., 1914-02-20
Crowd In Gnu

Crowd In Church cowed With Gun.
All Saints Holiness church, near
fredericksburg, Md, was the scene of a
reign of terror at the close Of service
on Sunday night, when Michael Miller
stationed himself at the main exit and
threatened to shoot the congregation
If they attempted to pass out.
The little church was crowded at
the time and men, women and children
jumped out Of the windows and fed
many of them leaving their convey
ances behind. In several instances
mothers took infants in their arms
and jumped from the windows to The
ground. Several women tainted and
had to be lifted bodily by their hus-
bands, who managed to escape the
man.
Miller was family subdued when J.
A. Nichols dealt him a blow on the
head. He was captured by Edward
Mccoy and arraigned before Magis
trate Waddell, Of Hurlock, who finec |
him s3S.75.
Milford chronicle., 1914-02-20
JOHN J. KENNEDY
COMMITS SUICIDE
HeS York State Treasurer Cuts
His Throat in ROte.
BODY FOUND BY HIS SON
Is Believed to Have Been Temporarily
Insane and 5rooded over Subpoena
to Appear Before Grand Jury.

Insane and srOOded over Subpoena
to Appear Before Grand Jury.
State Treasurer John J. Kennedy,
OF New York. committed suicide by
cutting his throat with a razor in q
washroOm adjoining the ballroom Of
the Market hotel in Buffalo, n. Y. The
body was found by his son, William
/ H. Kennedy.
In an official statement by Michael
F. Dirnberger, Jr., Mr.. Kennedys per
sonal attorney, declared that Mr.. Ken
nedy was temporarily insane when he
committed the act and that he had
been brooding over the ordeal of the
cross-eXamination at the hands Of Dis
trict Attorney Whitman by whom he
had been subpOenaed to appear before
the grand jury in New York city
In this statement Mr.. Dirnberger
told Of Mr.. Kennedy's appearance be-
fore Mr.. Whitman on Jan. 20, at which
time Mr.. Kennedy signed a waiver of
immunity. Later Mr.. Whitman gave
out statement to the effect that Mr..
Kennedy had ignored an invitation
from him 90 appear before the grand /
jury. so the state treasurer was sub |
poenaed. One Of these subpoenas was 1
served on him at Albany on Wedues- |
day. Another was served on Sa;ur- |
day.
Henry P. Burgard. a barge canal
contractor, now residing at Fulton, n
Y, has been a lifelong friend of Ken.
nedy. Rumor had it that Mr.. Burgard
knew the reason why Kennedy should
take his life, but on the telephone Mr..
Burgard said:
John Kennedy must have been
crazy. / don't know Of any reason
why he should commit suicide except
the worry caused by the Whitman
John Doe proceedings, and l don't
know why that should have worried
him, although Mr.. Kennedy was very
nervous man. He is in good financial
and had money and
property that he accumulated in a long
and busy life.
81 do not know of any money losses
that he may have sustained and dc
not know Of any enterprise that he
may have lost money in. In the bond
Ing business in Buffalo, he was what is
calle resident vice president of the
United States Fidelity and Guarantee /
company, whose home offices are in
Mr.. Kennedy had declared to his at ,
orney. as well as to other personal &
friends, that he did not fear that there I
vas anything upon which Mr.. Whit
nan might indiet him, but that the al
airs Of the state treasurer's Office
we're so intricate that a shrewd at O
orney might easily place him in ar n
unpleasant position before the public. r
Milford chronicle., 1914-02-20
Three Middies TrappeJ.

Charged with endeavoring to cheat
at the recent semi-annual examination,
Midshipman Vinton /. Mcclure, OF
Kansas, has been recommended for
dismissal, following an investigation
of his case, it was learned at the naval
academy at Annapolis, Nd.
Charles A. MacGowen, of Maine, and
William B. Bungert, of New Jersey,
two other first class men, were also
recommended for dismissal for having
given alleged inaccurate testimony in
favor of Mcclure.
Milford chronicle., 1914-02-20
HoId.up In New York CAFE.

Six gunner held up FIVE men ana a
woman in a Broome street cafe, near
the Bowery. in New York, relieving
the men of a large sum OF money and
taking rings and iewelry from the
woman.
Antonio Celentano, who resisted the
gangsters, was stabbed in the hip and
side. His condition is serious.
Following the hold-up the men ran
to the street, where three of them
were arrested. A score of detectives
are searching the city for the other
three men.
Milford chronicle., 1914-02-20
Find Woman's Body In weII.

The body Of Margaret Fox, a
boarding house keeper, was found
head down in a well in her back yard
in Harrison, N. J. The fact that
the cover of the well was closed led to
the belief that her death was not acci.
dental, and the coroner began an in.
yestfgation.
Milford chronicle., 1914-02-20
Pushed Roy Into Lake: eets 1o paYl

Frank Sherry, a brother of Louis
Sherry, the New York restaurant
owner, was sentenced to serve ten
days in the Tombs for having pushed
Jack Dayton, nine years old, into a
lake in Central park.
The Dayton child, accompanied by
his nurse, brushed against Sherry, and
the latter pushed the boy into the wa
ter. A policeman saved the boy from
drowning.
Milford chronicle., 1914-02-20
BertIllOn, Foe Of Criminals, Dea4.

5ertillon, Foe Of Criminals, Dead.
Alphonse Bertillon, inventor OF the
noted system for criminal identifica-
tion which made his name known
throughout the world, died in Paris,
aged sixty-one years.
Bertillon's title was director OF the
anthropometric department of the
Paris police" He had been in for a
long time. suffering from anaemie.
complicated with other maladies. He
underwent an operation in October.
Bertillon was a distinguished an
thropolOgist and was teh author of
many works on ethnography, anthgo-
pometry and criminal photography.
Milford chronicle., 1914-02-20
We AdmIraIs am Passes-

The bill to create six vice admirals
in the navy was passed by the senate
and now awaits action by the house.
Their salaries were fixed at $1,000 a
year and the age Of retirement at six
ty-five years.
Milford chronicle., 1914-02-20
WarfieId to Leave lafayette.

Dr. E. D. Warfield resigned as presi
dent of Lafayette college at Easton
Pa. The resignation was accepted By
the board OF trustees. DR.. Warfeld has
been president for the past twenty-five
years.
For a long time there has been diff
ferences between the president, the
students and members OF the faculty
which eventually found their way to
the trustees. Last year there was az
open break between DR.. Warfeld AMI
the graduating class over the Meckii
Warfeld controversy, the students GO
ing so far as to refuse to make the
usual gift Of the graduating class tu
the college.
This dispute was precipitated by the
announcement of the resignation of
John NJ. Mecklin, professor of mental
and moral philosophy, whose views
were said to have been not in accord
with the views of DR.. Warfeld. The
president took the case to the trus-
tees of the institution and is said to
have declared that either the resigna-
tion of Mecklin or that of himself
would have to be accepted.
Milford chronicle., 1914-02-20
Fund Voted 20 Doctors Willow.

Two years salary OF $3.50 was vet
ed by the United States senate to the
widow of the late Or. Thomas b. Nc
Clintic, Of the public health service.
who died from spotted fever willie
discovering a successful treatment.
Milford chronicle., 1914-02-20
Corn Kernel Kills Child.

A kernel of corn lodging in the
throat of two-year-old Andrew Kane,
of Frackville, near Mahanoy City, Pa,
caused the child's death at the Min.
ers' hospital before an operation could
relieve him.
Milford chronicle., 1914-02-20
Find Cody Of Baby Bow.

The body Of a baby boy, three days
old, was found by Peter German be-
meath the steps of the Pennsylvania
railroad station in Bristol, Pa. A IS
bill was fastened to his dress, evident.
ly to pay for burial.
Milford chronicle., 1914-02-20
Fan Kills Floorwalker.

Charles L. Lord, ioorwalker in a
Sixth avenue department store in New
York, tainted and pitched hearflrst in
to show case. The broken glass cut
his throat and he quickly bled to
death.
Milford chronicle., 1914-02-20
constabuIary Eor New Iersev.

A message that will meet with favor
throughout South Jersey was intro
duced in the assembly in Trenton. II
provides for a state constabulary. to
be organized along the lines of the
state police in Pennsylvania.
The bill will find especial favor IL
those counties where in recent years
Milford chronicle., 1914-02-20
Mine Breach Enqulfs Laborer.

Walter Carackow, a Traction com.
pany laborer, was engulfed by a mine
breach near Jacksons, Pa. He was
carried fifty feet into an old mine
working and tossed aside unhurt. He
was rescued at the end of a rope.
Milford chronicle., 1914-02-20

V eg e I Bile Com
pound did for me.
/ suffered dreadful
pains and was very
irregular. l became
alarmed and sent for
Lydia E. Pinkham s
V Bile Com
pound. l took it reg
ularly until / was
without a cramp or
pain and felt like
another Dereon and
Milford chronicle., 1914-02-20
Robeers ca sto.ooo In CO.

Safe crackers got more than 10000
in cash after overcoming the night
watchman Of c. S. Bonner at Milledge-
vile, Ga. Bonner says the loot was
his savings of a lifetime.
Milford chronicle., 1914-02-20
Another U. S. Aviator KiIled.

Lieutenant Murray, of the naval
aviation corps, was killed at Pensa.
cola, Fla, when his machine plunged
into the bay from a high altitude.
Milford chronicle., 1914-02-20
King and Queen May Visit U. S.

NIU8 aWu NucGW Way VTsIL o D
If affairs of state permit, King Fer
dinand of Bulgaria will visit the
United States in April. He will be ac-
companied by Queen Eleanore and
their daughter, the Princess Eudoxia.
King Ferdinand is convinced that
Bulgaria could learn more from the
United States than from any other
country on the best methods to de-
velOp the industries of his kingdom,
and therefore purposes to take with
him, in addition to the queen and the
princess, a number of able men who.
on their return to Bulgaria, will apply
the lessons they have learned to the
teaching of others.
Milford chronicle., 1914-02-20
THIS WOMAN'S
SICKNESS
Quickly Yielded To Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Baltimore, Md. 81 am more than
glad to tell what Lydia E. Pinkham s
Milford chronicle., 1914-02-20

neeQn ofder those new napkins
at Blashman's. Anty Drudge came
IN this morning and showed me
how Fels-Naptha Soap would take
the stains out of the old ones"
Antg Drtdge-"You just keep on US
ing Fels-Naptha Soap, deary, and
it'll save you buying lots of things
-everything you wash viii wear
50 much longer"
Stains are the
trial of a woman
whodoes the family
washin the old way.
Coffee, fruit. egg
and occasionally
blood stains.
Stains are easy
for F els -Naptha
SO ap. 1t simply
makes them disap-
pear, leaving the
clothes clean, white
and pure. All this
IS done in cool or
lllkewarm water,
without boiling or
h ard ru b bing.
Then, too, Fels-
Soap does
not harm the fiber
Of the cloth as boil
ing does.
Be sure to get the genuine Fe,s-
Noptha Soap. It comes in the red anJ
0resn i0rdppeT. t0ith fan directions 10
l1s ase printed on the fnsid,,
FeIs q Co, PhiIsdeIDhia.
Milford chronicle., 1914-02-20
CEMENT BLOCK HOUSES
CONCRETE WORK OF ALL KINDS

BLOCKS MADE ON BUILDING SITE
Milford chronicle., 1914-02-20
See Our New Price List of Wall Paper

Please give us a trial and call and
look over our beautiful patterns.
Milford chronicle., 1914-02-20
Extra! Extra !! !
Good Personal Attention to Everybody

7 ask you to call and see our new
stock of 1914 paper. We are sure
that you will be surprised.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-06

for libel. and in this defect, show that
the writer is lacking in the courage
demanded OF one who is willing TO
assume the obligations of an accuser.
The charges are therefore OF no more
weight than If made by an anonymous
writer.
When such sweeping charges.
though anonymous, are spread broad
cast in the press. the city is adver-
tised far and near as a lawless COM
munity and thereby greatly injured.
The press might perform a real bene-
fit il it required such charges to be
made specific, so that the authorities
might prosecute.
While disavowing any inference that
the majority OF those engaged in the
liquor traffic are in sympathy with
lawbreakers. and knowing well that
many of our best and most charitable
citizens are so engaged. and while
disavowing any inference that the
majority OF those preaching the pro-
hibition ideal are in sympathy with
detractors and shirkers.
and knowing that many are sincere I'm
theft ideals. yet I maintain that the
majority of our citizens
are law abiding and are devoid of
sympathy for the few of either ex-
tre7ne the Law breaker or the shirk-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-06

southeast quarter. section IS, II. 3w
$4,000.
Gunnard Okerson to Thomas Wells
ter, lot and part lot II. Anderberg S
replat, Lincoln Heights, Moline, 81.
Jessie and Marilla Healy TO Charles
o. Anderson, lot 3. block 4, Healy's
first addition, Moline, 5000
John F. Siebrandt tie William l..
Vogt. northwest quarter. northeast
quarter. section 30. 10. Be, $4,000.
William J. Schuck to John +. Sic
brandt, northwest quarter, northeast
quarter, section 80, Is, Sc, $4,000.
Samuel S. Beal TO Henry Weideman,
tract in sections and 10. is. 2e. s12,-
500
Thomas w. Crawford to Fred Klebo.
to be known as lot l, in 7. ". Craw-
ford's addition. Silvis. $400
Guyer & White to William Stopulos,
lot 20. block 1GS. East Moline, $3.50.
Thomas Dougherty TO Isaac Levin
stein. lot 3. block :. f. Schnelrs first
addition, Rock Island. 81.
Christopher W. Blakley by heirs to
John Wilson, undivided 5-6 OF south y
of south u section 34-16-2W. s12.5O0.
Anna NJ. Bailey and Alice r. BeaI
10 Gust G. Anderson. tract in section
$4,000.
Elsie NJ Huber TO Karl and Minnie
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-06
REALTY CHANGES

Sam G. McAdams to J. r. Doonan,
lot C. Alfred F. Ekstrom's subdivision,
Reynolds, $4,000.
John L. Brashar to Sandy Coyne.
tract in sections IL and IL. 10. 2w, and
other lets. $4,000.
James Gauley 10 Clarence e. Gauley,
south half, northeast quarter, section
90, 16. 3w, 900.
William W. Milton TO Amos Ziegen-
born. lot .. southeast quarter. south
west quarter. section 80. 10. 5w. $4,000.
William L. McGreer 10 Dorsey A.
northeast quarter. northeast
quarter. section s, IL. 5w. $4,000.
Patrick J. Farrell to Richard +. Fish,
lot %. block 1s3. East Moline. 81.
Willis W. and Hannah Fulimer to
Jacob and Joseph Ammann. south half.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-06
Complains of Course of Local Optjonists i,
Advertising 80.
that can be worn as 2
Advertising

be punished. When citizens shirI
their obvious duty 10 aid in the en-
forcement of present stringent regula-
tons. there is not much comfort in the
program OF further restrictions. for the
duty OF every good citizen TO aid in
the enforcement OF the law would like
wise be shirked by the same promot-
ers when they acquired knowledge OF
infractions.
II IS further TO be observed that the
charges made are entirely impersonai
and lacking in that detail that would
render the writer liable to an action
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-06

Rock Island. March 5.-Editor The
Argus:-In the issue OF your paper
Of March 3. there appeared an adyer-
tisenent from the Local Option COM
nittee making numerous charges OF
n'sdemeanor and crime by saloon
keepers Of this city that deserve some
consideration.
~ the perpetrators Of said charges
nave such knowledge as they pretend.
y occurs TO me that their duty TO
Themselves and TO the community is
70 reveal their knowledge to the pres
ent grand jury so that the guilty may
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-06

Lutz, lot z, block /, Velies first addi-
ton, Rock Island, s1.0G.
J. E. Donahoo to Dewitt and Emma
Foskitt, tract in section and 34-1S
and 1S-2E, $1.OO.
Guyer and White to Geo. H. Owen,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-06

ing theorist-and while this vast ma
jority abhors association with either
extreme, ridiculous as it may seem, no
other option is presented in the COM
ing ballot. And yet we proudly boast
that the majority rules!
What is the solution?
EDWARD II. GUYER.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-06

lots 80 and "a. block PA and lot Is
block 221, lot %. block 215. New
Shops second addition. e. Moline.
S2100.
.ohn Power to Peter Eckardt, east
u west Y section 29-17-2W.. $1.0O. 80
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-06

Two such great sales as this have gone
before-last April and last October-and
left in their wake over 1000 happy and
satisfied customers.
This sale is planned on the same broad
scale; it offers the same high grade mer=
chandise, and brings you just as big savings
These thousand coats are from reliable
concern, making nothing, but rain coats.
Here are the priCeS-nO
The daily sentinel., 1914-01-17
SCRAMBLE ON FOR
F00DC0MM|SS|0NER
Sentinel Special Service.

Denver. Jan. l7.-The appoint
ment of George Bradley as a mem
ber of the state railroad commission
has occasioned scramble for the
position of state pure food commits
slbner. job that pays $2.50O a year.
UP to date no less than half a dozen
have applied to the board of health
which makes the appointment. The
two who apparently have the inside
call on the job are Frederick Long
and Frank Larey, both of whom have
been inspectors under Mr.. Bradley.
Whether the place is soon to be filled
or not, is said to be Questionable.
Secretary Paul Hunter of the health
board may conclude to look after the
work of the pure food department
himself for the time being. II he
does so. then there will be no selec-
tion of pure food commissioner for
some time. However, this is not def
mite, but possibility.
The daily sentinel., 1914-01-17
BANK RESERVE
BOARD STARTS
WESTERN TRIP
Will Spend Five Weeks in West,
Visiting Denver and May
Go Through This City.
Associated Press.

hbSUCIHttU tSS.
Washington, d. c.. Jan. 1.-THE
reserve bank organization commit
tee left here today for five-weeks
trip in the west. 1t will hear argu-
ments of the bankers of the big
cities which are in the field to get
federal reserve banks,
The first meeting will be held in
Chicago next Monday. They will then
go to st. Louis, Denver and the Pa
cific coast. The committe returns
here Feb. is.
The daily sentinel., 1914-01-17
MAYOR CALLS MEET
OF CITY PARENTS

Mayor Cherrington this afternoon
issued a call for a meeting of men at
the Y. NJ. c. A. tomorrow at 8
o'clock. The gathering is for the
purpose of considering the best way
to further in a practical way the the
cries of the father and son" move
ment.
Mr.. Cherrington recently issued a
proclamation calling on all fathers
to interest themselves in the plan
to promote better and more inti-
mate feeling between father and son
and this meeting will probably result
in the organization of local society
with this idea as its object.
The invitation is to fathers in the
city in general.
Miss Gertrude Sackett of Telluride
is the guest of friends in the city.
l.. NJ. Olsen. Price, Utah, busi-
ness man, is a local visitor today.