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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-09-24

Sweater Coats
We lust received a fine line
Of new sweater coats for
men, women and children.
They are heavy and light
weight, with or without coll
lars. and all cOlNrS. Look
them over, it will pay you.
Prices Soc to $3.50.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-03-10
nEeTR!ICT!VE FIRE ULI nUUissE s:iL
 AT kIEFfR, OKLA.
BUSINESS HOUSES AND IMMENSE OIL STORAGE TANK IS TO-
 TALLY DETRoYED.

Oklahoma City, Okla, March g. Fire of unknown origin this afternoon destroyed g business buildings, sev- eral residences, and a 50,000 barrel storage tank of the Texas Oil & Gas Company at Kiefer, Okla, in the heart of the Oklahoma oil fields, entailing a loss estimated at s150,000 The loss on the oil and tank alone will exceed $50,000
 The fire, which started about 2 o'clock, in tailor shop, was famed by a high wind and ragged for four hours before it burned out in the residence district on the north and stopped by block of concrete build ings on the east. Dry goods cloth ing, grocery and drug stores, two liv- cry and feed stables and two tailor shops were among the buildings burn. ed. The telephone exchange was de- stroyed and the town cut off from telephonic communication with the outside world for several hours.
 The loss of the oil company was fully covered by insurance, but there was little insurance on the other build ings. The fire was the second to prac- tically wipe out the business district of the town within a year
The Sentinel=record., 1914-03-10
SENTENCES AFFIRMED.
Supreme Court Refuses to Review
 Dynamiters' Sentences.

Washington, March 9-The final chapter in the iron workers campaign to destroy "open shops with dynamite and nitroglycerin was written today by the supreme court in refusing to review penitentiary sentences impos' ed on Frank M Ryan president of the Interan.ional association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers and 23 of the associations members.
 Senator Kern, leading counsel for the iron workers at their trial at In- dianapolis, stated after the supreme courts action that he did not contem- plate appealing to the president for a pardon for tie convicted men, waich alone stands between them and the prison
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of moderate means his wealth is scarcely sufficient to attract a seeker after ransom. Furthermore, there has never been any demand made upon him for ransom money since the child disappeared, excepting by persons who sought little 'quick money" and whom it was easily shown by investigation that they had no knowledge of little Catherine's whereabouts or the cause of her dis appearance.
 The gypsy theory has been refuted by the certain knowledge that no gypsies were in Newcastle or it's Vi cinty last March A theory at first entertained that the grandmother or other relatives of the child living in Wisconsin might have been concern ed in her disappearance likewise was proven absolutely without foundation. Other supposed clues led to Miehi- gan, to Iowa and even to the Pacific Northwest, but nothing came of them. The offer of liberal rewards have brought no result. A special grand jury investigation of the case failed to develop any information of value. State and county authorities and the fraternal orders to which Dr. Winters belongs have lent their aid in the search.
 Dr. Winters, despite his long and fruitless search, still appears conf dent that little Catherine, will be found. Others who are closely inter ested in the mysterious case believe that the missing child is living, but where, or under what circumstances, none can even guess,
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eight Americans and two Mexicans in the expedition persisted, and there was reason to believe also that at least one of the Mexicans was a resi-. dent on the Mexican side, while the other may have been a resident of Texas.
 A Mexican who is reported to have given the American party most i'm portant information was said tonight to have remained in Mexico and fears were expressed for his safety. It is known several Mexicals gave Amer ican Consul Garrett of Nuevo Laredo information concerning Vergara's death and it was Mexican who first directed attention to the new grave afterwards found to hold the body oi Vergara.
 The report that Vergara had been tortured rested not only on the fact also on the circumstances that no that one hand was burned black, but other portion of the body. including the clothing, showed any trace of flames. These circumstances were coupled with reports that MeXicans occasionally have used torture by fire to elicit information. the feet usually being burned first. Vergaras feet were bare, but not apparently scorch- ed.
 Federal authorities in Nuevo La redo have refused to discuss the in- cident, either the fact of Vergara' s death, which had never been admitt- ed by them, or it's exhuming by per sons who crossed into Mexico with out their permission. Gen. Alvarez, now commanding at Nuevo Laredo, was the officer who promised Ameri- can Consul Blocker at Piedras Negras, where he then was stationed, that Yer gara would be released.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-03-10
Newspapers Ignore Incident.

Mexico City, March 9.-All Spanish newspapers in Mexico City today care fully omitted ay meation of the re- coveery from Mexico of the body of Clemente Vergara. The newspapers instead displayed prominently dis patches alleging that fraction existed between Washington and Carra1za and Villa over the killing of Benton.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-03-10
VISITOR COMMITS SUICIDE

Martin A. Hagan, a visitor from Fargo, North Dakota, committed sui eide at local hotel at three o'clock this morning. Hagan had been suffer ing from nervous trouble for some time and it is believed he was des- pendent over his condition. He fired a heavy calibre revolver bullet into his mouth, which plowed it's way through the top of his head. Death was almost instantaneous.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-03-10
NAME SPEAKERS
 FOR CELEBRATION
CEREMONIAL OF RECEIVING NEW RAILROAD WILL BE PICTURED
 FOR MOVIES.
Committees Are Making Progress in the Matter of Detail of the Bia St. Patrick's Day Feature Here.

Short addresses will mark the cere- mQnllasl on Central avenue aaiela will serve for welcoming to Hot Springs of the first railroad that ever has bee I built into the city from the west, the program having been outlined yester. day by the committee from the Young Mems Chamber of Commerce. which had been assigned that work.
 Gov. George w. Hays will tell of what Arkansas thinks in welcome to the new railroad in a ten-minute ad- dress. The other speakers will each talk five minutes. An hours program at the ceremonial, including all that goes to make this welcoming a grand one, will be sufficient, the committee believed, because of their being no facilities for seats on the grounds.
 Other speakers besides Gov. Hays who had been selected were Mayor McClendon, who will welcome the rail. road in behalf of Hot Springs; an Of ficial of the Memphis, Dallas x Gulf who will make the response: Mayor Taylor of Little Rock, who will ex. plain the importance of this new rail- road to that city and President Geo Callahan of the Young Mems Cham Der of Commerce, who will be master of ceremonies, as the official repre-. sentative of this live young conner cial institution.
 The various committees from the Young Mems Chamber of Commerce all reported progress yesterday. MT. James Anderson volunteered his serv- ices for the daylight fireworks. The committee on the arrangement at the grounds has not decided on the form of welcoming, but two plans have been submitted both of which are most acceptable.
 Word was received yesterday by Secretary Latta from the Pathe Week. ly that a representative of this nov. ing picture concern would be he.e to make history of the event MT Bias. chke who has made some of the best films ever exhibited, is making his ar engagements to get the whole of the proceedings in his photo box, and es a result Hot Springs is going to be widely advertised.
 The St. Patrick's dance at the Arl- ington continues to be a big feature of the program of the day, for there is little question but that new era in the social life of Hot Springs will be whitten, The visiting society de- votes will have the society of the state as we'll as city here to enjoy the new dances with them. Yesterday at a committee of the Young Mems Chamber of Commerce it was decided that at least ten and perhaps twenty of the active young members of this organization would wear reception" badges across their evening dress that evening, and devote the most of their time and attention to hospitality, to introductions. and seeing to 1t that the guests of the city enjoyed the evening as thoroughly as those Who hade wide local acquaintances.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-03-10
.30 ID 35 DEAD IN . ST. LOUIS HOTEL FIRE

SEVEN KNOWN DEAD, TWENTYFoUR MISSING AND SEVENTEEN INJURED DESTROYED THE MISSOURI ArHL E.
 TIC CLUB BUILDING ON SUNDAY
The Sentinel=record., 1914-03-10
MEET THE HIGH
 COST OF LIVING

One way to meet the high cost of living is to spend more time studying The advertisements In your morning Newspaper. In that way you will learn where to spend your money and get the best possible value.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-03-10

Washington, March 9.--Forecast for Arkansas: Fair Tuesday Wednesday, fair and colder.
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Probably 35 Dead,


 St. Louis, March 9.-That from Sv to 35 guests of the Missouri Athletic l Club perished in the flames that ue- l stroyed the building this morning is the belief of officers of the clu bto- night.
 Seven bodies have been recovered and from 23 to 29 occupants of the structure are still unaccounted for. At sundown tonight firemen continued the search for bodies in the shoulder ing runs, under the glare of search l lights
 Though a committee early today 1 opened headquarters at the-Press Club and asked all who were guests of the Missouri Athletic Club last night to report from thirty to thirty five did not register and hourly the feeling grew that all these were lost. Hope was given by Fire Chief Swingley late today that the water could be pumped out of the ruins to- night and that search for bodies might then be resumed. While the search continued today and seventeen persons injured in the fire were under treatment at pu<.ie and priavte hospital"
 There was much difficulty identi- flying the dead and some were iden- tified under two or three different names
 The blaze was the most serious as to fatalities of any fire in the city's history. It completely wrecked a sev- en-story building occupied jointly by the Missouri Athletic Club and by the Bcatmen's Bank, caused property loss estimated at $466,OOO and forced the abandonment of the inter-colle- giate track meet to have been held in St. Louis under the auspices of the club Saturday night
 The cause of the fire still was a mystery tonight Reports that the blaze was accompanied by terrific explosion indicating that the fire was due to the efforts of bank robbers to dynamite the Boatmens Bank were unconfirmed. Reports of explosions were denied by the night watchman of the bank.
 The number of guests who had rooms ia the club house either per manently or for the night, was about 100. Many escaped, some checked out before the fire; others, it is thought, were not there when the flames broke out; some were injured in leaving the club house and the rest are listed among the dead or ulaccounted for. The fire was discovered by a wom- an who was waiting in the club lobby for her escort. She saw the reflection of the flames in the plate glass win dows across the street Thirty-eight guests on the fifth floor were awakened by MT. and Mrs. Rob ert Magill, who refused to leave un- til they had given the alarm to all within reach MT. Mcgill was house manager of the club. Mrs. Magill was badly burned.
 Dramatic escapes were numerous. One of the most spectacular was that of twelve or thirteen men who de scended from fifth floor window to the roof of an adjoining building by means of sheets. One guest escaped by leaping over a chasm ten feet wide to the roof of an adjoining building.
 While the firemen were at work on the Fourth street side, the wall facing that street collapsed rom the fourth floor up The fremen fled to building across the street and es- caped. One fireman was hit and his leg broken.
 Sections Of the east wall tell rom time to time throughout the day
The Sentinel=record., 1914-03-10
STILL SEARCHING RUINS FOR THE MISSING
FEARS ARE ENTERTAINED THAT FATALITIES INCLUDE NEARLY ALL THE A HOUR HAD NOT BEEN ACCOUNTED FoR-THE LIST.

F. w. Williams, New York; connect ed with Globe Canning Co.,, Passport, Me; hands burned and head bruised. P. c. Little, Chicago knee wrench. ed
 Lee Walsh, bruised.
 Charles Schinnel Chicago; both legs broken and internally injured.
 John Dwyer, engine company No. G.; right leg fractured; caught under fall. ing wall
 Robert Magill, house manager Mis- souri Athletic Club; burned about legs.
 Mrs. Robert Magill, feet burned and cut.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-03-10
THE DEAD.

St. Louis, March 9-The revised list of dead follows:
 Kessler, Edwin C., St. Louis; cash fer Ludlow Saylor Wire Co.,; killed il jump from sixth floor
 Hickey, John Martin. Chicago; treas urer Fordman Manufacturing Co.,; leaves widow and child
 Reilley, James D.. St. Louis; mem Der of firm Ware & Reilley, contrac- tors.
 Erd, William E., East St. Louis, H.; real estate dealer; suffocated and burned.
 Hancock, Allen R., St Louis; sales man Underwood Typewriter Go.
 An unidentified man. mutilated body recovered on third floor; gold band ring on third finger, containing ini- tials ''B. T." and date "2-23-1914." An unidentified body, mutilated be- yond recognition
 The Missing. Following is the revised list of those missing and believed to be buried in the ruins:
 L. R. Ruff. St. Louis; buyer Sim mons Hardware Cc.
 Marshall Bier, fur dealer; St. Louis. J. E. Chasnoff. Sedalia. Mo; adver- tislng department. St. Louis Republic. Burt Crouch, assistant salesmaDa- ger Westero Electric C.
 Thomas B, shyne. salesman, Under wood Typewriter Co.,; Syracuse, N. Y. Allen Dow, buyer for B. Nugent X Brothers Dry Goods Go; St. Louis w. J. McGinnis, buyer B. Nugent x Brothers Dry Goods Co.,; St. Louis Frank w. Albright, travelling sales man, Rlce-Stix Dry Goods Co.; St. Louis.
 J. A. Haehalen, engineer Laclede Gas Light Co.,; St. Louis,
 E. P Williams, New York; travel ing salesman.
 w. A. Hunicke, St. Louis; assistant operating engineer Missouri Pacific railroad.
 Robin Green, Herrin Supply Co.,; Herrin, III.
 E. J. McKeAna, guest of a member named Jennings.
 ]. Wolfson.
 A. q. Ranus.
 Michael Thuma, Berwyn, Ill.,; em- ploye Alschuer, Dreyer X Click Cloth ing O., of Chicago.
 Marx Hammer. st. Louis.
 Wm. E. Becker, St, Louis, president Becker Moore Paint Go.
 D. k. Fitzgerald, salesman Pierce Oil Corporation; family resides in Springfield. Mo
 Thomas J. Wreight. auditor Lemp Brewing Co.,; St Louis.
 George Goener, president Hoistelh Commission Co.,; St. Lou!-.
 A. J. Odegard, St Louis; sales agent Spencer-Otis Co.,, railway supplies Norman Hancock, salesman Curlee Clothing Co; St Louis.
 Wm. J. Kinser, treasurer Kinser Construction O.; St. Louis.
 The Injured.
 Following is a revised llst or the injured Theodore Levy, salesman; treated at city dispensary for cut hands; res cued by fremen while clilging to window sill on sixth floor
 N. NJ. Stott, St. Louis; left hip frac- tured internal injurS.
 Ben F. Williams, 221O West Broad way, Louisville, Ky, salesman; leg fractured.
 B. c. Holmes, McComb, Miss; at city hospital
 L. L. Leonard, lawyer; jumped; ribs fractured, feet crushed, hurt Tn formally.
 Lee Wolf, merchant, Charlottesville Mo; contusions and possible fracture of spine.
 David Blum, purchasing agent fol Stix, Baer X Fuller Dry Goods Co.,; right foot fractured.
 R. ID. Harmed, Chicago; superlntend ent of an electrical supply company right arm and right ankle fractured
 Edward T. Kaub, Chicago; sales man. ahrasions and contusions on right hand and left knee.
 Wm. Kooener. houseman at Missou ri Athletic Club; both feet fractured in Jumping from sixth floor to ro5 of four.story building
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-06-12
A TAX FABLE
LJohn W. Dix

lIFAh " AfAAt
Once upon a time there was
a little kingdom I'm which the
principal industry was grow
ing flgs. The King needed
more revenue, so he issued a
proclamation, Ievying against
each fig tree n tax of one piece
OF silver. The growers OF the
fig trees looked for a way 10
escape the tax. Soon hatchets
were laid at the roots of the
trees, and the industry was a
thing of the past.
Across the bay lay another
little kingdom whose industry
was also the growing of igs.
This king also wanted revenue
and he lssned a proclamation
IevyIng a tax Of one piece of
silver against each block Of
land. The people tried to
avoid the tax, but they could
not do away with the land.
So TO raise the tax they plant
ed more fig trees, and the In
dustry thrived and the people
grew rich; so that the people
from the first kingdom crossed
the bay 10 the second Kingdom
where Industry was encOur-
aged. And the fame went to
all the countries roundabout.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-06-12
CLOSED, 1O4;;
OPENED, NONE

Under the caption, "Honors Abou
Even, a Columbus special TO the Gin
cinnati Enquirer of the 7th, says:
According to a statement issued
here to-day honors are nearly even
between vets and drys since the
liquor license act went into effect.
Out of 43 elections held the drys
won %. The statement is made that
the vets brought on II elections and
lost all, failing to retake any dry ter
ritory; while the drys won in Ia out
OF 81 elections they brought on and
closed lO4 saloons. The drys. it is
announced here, will shortly petition
for local option election in Allen
County"
If 104 saloons closed and none opened
is honors about evenly divided, surely
those who would like to see strong drinl
banished have no kick coming.
However, if the drys win in Aller
County, in which the city of Lima is sit
uated, they will have to make a strenu
GUS fight. All the newspapers up there
are controlled by their big cigar manu-
facturers, who will fight for the saloons
and have been acquired for that purpose
The saloons are the biggest distributor
of cigars. See the connection? There Il
no vice that does not get its life-blooC
from the saloon and its product.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-06-12
MANAGER KISTLER QUITS
REBELLIOUS CREW P.D.Q.

Manager Geo. Kistler resigned his post at
meeting OF the stock holders of the Oelina
ball club Monday evening. George has had
several rounds with the players because
they wouldn't follow instructions and the
climax came Sunday when McOomb and
the Manager openly worded 1t out on the
diamond. While we couldn't see the plays
as Manager Kist wanted them made, we
glory in his spunk of bossing the game-all
in ali or not all. He has no Ill Will toward
the boys and hopes to see them win the PEN
nant
The stock holders after acceptingMr. Kist-
ler's resignation appointed George Myers
as manager and captain a seemingly wise
move Heretofore Myers was captain and
Kistler manager and this double control
affair could not prove satisfactory. The boys
do not expect to let the fare-up and sun
DAVIS defeat come into the game in the fu-
ture and they will work hard next Sunday
to redeem their lost position. A slight
change will be made in the lineup Sunday.
Manager Myers willgo to third, while Hank
will be sent back to his proper place in left
field, or benched until his hitting improves.
Springer, who is hitting hard and is q fast
infielder will be sent to second, as he has
Dysert outclassed I'm batting and fielding
and Is much faster on the bases. Adus, the
fast southpaw utility pitcher OF the Dayton
Central League team, will do the twirling.
The lineup will likely be as follows:
Ellis, cf.; Bettinger, S.; Springer, 2b: q.
Myers, 3b; Betz, lb; Frederick, rf.; F.Sealts,
20. Myers, II; Odus, D.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-06-12
How II Happened

Playing ball like "A bunch OF wrathy school
children, and indulging IN fres-for- all
word-slinginR match with Manager Kistler
those slugging Celina first placers went
down to ignominous defeat before WapAko-
meta and big Whitley Guese's slow curves
at Mercelina Field last Sunday. 10 was the
rottenest exhibition OF base ball on the part
OF the locals ever witnessed on the home lot d.
They were outclassed by the visitors. out
played, and because OF "a couple OF blunders
by Manager Kistler, defeated by a margin
OF i've runs, when IA change OF pitchers and
"A little hit-And-run base ball would. under
the odds, made the game close contest.
Frederick did not look good at the start OF
the game and was permitted to go over,
even after he blew up In the fourth. which
partly accounted for the visitors victory
Then Manager Kistler and the little back
stop fell out over mere nothing. Betz fell
down on what might have been a double
play, the manager blundered in his instruc-
tiOns, with chance to score and u. Myers
hit into double. The big first sacker did
not like the play and again Kistler became
wrathy. and TO cap the climax, Miller, the
Versailles umpire. lost HIS specks, which
favored the visitors with two tallies. ALI
in-all II was about equal to bull fight with
Manager Kistler touting the red flag.
Wapak scored In the first inning on Zaen-
glein's double and Hering's triple. In the
fourth Frederick hit Guese, first man up.
Herring and DardiO followed with singles,
BetZ bamfOZZled with Pfening's Rrounder;
Joe filled the sacks by hitting Oleaves, but
at that he was permitted to continue on
the mound. and Burnfeld banged one to
left for two sacks and the game was of.
Oelina had "a chance to score in almost
every inning, but big Whitley Guese toyed
with the heavy hitters as ifthey were anna
teurs. With Bettinger on third in the first
and O. Myers on second in the fourth Guese
famed Betz on balls so high they almost
went over the stands. Ellis, likewise, was
unable to connect safely with men on in the
fifth and seventh and IL looked like a goose
egg for the leaders until the tail end OF the
batting list saved the day. In the seventh
McComb and Frederick were safe on errors.
Springer then came to the rescue and hit to
left for two sacks scoring McOomb and
Frederick. Old timer Bill Borman wasn't
TO be out done by the youngsters and he
connected safely, scoring Springer. But
Ellis. BettinRer and Myers couldn't help
any. With two down in the eighth, G. My
ers single. McOomb was safe on an error.
Frederick singled and Myers scored.
Springer again connected, scoring McOomb
and Bill again tried hard but his long drive
to left was captured by Kinniger. Score:
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-06-12
DAVID STARR JOR
DAMS ERROR
Says David Starr Jordan:

'All taxes, however levied, consti-
tute confscation of private proper
ty for public purposes. "
Thus does DIR. Jordan assume the de.
cision in the greatest controversy now
waging in the economic field. The Lloyd
George budget is based on the theory
that taxes on land values are not the tax
ing of private property for public pur'
poses, but the assertion of the commun-
ity's right to take It's own. So of the
land-value taxes in western Canada, III
Germany, in New Zealand and where
ever they have been adopted to the eX'
clusion of other taxes. The belief is
growing that every cent of value possess
ed by land as inherent in the mere site is
of right public property, and that the
economic rent of land is a tax levied on
the public's property by the owner OF the
site. Men holding to this view-and
they are very intelligent-insist that the
leaving of this community product in the
hands of individuals is always an evil
and it is almost safe to say that suct
minds would regard the taking of eco
nomic rent, even for such doubtful pur-
poses as preparedness for war, vastly
better thing than leaving it in private
hands. For the taking of this huge fund
would in itself put an end to land specu.
lation, tend to the intensive use of lands
and thus stimulate production and lower
the cost of living. Which is just where
ii impinges on DR.. Jordans antiwar
preachment from which we quote. Col
lier's Weekly.