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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-03-12
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WESTERN.

Miss Alileen Heppner. accused OF
perjury in connection with the Hen
ning-Funk alienation suit. was found
not guilty by jury at Chicago.
The collier Jupiter. which recently
made a successful trial trip, will be
the first ship in the navy propelled
with electrically driven machinery to
make an extended cruise.
Richard Schultz, who confessed he
cut Mrs. Eli abeth Healy's throat after
a trivial quarrel. was the most uncon-
cerned person in the room when the
coroner's inquest was held in Chicago.
DIR. G. Frank Lydston announced at
the meeting of the Chicago Medical
Association that he had successfully
transplanted the generative gland of a
dead person to the body OF a living
man.
The first vessel in a direct Portland
to-Alaska service sailed from Portland.
II is the Thomas l.. Wand flying the
house flag of the Pacific Steamship
Company. The round voyage is ex-
pected to take eighteen. days.
The plea for the loan of s15O. 900 to
the international organization of the
United Mine Workers of America to
carry on the labor war in Colorado
precipitated a battle at the convention
of the Illinois Mine workers at Peoria,
III.
Louis w. Hill. chairman of the board
of directors of the Great Northern
railway. was elected president of the
company at a speciai meeting OF the
board of directors held in st. Paul He
will retain the title of chairman of the
board ex-officio.
Ralph Lo'ez. Mexican bandit who
shot and killed several men at Bing-
ham. Utah. and for whom a nation
wide search has been conducted since
his escape from the utah-Apex mine,
may be a patient now in the Milwau-
kee county hospital.
The State Public Utilities Commits
sion adopted an order requiring all
steam roads in Illinois. after May
to maintain bulletin boards announc-
ing the time of arrival and departure
of every passenger train ut least thir-
ty minutes before each train is due
Suspected of having made a murder
Gus attack on Mrs. C.. f. McItae aud
Leslie ArmGuist with knife and pok-
er in Minneapolis grocery. William
Griffin of Monona, Iowa. was arrested
Mt La Crosse. Wis. Mrs. McRae was
stabbed six times and an iron poker
was thrust down her throat.
William j. Bierkamp. Jr.. Denver
real estate man andyformer president
Of the Germania State bank. now in
liquidation, was arrested by the San
Francisco police on n warrant charg-
ing the operation Of confidence
game. j. /. Carper, vice president OF
the bank and the board OF directors,
swore out the warrant.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-03-12
WASHlNGTON.

To date licenses have been issued to
2,346 RADIO operators. 2.o99 of them be-
ing first grade.
Representative Willis OF Ohio Tor
mally announced his candidacy for the
Ohio Republican gubernatorial nomi-
nation.
President Wilson before Congress
pleaded for repeal of the provision of
the Panama canal act which exempts
American coastwise shipping from
tolls.
Earl B. Rose of Ashland. n. H., has
been appointed clerk of the United
States court at Shanghai, China. He
is son of former Mayor David S.
Rose of Milwaukee. Wis.
Cabinet officers and their wives en-
tertained the President and Mrs. VIII
son at dinner Friday evening. which
marked the anniversary of the first
meeting OF President Wilson's cabinet.
Two representatives of Felix Diaz-
Pedro Del Vilar and Cecilio Ocon-
startled the Senate foreign relations
committee by proposing that the
United States back Daz in new revo-
luton in the hope of bringing peace
to Mexico.
Claims of ]. F. McMurray of Nc
Alester. Okla. against the Choctaw
and Chickasaw Indians, appropriating
sl00. 900 for legal fees, were denied by
a commission headed by Indian Com
missioner Sells. which held there was
no warrant of law for payment.
A vigorous appeal for liberality on
the part of the government in aiding
the Americen farmer to meet the ma
tons increasing demands for food was
made by Representative Lever of
South Carolina, who opened the House
debate on the agricultural appropria-
ton bill. which carries about S15,O00.-
900.
Secretary and Mrs. Bryan were
hosts to a large number of senators,
representatives and prominent public
officials at dinner given in honor OF
Senator and Mrs. John w. Kern of
Indiana.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-03-12
FOREIGN.

Canada IL waiting ON the United
States to adopt legislation making the
fisheries treaty between the two coun-
tries effective.
The delicate operation of separating
the 'Siamese twins" Madeleine and
Susanne, who had been born united,
was performed successfully in Paris
General Carranza ordered an inves-
LOCATION of the Sauch case by the
commission sent to Ell Paso to look
into the death of w. S. Benton, a Brit
ish subject.
The government troops took the
town of Ouanaminthe, thirty miles
east of Cape Haitien, Haiti, and cap
tured two Of the rebel leaders and a
large number of their followers.
BY substantial majority the House
of Commons put on record desire
that the government reconsider its re-
iusal to participate officially in the
Panama-Pac.fic international exposi-
tion.
tuberculosis has a little more than
doubled in France since 1887, accord
ing to figures supplied by Henri
Schmidt. a Republican-Radical deputy,
who is one of the leading figures in
the temperance movement in France.
British government participation in
the Panama-Pacific exposition at San
Francisco as a reciprocal for Wilson's
toll repeal speech was urged by many
British newspapers. The press of all
England was highly enthusiastic in its
praise of the President.
Asserting that there is no warrant
of International laws or treaty under
which the 1000 Mexicans who fled to
the United States after the battle OF
Ojinaga. and who are interned at Fort
Bliss, can be held. representatives of
the Huerta government are preparing
to institute habeas corpus proceedings
to obtain their liberation.
Under the eyes of battery of alien
lists employed in an effort to have him
declared insane. and before the stern
cross-eXamination of the states prose
cutor. who demands that the death
penalty be inflicted, Marcel Rouder-
eau. fifteen years old. admitted in
court at Nantes. France, that he muir
dered seven persons with pruning
hook. Sept. 20.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-03-12
BENEFITS IN FIGURES
FOUR YEARS STRIKE COSTS MIN.
ERs $1,ss5,s 5,sss.e5.
E. L. Doyle Gives Congressional lnves-
tisating Committee Exact Totals
of All Benefits Paid.

| Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-Almost 100000 in strike
benefits have been paid by the United
Mine Workers in Colorado since May
| 1910, according to the sworn state
ment of Edward L. Doyle, secretary
treasurer Of the Colorado district OF
the Union. on the witness stand in
Denver before the congressional strike
investigating committee.
Strike benefits are now being paid
Doyle testified, to 2O,50S men, women
| and children. The benefits are
divided among 1901 men, 1891 wom-
en- and 9,316 children.
Since the calling of the strike last
September in the Southern coal fields,
the union has expended $714,5S5.65 in
the camps there. The sum includes
the strike from Sept. 20, 1913. to Feb.
20, 1914. In the Northern coal fields,
where the strike was begun in April.
1910, the expenditures have been:
From May, 1910. to March 81, 1912.
s597 ,37O.11: from April /, 1912, to
Sept. 20, 1913, s443,O42S1; from Sept.
20. 1913. to Feb. 20, 1914, $240. 0.S99.32.
The total strike benefit expenditures
in the state since 1910. have been
1895, ,s9S65.
DO you think it is better to support
men in idleness than to keep them at
work." asked Congressman Suther-
land.
No replied Doyle. Il think it is a
disgrace that these hundreds of men
are idle. But under present conditions
strikes are necessary in order to get
rights for the laboring men,
Doyle declared he does not believe
in violence and that he thinks ii the
greatest enemy of laboring interests.
He advised strikers to. picket in viola
ton of the state law in the northern
field last fall, he said, in order to test
the law and by advice of counsel.
In regard to the Oak Creek disturb
ances in Route county, he testified
that he advised the Oak Creek strik-
ers to shoot to protect their homes If
the Steamboat Springs mob tried to
attack them.
The committee met in Denver after
closing its hearings in the southern
field at Walsenburg.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-03-12
Wealthy Raneher Commits Suicide

Loveland.-George A. Scoville, 5S.
one Of the best known men of this sec
tion, wealthy cattleman and large
property holder, committed suicide
by shooting off the top of his head
with a large caliber Winchester rifle.
The body was discovered by a neigh
Dor who called at the Scoville home
to visit Mrs. Scoville. Mrs. Scoville
had gone to town to do some shopping
and did not learn OF her husband S
death until informed oy neighbors who
met her on her way home.
Scoville's poor health drove him to
despondency and prompted him to
take his own life. is the belief of Mrs.
Scoville. who says that her husband
had been complaining for several
months, although he never limited at
suicide.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-03-12
THE TOTAL STATE DEBTS.
Preliminary Census Figures Show In
crease of Fifty Per Cent in Decade.

Washington. = Preliminary figures
made public by the director OF the
census. w. ]. Harris. show that the
total Indebtedness of the forty-eight
states of the union. less sinking fund
assets. on June 80, 1913, was $342 2,2l5.-
600. an increase of $107342 900, or
nearly 80 per cent over the total ten
years ago.
Including sinking fund assets. the
total debt amounted to $419.157 900, of
which sum about s19,000,ete repre-
sented the floating debt.
The total debt of Massachusetts, the
report said. represented 23.2 per cent
of the debt of all states in the United
States. Iowa, Wyoming and Oregon
each had less than one-tenth OF / per
cent of the debt of all the states.
while Pensylvania's sinking fund as
sets. exceeded the total debt New
York had 25 per cent of the total for
the thirty-eight states.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-03-12
'CASCARETS" FOR
A BILIOUS LIVER
For sick headache, bad breath,
Sour Stomach and
constipation.
Get a lO-cent box now.

Get lV-Cent OON now.
No odds how bad your liver. stomach
or bowels: how much your head
aches. how miserable and uncomfort-
able you are from constipation. indiges-
ton. biliousness and sluggish bowels
you always get the desired results
with Cascarets.
Don't let your stomach. liver and
bowels make you miserable. Take
Cascarets tonight; put an end to the
headache, biliousness, dizziness, nerv-
BUSINESS. sick, sour, gassy stomach,
backache and all other distress;
cleanse your inside organs of all the
bile, gases and constipated matter
which is producing the misery.
A 10-cent box means health, happi-
ness and clear head for months.
No more days OF gloom and distress
II you will take a Cascaret now and
then. All stores sell Cascarets. Don't
forget the children-their little In
sides need a cleansing. too. Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-03-12
A Clue.

Thornton had been taught never to
tell tales, and he intended to live up to
his teaching. but sometimes it was
hard work.
Thornton" said his mother one eve
ming. Il left a dish OF chocolate pep
permints on my table this afternoon
and there isn't one there now. Have
you and Gerald eaten them?'
Il haven't eaten one." replied the
boy stoutly, "but"-then he remem
bered he must not be a talebearer
We'll. mother" he continued, per
haps. if-you'd better just smell Ger,
aid. and ! guess then you'll know all
about t!"-Illustrated Sunday Maga
zine.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-03-12
LlFE'S ROAD
Smoothed by Change Of Food.

Worry is a big load to carry and an
unnecessary one. When accompanied
by indigestion it certainly is cause for
the blues.
But the whole trouble may be easily
thrown OF and lfe's road be made
easy and comfortable by proper eating
and the cultivation of good cheer.
Read what Troy woman says:
Two years ago l made the acquaint-
ance of Grape-Nuts and have used the
food once a day and sometimes twice,
ever since
AT the time I began to use it life
was burden. l was for years afflict.
ed with bilious sick headache, caused
by indigestion. and nothing seemed to
relieve me.
The trouble became so severe ]
had to leave my work for days at a
time.
My nerves were in such a state ]
could not sleep and the doctor said |
was on the verge OF nervous prostra.
tion. l saw an adv. concerning Grape
Nuts and bought a package for tria,
What GrapeNuts has done for me
is certainly marvellous. l can now
sleep like a child, am entirely free
from the old trouble and have not had
headache in over a year. l feel like
new person. have recommended II
10 others. One man l knew ate prin.
cipally Grape-Nuts while working on
the ice all winter. and said he never
felt better in his life
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich. Read THE Road to
Wellville," in pkgs. There's a Rea
son."
Ever read the above letterF A new
one appears from time to tine, They
Interest.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-03-12
chicken and oy.ters.

Melt two tablespoonfuls of butter in
chatting dish, stir in two rounded table,
spoonfuls of flour, half teaspoonful
of salt and pepper to taste. Then add
a pint of thin cream or rich milk.
Stir until smooth and thick; add a
mint of cold cooked white meat OF
chicken or turkey, or any white meat.
such as veal or lamb cut into dice. Al
SO a pint of oysters carefully toasted
and drained. Cook until the oysters
plump up, hen serve on toast with a
spoonful of finely chopped, crisp celery
snrinkled on ton
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-03-12
Phone Rate Gu. 80 Per Cent.

Denver.-The proposed telephone
rate reduction bill. drafted Jointly. by
City Attorney |. n, Stevens and At
torney James II. Brown for the Den
yer Business Mems Association. de-
clares that the Mountain States Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company has
been receiving excessive return upon
its investment, amounting to 35 per
cent of its charges, and provides for
a rate reduction which will not be less
than 30 per cent nor more than 35 per
cent.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-03-12
Mrs. Stevenson Scores Enemy in vii

Santa Barbara, Cal.-Mrs. Robert
Louis Stevenson's will. disposing of an
estate valued at $120,500, was filed for
probate here recently by Lloyd Os-
bourne, her son. Under its terms the
estate goes to Mrs. Stevenson's daugh-
ter. Mrs. Isabel Strong. with instruc-
tions to pay Lloyd Osburne $500 a
month for life. Another provision of
the will read: ITO Catherine Dur
ham Osbourne, of incredible ferocity
who lived on my bounty for many
years, at the same time pursuing me
with malicious slander, leave S."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-03-12
Then the Apparatu. Is in Demand,

A visitor was being shown through
lid-lifting athletic" club. The CHIEF
attraction seemed to be the liquid
gymnastic department. However, there
was a cheaply equipped gymnasium
which showed evidences of disuse
There was dust on the Indian clubs
and cobwebs on the dumbells.
Don't the members ever use this
equipment" the visitor asked.
"Oh. yes. occasionally-when figh,
starts" was the reply
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-03-12
Utah and Colorado Governors Confer

Denver.-That Utah is ready and
willing to work hand in hand with
Colorado for the mutual benefit OF
both states. is the message which was
brought to Denver by Governor Will
lam Spry of Utah, who was en- route
from Washington to his home in Salt
Lake. He held long conference with
Governor Ammons. during which it
was decided to hold the Western Gov
ernor's Conference in Denver April Z,
two days in advance of the National
Irrigation Conference to be called by
Secretary Lane.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-03-12
Mother" Jone. Denied Habea. corpu.

Trinidad.-Holding that the case in
which Mother" Mary Jones petitioned
for a writ of habeas corpus was the
same in all essential particulars as the
Davis case decided Feb. 4, Judge A
w. McHendrie handed down a decision
from the bench, denying the writ and
remanded the petitioner to the custody
of the military authorities now holding
her. Attorneys for the Miners Union
promise to carry the case to the Su-
preme Court.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-03-12
Testing Nepnew's Knowledge.

There is certain old German OF
Wilkesbarre. Pa, whose pride. like
that of many self-made men. leads him
at times into a sort OF patronizing con-
descension toward those things he did
not have time for when he was max
ing his way in life.
Upon the occasion OF the graduation
of nephew. he asked:
Veil. Wilhelm. vot did dey teach
you up there,'
Greek and Latin" said the boy.
and German and algebra"
so. sol" murmured the old Ger
man. And vots der algebra for po-
tatoes, now?''-Youth's Companion.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-03-12
A Rich Mans Views.

so you are opposed to grand opera
at popular prices?" We 49,
Yes; next they'll be having terra
pin at popular prices and orchids. at
bargain rates. And then what inter
est will rich man have in life"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-03-12
Sanford Named manitou Postmaster

Colorado Springs.-T. j. Sandford
received his commission as postmas-
ter of Manitou and assumed his du-
ties, succeeding II. II. Grafton, who
has been postmaster there for sixteen
years.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-03-12
Pueblo Merchant Run Down by Taxi.

Pueblo.-Stephen Rayhawk WAS run
over by a taxicab and seriously in
jured. His left leg was broken and he
received numerous wounds and
bruises. in addition to internal in
juries. The police are searching for
the taxicab driver. whose identity is
unknown.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-03-12
Miner Remembers Former Friend

Chicago.-Dr. E. S. Higley has re-
ceived word that he has inherited ST.
100000 from Charles Froelich, Aus
trailian miner. whom he befriended
thirty years ago with an $500 loan in
Nebraska
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-03-12
Slightly Affected by the Weather

Mother - Tommy. what was. the
golden text at Sunday school today?
Tommy (who lives in Alaska-Let
me see. oh. yes, Many are cold.
but few are frozen."-Judge.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-03-12
Nice Woman, This.

Snapp-Well. all the fools are no,
dead yet.
Mrs. Snapp-Tm glad of 1t. never
did look well in black
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-03-12

When girl jilts a young man she
may do him great kindness-but he
doesn't realize it until later.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-03-12

Red Cross Bay Blue makes the laundresu
happy. makes clothes winter than snow
Ali good grocers- Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-03-12

Some men reach the top and than
become dizzy.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-03-12
MISUNDERSTANDING

o. broken automobile and machine parts by OXY.
ACETlLENE process. All work guaranteed or money
refunded. Prices reasonable. Internal IonAl Weld
Ing Works. 1858 14th st Denver Colo
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-27
Steelton Snapshots
Merchant Sues.-I

Merchant Sues.-Israel Sharavasky
a local merchant, yesterday fled a suit
for $4,000 damages against Trivium
Laice, alleging slander. In his state
ment Sharavasky charges that Laice
accused him of cheating people and
that this hurt his business.
Many Go to York.-A large dele
cation of members of Washington
Camp. 102, Patriotic Order Sons of
America, accompanied by friends and
a delegation from Highspire, left
Harrisburg In a special train this
morning to attend the State conven-
ton at York. l.. Ira Cargill, a local
man, is candidate for the Office OF
State guard.
Hold Annual Picnic.-The annual
picnic of the primary department OF
st. Marks Lutheran Church will be
held at Reservoir Park Saturday. The
children will leave the church at $40
in the morning in charge of a special
committee.
Auto Hits Boy.-Levin Cation, -Swa-
tara street, was struck by an automo-
bile near Front and Franklin streets,
Tuesday evening. He received a num-
ber of body bruises, but was not seri-
ously injured.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-27
PALMER TALKING
ABOUT FUSION NOW
Says There Are Negotiations on and
Then Declares That He Is a
Candidate to End

Washington. D. c., Aug. 27.-Repre-
sentative A. Mitchell Palmer, Demo-
cratic senatorial candidate in Penn
sylvania, has made known that fusion
with the Washington party in Penn
Democrats. Realizing there is no hope
of victory with the opposition to the
Republican party divided Palmer,
Vance c. Mccormick, gubernatorial
candidate, and others are exchanging
ideas with William Finn and his lieu
tenants
Palmer said: IT do not care to give
names, but fusion proposals came from
men who / have every reason to be-
lieve are competent to speak for their
party. No negotiations are now going
on as far as / know, but there is
plenty of time for such a movement to
be carried out Fusion can be effected
up to thirty days before the election"
Palmer denied that he would retire
from the fight for senator in favor of
Clifford Pinchot, the Washington party
candidate. II am candidate and
propose to remain a candidate until
the election" said he.
The one hope of the Democratic
reorganizers. it is understood. is to
induce William Draper Lewis to with
draw as Washington party candidate
for Governor and have the Finn fol-
lowers indorse Mccormick. In return
for this concession w. T. Greasy will
be pulled off the Democratic ticket
for Governor and Lewis substituted.
Fusion on congresSmen-at at-large is not
feasible, Democrats saw,
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KNOCKS W|FE'S TEETH
OUT WITH FLAT|RO|V
Used Same Weapon on Boarding
Mistress When She
Interfered

When Marie Proctor attempted to
mix in a little family affair between
Charles Robbretts and his wife, who
board with Marie, she got the worst of
the little set-to that followed, accord
ing to the story she told Squire Gard
ner last evening.
Robbretts, according to the testi-
mony, dropped his year-old son on
the floor rather too hard to suit his
wife. She complained and according
to her story, lost several teeth. Charles
used flatiron that was handy, she
says.
This sort of angered Marie and she
got into action but so again did the
fatiron-and Marie came to the hear
ing with her head swathed in band
ages. Robbretts was arrested by Of
ficers Gore and Bombgardner and held
in default of bail for court on charges
of aggravated assault and plain as
sault and battery, by Squire Gardner
Marie will recover but Mrs. Robbretts
Will need a new set of teeth.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-27
Japan May Assist in
Driving Out Germans
Rr Associntcd Prets

Toxic. Aug. 81, 11.40 r. M.-The
empress Is occupied daily in making
bandages for the Red Cross workers.
She is ably assisted by the court
ladies.
Patriotic lantern professions are be-
ing held in the various cities and such
is the interest in the war that the
people are crowding moving picture
shows where battle scenes are pro-
duced
The official Gazette publishes de-
cree announcing that the service of
officers of the modified division has
been extended indefinitely.
Yukio Ozaki, minister of justice, in
speaking of the distinterestedness Of
Japan in the war other than in the
conditions of Kiao-Chow and the
China sea, said:
when Japan captures Kiao-Chow
and hostilities in the China and Japan
seas are over, Japan will stand aside
and become an onlooker IL the war In
Europe still is in progress.
"If, however the Germans still re-
tain a standing in the South seas
which would be1a menace, Japan, in
accordance with the alliance, would
consult Great Britain, and might CO.
operate in driving the Germans out
of the Orient"