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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-12
ONLY NEEDS IMPROVING

The Florida Central Land Com
pany is working over one Of the
houses it owns. The property is a
two-story, six-room house, bath and
kitchen, and is located just north of
Mr.. r. L. Anderson's new home, and
across the street from the hospital.
The house is being painted and pap
cred, modern plumbing put in and
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-12

generally worked over. The prop
erty has two acres of ground with 1t
and is a most attractive home for
that reason.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-12
BOARD OF TRADE
Union Depot and Other Important
Matters Up for Discussion
this Evening

At the Board of Trade meeting
this evening, the subject of an union
passenger station and a number OF
other matters in which Ocala is Vi
tally interested will be up for dis
cusSion.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-12

]. w. Sylvester left yesterday for
an extended trip thru the north
While away he will visit his OLD
home at Arcola. Ill, attending a
homecoming OF relatives Pet
ersburg Times.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-12

DR.. d. NJ. Boney, eyesfght special
ist; Office and laboratory &c Gary
building. A speciality of correcting
vision where others fail. 7-25-tf.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-12

Mr.. Frank A. league was a visitor
to our city on Tuesday, greeting his
many friends who are always de-
lighted to see him. Mr.. league re-
turned home on the afternoon train.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-12

For one week only Cadet Choco-
Iates 30 cents for one full pound, at
Gerig's Drugstores.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17
FOUND CORPSES
IN THE RUINS
Elevator Manager and Book
keeper Left in Flames
by the Safe
Robbers.
FEET WERE WIRED
DiabopSl Deed Of Bandits Who Set
Gliding on Fire After
~ Looting the
gG@ Vault.
[RED FEDERALs IN RETREAT
FEET WERE

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
SIOUX CITY. Iowa, April ia
telephone messages from Geddis,
South Dakota, today says that, the
bodies of w. II. Menzie. manager of
the Farmers Elevator company and
his bookkeeper, Miss Blanche Signal,
were found in the ruins of the build
ing. following a fire last night.
The hands and feet of the man and
woman had been tied fast with wires
and they had evidently been gagged.
The bodies were not discovered I'M
til nearly noon. The fire started
about midnight and destroyed the
building and lumber yards. Menzie
did not appear at the fire and his
family said he and his bookkeeper
had worked late at night at the Of
fee. Then the search was started,
which uncovered the bodies. The
safe was found open and police think
robbers captured the pair, gagged and
tied them and, then set fire to the
place to conceal the crime.
Detectives from here have been
sent to the scene.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17
VINCENT ASTOR
RECEIVERS SLOWLY
Wedding is Set for April 80 and It
May Have to be Post
poned.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
STAATSBURG, n. Y. April It
Despite the slow recovery Of Vincent
Astor. who has been i'll at the home
Of Robert p Huntington, father OF
his fiancse. the wedding set for April
80. had not been postponed today. It
was said at the Huntington residence
that the family would not decide for
a few days whether to postpona 1t.
Physicians were still in attendance
at the young mill!onaire's bedside to-
day At the morning consultation
they said he was gradually improving
and tina. the crisis was passed. None
Of the Huntington family would ad-
nit that the wedding would be posi-,
poned. They said plans for the i'm
mediate future were being held up
until Astor begins rapid strides to-
ware recovery. Nsither have definite
arrangements been made for
southern trip, member of the fam
lily said.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17
Six Story Rooming House De-
stroyed and Many Occu-
pants Were Trapped in
the Building.
SEVERAL ARE MISSING
Ten Dead and Many Are in the
Hospital Suffering Agony
From Their Burns
and Bruises.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.j
NEW YORK, April 11.-Ten persons
were burned to death, another is
dying and FIVE more are suffering I'M
told agony in the polytechnic hospital
here today as the result of a fire
which swept six story roomins
house in Eighth avenue. trapping the
tenants like rats. but causing only
$4,000 damage.
The dead:
EDWARD WALLACE, 46, suffocat-
ed.
NELLIE WALLACE, his wife, 80,
suffocated.
MRS. NELLIE SPENCER, IS, cloak
model
MURIEI. DAVIS. 4.
SIX MEN burned beyond recogni-
ton
The injured:
Joseph Messer. seriously burned.
Martin Welsh, face and hands
burned.
Edward J. McNally. face and hands
burned.
Chas. Burke. face and hands burned.
Mrs. George c. Davis, not expected
TO live.
Forty of the rooms in the building.
located at 74l Eighth avenue were
rented to theatrical people and cloak
models.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17
MAYOR mitchell FIRED
upon BY A CRANK

Mitchell leaped out OF the car and
seized the man with the revolver.
Polk apparently was seriously hurt.
as he had to be given assistance.
There was an enormous noon day
crowd in City Hall square at the time.
The first report was that the mayor
had been hit by the bullet and many
physicians rushed to his side. The
mayor, however, appeared cool and
insisted that the bullet had not struck
him.
Corporation Counsel Polk was shot
in the chin. The bullet made q flesh
wound, striking the bone and passing
out
The wouid-be assassin was taken
into the city hall police station BY
the mayor himself The man was
taken into one Of the inner rooms and
Polk was carried into another inner
room, so that the crowd could be e1-
cluded. Mayor Mitchell took entire
charge of the situation. directing the
desk sergeant as to what hospital to-
call.
The crowd by that time was enor-
nous but there were dozens Of police
near the scene.
The police lines were thrown about
the police station which is on the
ground floor OF the city hall At the
southeast corner Of the building.
In this way the crowd was held IN
check, although it overlooked tho
square into Park Row.
The man who fred the shot abso-
lutely refused to tell his name but
on his celluloid collar and on his un-i
derwear was printed the name David
Rose
He is a man Of very slight build.
apparently about fifty years old. He
showed signs of being very weak and
emaciated 1t seemed probable that
he was suffering from an hallucina-
ton. All he would say in reply to
questions was:
Everything Is all right. I won't
tell my name" In his pocket was
found letter addressed to Mayor
t.Armstrons OF Pittsburgh. aS,@,
| The letter said. Arnirtr oHE Yen
have done your part and you've
will do our part soon and you viii see
what part It will be-
Mayor Mitchell came out Of tho
room where Polk was being attended
by physicians and said the corpora-
(NonfinuoH IN papa ~
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17
Bullet Went Wild and Struck
Corporation Counsel
Polk in the
Chin.
OLD MAN WAS CAUGHT
Great Excitement at City Hall
Where Attempt Was
Made to Muir
der.

UNITED Press Leased Wire service.1
NEW YORK, April In
an attempt to assassinate
Mayor Mitchell, middle-aged
man, supposed to be David
Rose, at 1:20 O'Clock this at
ternoon shot Corporation Con
sui Polk as he entered the
mayors auto in front Of the
main entrance to the city hall.
The mayor was seated in the
machine.
FL. Duncan, Of 217 West
12Sth street. passed in front of
Rose as he approached the
auto.
The bullet struck Duncan
on the arm and glanced up
ward. hitting Polk in the chin.
The man aimed directly at the
mayor and It was only by the
.eha1ace interference of Duncan
and Polk that the mayor es-
capped injury.
Although the mans clothes
all bore the name "David
Rose he insisted that his
name was David Saloshein.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17
VILLA KILLS 700
. OF THE THOUSAND
Sent 10000 Rebels After Rear
Guard and Almost Wiped
Little Band
Out.
Generals Mas and Campo Reported
Killed and Velasco Received
Second and Fatal
Wound.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
TORREON, Coahuila, Mexico, April
17.-With General Joaquin Mas and
General Eilo P. Campo reported slain
and General Refugio velasco and two
other generals badly wounded. the
three divisions OF the Mexican arm-
in this district-the division Of the
north. the division Of Nazas and the
division Of Del Rio Bravo command
ed by eighte IN generals are retreating
steadily towards the east today, pur-
sued by cavalry columns sent out by
General Francisco Villa.
After six hour engagement at
Benavidez Station near San Pedro,
the main body Of federals evacuated
that place early Thursday leaving
1000 troops in the town to make a
show OF resistance, fool Villa into be
lieving they still were trying to hold
the place and cover the fight OF the
main column.
The movement amounted to sac
rifice of the 1000 men composing the
guard. as 700 OF them were kill ed in
the attack Thursday when General
Villa ordered his entire force of 90
900 rebels to close in. The other 800
W ere captured, most of them having
been wounded
Maas and General. Gana1a " Sc jlled
in the six hour battle at Benavids z
and General velasco was so badly
wounded that he will die. This is
Velasco's second wound since the
Toreon campaign opened as he was
shot in the leg during enc of the
seven assaults Villa delivered against
Gomez Palacio before the capture OF
that suburb of Torreon. The prison
ers also declare General Garira Hill
dalgo was shot through both shout
srs but was still able to rids his
horse and that General Benjamin Ar
mundo was shot the second time since
the campaign began-this time
through the leg.
The five American newspaper men
whom General Torribio Ortega said
he captured at San Pedro recently
tAoNS nv pSSh io"hu anu eaS'S - a
general bell # that they escaped and
rejoined the flying federal columns.
Twelve hundred more federal pris-
oners. nine hundred OF whom ara
wounded. were brought here last
night. making a total OF 5000 federals
captured by villa in the battles of
San Pedro and Benavidez Nearly all
of the prisoners have taken the oath
of allegiance to the constitution alist
cause. Joining Villas army is option
al with the men. Those who have
work to do on farms and ranches are
permitted to go home after taking the
oath. According to rebel offic ers most
of them have joined Villas army, how
ever, saying they believe the sooner
the constitutionalist army is increas-
ed the mora quickly will peace be re-
stored.
All the captured federal officers will
be tried by court martial. In the
many Of these are walking
the str sets of Torreon under parole.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17
SCHOOL BUILDING
WAS FIRE TRAP
Five Hundred Puplls Backed by Their
81 PareesssT ssessssed ts-vsst Y; Fl ssss,
Attend

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
CLEVELAND, Ohio, April IL
Backed by their parents, 500 of the
725 pupils OF the Doan school went
on strike today demanding new
school building. The present struc-
ture Is declared by the parents to
be fire. trap. The school board has
already refused to grant the demand.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17
Daily River Bulletin.
Stage Height Change. Wea'h'l
PIvcr Forecast.

RtVcr Forecast.
The river VIII continue to fall slow
ly from Davenport to Keokuk until
rains occur
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17
HALF DOZEN BURNED Up
N FIERCE MORNING BLAZE

Excited by the flames, Louis Berlin.
roomer, was about to jump from
the third floor when Fire Captain
Smith shouted to him to wait while
he ran after a small step ladder
which he placed across an area way.
Smith was held by his leg as he
reached out to help Berlin across.
Then the ladder broke and Berlin
dropped but Smith held firmly. The
five fremen then pulled both men to
safety.
been learned. 1t was first discovered
by police who detected smoke COM
ing from the basement OF the house
before the fire fighters reached the
scene. Many had been cooped In the
ruins. other jumped from windows or
tore each others hair in fighting for
the fire escapes. One of the dead,
jumped from the fourth floor.
The flames spread through the build
ing so rapidly that many roomers
fled to the roof where they were trap
ped and some bodies are believed by
police to be still in the ruins.
On. Woman Killed.
CLEVELAND. Ohio, April f.-one
woman was killed. five persons tn-
jured and one hundred driven to the
street early today when fire Destroy
ed thu French apartment on east
Sixth street here. Miss Bessie Ma
honey, IS. jumped from third story
window of the burning structure ana
died of a fractured skull, enroute to
a hospital. 14eiso Waldo and Edward
Smith jumped from second story win
fows and were seriously hurt. Two
others wsre. badly burned In the
ra pid flight from iame-flled Railways.
200 Horses cremated
CHICAGO, April T.-Nearly zoo
horses were burned to death and 400
wagons destroy ID in a fire early to-
day that wiped out the big West
Side barns of the United States Ep
press company with a loss of 100000
Twenty families living in adjoinins
tenements were Griven from then
, homes By smoke.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17
[CLARATION Of WAR Is HU[RIA'S
WISH IN HOPE Of SAVING HIS SKIN

u L.. .
It was stated that Secretary Bryan
had wired OShaughnessy that this
government would insist on the salute
being fred in conformity with strict
naval custom to be replied to by the
United States only after the twenty
one guns had been fred from either
the forts or a Mexican gunboat. The
cabinet session lasted much longer
than usual. A number of messages
received by the state department
we're hurried across to Secretary Bry-
an, but no information regarding
their contents was made public.
Secretary Tumulty insisted that he
could make no statements othe- thu
to repeat that the administration%S
still hopeful that the salute woe fse
fixed exactly as demanded ~ che
United States.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17
THE WEATHER

For Keokuk and vicinity: Unset
tied weather tonight and Saturday,
with probably showers. Colder.
For Iowa: Unsettled weather to-
night and Saturday, with probably
showers. Colder. Strong shifting
winds.
night and Saturday, with probably
showers. Colder Saturday. Strong
shifting winds.
For Missouri: Unsettled weather
tonight and Saturday. with probably
showers. Colder Fresh southerly
winds, shifting to northwest.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17
Local Observations.

River above low water OF 1864, 4
feet. tenths.
Change in "a hours. fall 1 tenth.
Mean temperature. April 16, 65.
Highest temperature. 81.
Lowest temperature, 10.
Lowest temperature last night. S..
FRED L. GOSEWrSCH.
Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17
Weather Conditions.

Clearing, colder weather has follow
ed the storm in the northeastern
states. the temperature falling to
freezing at Boston
The slowly advancing western dis
turbance is central in the plains
states this morning, and has caused
high temperature from the plains to
the Mississippi valley, where the tenn
perature was above so yesterday. at
many stations. and as high as 80 at
some. ....
Showers or thunderstorms have at
tended the depression in the plains
states and cooler weather with high
pressure in the northwestern states
Is following
Conditions indicate unsettled wealth
er for this section tonight and Satur-
day, with probably showers, and cold
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-04-16
The Quickest, 5if.c.~,csf
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F, This plan makes pint of cough
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Mix one pint of granulatcd sugar with
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Pine is one of the oldest and best
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The prompt results from this mixture
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A Grateful Atlantic Coast Woman.

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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-04-16

SIR WILLIAM WILLCOCKS OF CAIRO, EGYPT,
Designer and builder of great Assouan
dam across Nile, who will deliver Illus
trated lecture at National Drainage con-
gress at Savannah
sional baseball will mark every day of
the week, Savannah versus Columbia
the first three and Savannah versus
Charleston the last three days. The
navy department has ordered an inn
posing array of war vessels to Savan-
nah for the week, including cruisers.
torpedo boats and torpedo boat de-
stroyers. These will be open for pub
lie inspection every day, and an Oppor-
tunity will be afforded to visitors to
study life on these interesting fighting
craft. The jacllies from the ships, the
garrison from Fort Screven, with its
famous military band; the local mili
tary, consisting of ten companies of
infantry. two batteries of artillery and
a company Of cavalry, and other local
organizations. will participate in n
great military and civic demonstration
on Thursday afternoon. April %. in a
sense escorting the floral parade at
thar time. which has been organized
by LachlHn Mcintosh chapter. d. \, 4.
Hundreds Of automobiles and FORTS.
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The south Atlantic states are expect
ed to be especially strongly represented
Among world noted speakers from
abroad is Sir William Willcocks, build
er of the great Assouan dam In Egypt,
who sailed from Cairo for this special
purpose In March.
In appreciation of the importance of
the congress to the material and health
interests of the country the railroads
have granted very low rates to Savan-
nah from all points south of the Ohio
and east of the Mississippi rivers.
For their entertainment an attractive
program has been prepared. Profess
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-04-16
AN INSPIRATION
FOR THE BEGINNER
w. T. GENTRY, PRESIDENT SOU
THERN BELL, CELEBRATES
BIRTHDAY.

ATLANTA, April 15.-W. T. Gentry,
president Of the Southern Ball Tele-
phone and Telegraph company, and
of the Cumberland company. celebra-
ted his sixtieth birthday anniversary
esterday.
There was "A sort of surprise party
in the nature of in at home which
Mrs. Gentry arranged, and another
big surprise in the form of magni-
ticent silver service presented him
by the telephone officials.
Mr.. Gentry's rise in the service
which he now heads is replete with
inspiration for the young man who
seeks to tackle one thing and stick
to it. He was born in Gordonsville,
Ma, in 1854. At sixteen years Of age
he entered the telegraph service, and
has been connected with the wire
companies ever since. First in the
comparatively humble capacity of
clerk and operator, later local man
ager, afterward as superintendent of
construction, he rose steadily to Il
commanding executive position, until
1909 when he was made president of
the Southern Bell. In 1912 he was
made president also of the Cumber
land. Mr.. Gentry is vice-president of
the Telephone Pioneers of America
and is regarded as one of the national
authorities on the telephone and its
operation. am u
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Wonderful Case of Mrs. Stephenson,
on the Pacific Coast.

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TATITH the vice president of the
VM United States delivering the
Wv opening address on Wednes-
day morning, April %, with
two or three members of President
Wilson's cabinet in attendance and
in its discussions. with
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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-04-16

OVER A HUNDRED FLORAL DECORATED
AUTOS IN SAyANNAH'S FLORAL AND MIL
TTARY PARADE THURSDAY, APRIL %.
There is no more delightful place on n
warm spring day than Tybee beach.
During the week there will be other
features Of the program of entertain-
ment that will be a source Of pleasure
The rates on the railroads are good
for ten days, not expiring until mid
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has been designated as Tybee Tor Sen
shore day, with an excellent schedule
to Tybee island, one of the south's noted
beaches, where there will be dancing
on the great payilions, military dress
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%7,zens
Praise Lydia E. Pinkhanl's Vegetable Compound

Women from the Atlantic to the Pacific from all sections
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