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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-12
TOAMEND CANAL ACT
HOUSE BODY FAVoRs BILL WHICH
PROHIBITS FREE TOLLS FOR
AMERICAN SHIPPING.
SMITH ATTACKS PRESIDENT
Senator Crlticizes Wilson Because Of
His Attitude on Canal Tolls In View
Of Democratic Platform - Other
Comments on Message.

Washington, March 9.-By a vote
of IA to 8, the house interstate CON-
merce committee decided on Friday
to report favorably the bill repeating
the clause of the Panama canal act
which grants free tolls to American
coastwise shipping
On Thursday after President Wilson
had called upon congress to act, Sena-
tor Chiffon OF West Virginia intro
duced a bill to amend the Panama
canal act and permit the repeal of the
clause eXempting American coastwise
shipping from the payment of tolls.
The text of the provision reads:
"The president Notwithstanding
anything herein contained is hereby
authorized and empowered by procia-
nation to make, suspend, alter,
change, or abolish any tolls contem.
plated or provided for by this act, and
may prescribe tolls to be charged in
any case in which tolls are prohibited
herein"
Comment upon the presidents mes
sage among members of the house
was widely divergent. Representative
Floyd Of Arkansas of the judiciary
committee, said:
Il absolutely approve Of the senti-
ment expressed by President Wilson.
We made great mistake in ever pro-
viding for free tolls"
Representative Doremus of Michi.
gan, chairman of the Democratic con-
gressional campaign committee, said:
THE president has not changed my
mind bit. have been for free tolls
all along and will continue the fight
against any repeal"
Representative Mondell of Wyom-
ing, Republican, declared:
Il have taken the same position on
canal tolls as the president now SO
belatedly takes, but | fear that it is
not so much the logic of economics
nor the meaning of the language of
the treaty that has convinced the pres
ident as the fact that to recover from
the mistake in politics which he has
lllduG dS W "CAlCO WlIllA6 W
conform to a policy in Panama ap-
proved by British statesmanship."
Representative Kahn of California,
Republican, said:
"One thing appears to me evident:
That is that we are called upon to
retrieve the mistake of the admins
tration in its dealings in Mexico where
British interests have been seriously
affected by sacrificing in Panama an
other interest of vital consequence
to our people"
In the senate Senator William
Alden Smith made an attack on Presi-
dent Wilson because Of his attitude
on canal tolls in view of the Demo
cratic platform declaration.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-12

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Laredo, Texas.-A party of Texas
rangers, said to have been acting un-
der orders from Gov. Colquitt, crossed
into Mexico, exhumed the body Of
Clemente Vergara, Texas ranchman,
who was kidnapped and put to death by
a band Of Mexican federals three
weeks ago, and brought the body back
to the American side.
Vergara was shot twice through the
head and once through the neck, his
skull was crushed as by blow from
a rife butt, and the charred fingers
of the left hand indicated that he had
been tortured before being put to
death.
Identification was made by YER
gara's son and by numerous friends,
several of whom were in the party of
nine, led by the state border patrol,
which made the grim journey to the
Hidalgo cemetery during the early
morning hours.
The body was not badly decomposed,
despite its three weeks burial. In
addition to recognizing the features,
young Vergera took bit of cloth from
the trousers of the body and matched
it to the coat his father wore the day
he crossed the Rio Grande.
Recovery Of the body was made by a
force Of Texans, including friends Of
Vergara, acting with troop of Texas
rangers, under Capt Sanders, who
have been investigating for Gov. Col
quit the circumstances of Vergera's
seizure by the federals.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-12
ELLIS IS GIVEN IS YEARS
Former Leather Manufacturer of Gin.
clnnati Found Guilty Of XIII.
Ing His Wife.

Chicago, March William Cheney
Ellis, former leather manufacturer of
Cincinnati, is guilty, but he will not
die for his crime. He was spared
from death on the gallows by the 12
men on Thursday who heard his case
before Judge Petit. Their verdict is
guilty, and he must go to prison for
Is years.
The murderer of his wife, Eleanor
Ellis, in room of the Hotel Sherman,
October I6, 1913, because he suspected
her of being unduly friendly with an
other man, greeted the words of the
foreman with grim smile.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-12
MISSOURI ATHLETIC CLUB FIRE.

st. Louis.-Fire was discovered
bursting from the lower four stories
of the Missouri Athletic club, at
Fourth and Washington avenues. The
fire drove roomers at the club into
the street in their night clothes. OF
1876 roomers only 20 have been ac-
counted for. 1t is believed the miss
ing are trapped on the upper floors,
and If this is true they probably will
perish. Within short time after the
fire was discovered the flames were
shooting through the building.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-12
RANGERS ACTION MAY BE SPARK

Washingtor-The audacious action
of the Texas rangers in crossing into
Mexico and recovering the body of
Clemente Vergara, who was murdered
beyond peradventure, may prove to
be the spark that sets fire to the mag,
azine and force early Intervention by
the United States. While the assassi-
nation of Vergera furnishes another
grievance to this government, the in.
vasion Of Mexico by Texas troops Is in
reality more serious matter from an
international standpoint, and under
normal conditions could properly be
construed by Mexico as an act of war
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-12
FIFTH AVENUE GAS EXPLOSION.

New York.-Twenty persons were
injured when a Twenty-third street
cross-town car in which they we're
passengers, was tossed several feet
into the air by the explosion Of a gas
main at Fifth avenue The explosion
and series of other blasts, which fol-
lowed in quick succession, rocked the
neighborhood, broke glass in office
buildings for block in all directions
and caused sheet of flame to shoot
high into the air for hours.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-12
RUSSIAN OFFICER MURDERED
Slayer at Arms Factory Then Throws
Himself into Machinery and
Is Crushed.

st. Petersburg. Russia, March g.
Captain Won Stahl, chief of works at
the shrapnel tube factory of the Putt
LOFT armament works, was brutally
murdered by one of the foremen. The
murderer then threw himself into the
electrical machinery and was crushed
to death There has been a strike at
the Putiloff works and Captain Won
6tahl's attitude toward the strikers is
supposed to have been the cause of
the tragedy.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-12
Aurora Post Office Job to stoII.

Washington, March Post office
patronage was dealt out in large slices
by President Wilson. He sent to the
senate the nominations of about 300
postmasters, including 20 in Illinois.
The largest Office on the Illinois list
is that of Aurora, for which Louis A.
Stoll Is named.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-12
TWENTY-FoUR MEN KILLED.

Ekaternoslav, Russia.-Twenty-four
men were killed in an explosion of gas
In a coal mine here. The explosion
was caused by miner opening his
safety lamp in a gas-filled chamber to
light a cigarette.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-12
Noted Southern Woman Dead.

Chattanooga, Tenn, March 5.-Mrs.
Mary Amber Coleman, aged eighty
four. mother of Lewis NJ. Coleman,
United States district attorney for the
eastern district Of Tennessee, died
here. Mrs. Coleman was a grand
daughter OF Chief Justice John Mar.
shall
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-12
Ex.cltv officar Indicted.

st. Louis, March 7.-E. Fred Gerold,
former city treasurer of East st.
Louis, and John D. Young, former
clerk in the office of the building com.
mission, we're indicted on charges of
embezzling city funds.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-12
Montanan ls Dead

Winchester, Va, March 9-W. G..
Conrad, aged sixty-seven, worth $25.
100000, died here, He owned much
land in Montana. He was interested
in railroad building and mines and was
urged to run with Bryan in 1908.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-12
Fruits Absorb Bad FIavors.

Fruits have been known to absorb
bad flavors from tainted air. Grapes
will sometimes absorb enough chemi-
Gals from the air in the vicinity Of
chemical works to spoil sthe flavor Of
the juice or wine.-Farm and Fire
eide,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-12
Three "HoIx Rollers Are Fined.

Murphysboro, ILL.,, March 9.-Three
members of the Holy Roller" sect
Adam Cripps. Myrtle Cripps and Ruth
Hickman-were fined $50 each here on
Friday on charge of assaulting Noah
hickman, an epileptic,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-12
Find Youth Guilty Of Murder.

Omaha, Neb., March 7.-Tony Ciar-
letta of Joliet Ill.,, aged nineteen, who
has been on trial here for the murder
of Henry Nickel, was found guilty Of
murder in the first degree and SEN
fenced to Imprisonment for life.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-12
|. W. w. Leader Held.

New York, March 9.-F'rank Tannen-
baum, after brief hearing on Friday,
was held to the grand jury on the
charge Of melting to riot and making
forcible entry. Tannenbaum is an In.
dustrial Workers of the World leader.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-12
Woman Iumpa to Her Death

Battle Creek, Mich, March 6.-Mrs.
Sarah T. Drukke, aged sixty-two, wife
of a prominent manufacturer, ended
her life by jumping from her room in
a sanitarium to the cement pavement,
three stories below
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-12
TWO Nations Near 70 War.

Berlin, March 6.-Austria and Rus
sia may go to war on account of the
extensive military measures being
adopted by the latter country. accord
ing to the Vienna correspondent Of
the National Zeitung.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-12
Erench Woman Wins Bout.

Paris, March Mile Carpenter,
an attractive muscular brunette of
twenty-five, was declared worlds
champion pugilist after defeating Mrs.
Warner wife of an English fighter, in
four fast rounds.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-12
Admiraps Family at Vera Cruz.

Vera Cruz, March 6.-The Mayfiower
arrived at this port. The wife and
daughters of Admiral Fletcher. who
were on board, were in good health
and reported that they enjoyed the
trip except for some stormy weather.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-12
c. w. Murnhx,a wife Hurt.

Chicago, March 6.-Three auto.no-
biles collided here and Mrs. Charles
Webb Murphy, wife Of the former
president of the Chicago National
league baseball club, dislocated her
left shoulder.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-12
Four opera stars Stricken

New York, March 6.-Four grand
opera prima donnas-Mme. MeIba,
Mary Garden, Mile, Destinn and Nine.
Matzenauer-are on the sick list as 8
result of the stormy entrance of
March.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-12
watchman Kills Safe Blower.

Macon, Ga, March 7.-Watchman
M. j. Etheridge, surprising two yegg-
men attempting to blow the safe of
the Massee FELTON, Lumber company,
killed one and fatally wounded the
other.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-12
Ex.u 8. Senator Dies on Train.

EH-Oh .. ScHdIoT DtoS OF ITdIH'
Reno, New, March Judge Will
liam A. Massey, former United States
senator, dropped dead on Thursday
night from heart failure on South
ern Pacific train near Susan.
vile.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-12
BRYAN HASN'T Planned Trip.

Washington, March bryan an
nounced that he has not made any def
mite plans for his trip to Santiago de
Chile beyond acceptance of the invita-
tion to attend the pan-American con-
ference.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-12
SLAYER to Die In Chair.

New York, March 90. Shillitoni,
murderer Of two policemen. was SEN
fenced to die in the electric chair at
Sing Sing during the week beginning
April 13. This is the same week set
for the death of the four gunmen.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-12

Senator Vests Credentials Presented.
Washington, March 6.--Senator
Hoke Smith presented in the senate
on Wednesday the credentials of
William Stanley West, appointed SEN
ator from Georgia to succeed the late
Senator Bacon.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-12
Cleaning Brass.

Brass can be kept in good condition
If washed once a month with vinegar
and water and then polished with dry
powdered rotten.stone and cha1noia
skin.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-12
TEXAS RANGERS
CROSS BORDER
CORPSE LIFTED FROM GRAVE OF
MEXICAN CEMETERY AND RE-
TURNED TO YANKEE SIDE.

Vergara Had Been Tortured Before
Being Put To Death BY FederaIs-
Victim Was Shot Three Times and
Skull Crushed BY Blow From Butt
Of Rifle.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-08

some station or other and after looking them the Williams quarter
n to
he ScaIed the ball
slightly backward left hback
of
of the field would
on
q of the stion
divided O
of the ball
opponent a
almost of
q a
For Williams Garfield the o
President the shining in this formation right half
HE
worked light no
idea
of
thrilling which shall O
the
canR
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-08
Coulon Wants to Box
Williams on Coast

CHICAGO. Jan S.-Johnny Coulon
champion of the hantamwcight boxers
is to meet "Kid" Williams, of Balt-
more. in 19-rouud contest on the
coast The date of the hattcl has not
been decided upon, hut probably will
be IN a few DAYS. The title holder re-
ccived an offer from Promoter Tom Nc
Carey. of Los Angeles, few weeks
ago 10 fight Williams February - This
date is a triNc early for Cuulnu. as he
desires to engage In a few bouts be
fore he signs to clash with the Baltl-
more boxer.
Coulon did not answer McCarey's
Lichtensteln, who looks after Jimmy
Clahhy's interests, to see the promoter
on the coast and obtain from him his
best proposition, and also when IL
would he most convenient for him TO
stage the battle which will be for the
bantsmweight championship of the
world
I.icheustein went to the coast recent
~ 20 arrange matches for Clahby and
also to look after his training Having
been asked by Coulou to see McCarey,
he viii complete the details for the bat
tie with Williams,
II will take considerable dickering TO
complete this ight as weight is to be
considered as well as the division OF
the purse and the date CoulOn now is
below lie pounds and he win not con-
sent TO sign articles unless the Balti-
more boy agrees OWeish In at ZIG
puhnds ringside Cuulon being cham
pou has advised Lichenstein before he
departed tp insist on the bigger share
OF the purse,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-08
Mike Gibbons Meets
Bob McAllister at
New York Monday

NEW YORK, Jan. S.-Mike Gibbons
Of st. Paul. probably Will concede 10
pounds to Bob McAllister, of California,
when they meet in round bout
in Madison Square Garden next Monday
night. The weight conditions cali for
1872 pounds ringside. and McAllster will
scale a few ounces under that limit
Gibbons never has weighed more than
49, pounds, although he says he will be
at least a pound heavier. In recent
bouts the St Paul wizard has been
making AS and 1850. SO that it is hard
ly possible that he will be able to build
up in the short time remaining before
the scrap with the clever Californian.
Gibbons was a failure when he boxed
Eddie MCGoortN in the Garden a year
ago last fall, but he has maintained
ever since that he was i'll and has pro-
duced doctors certificate to prove it,
McGoorty weighed l54 pounds on that
occasion. while Gibbons scaled under
146, the result of worry and poor health
1t was explained.
The St Paul boxer probably will ar
rive some time to-day to finish work
at the New Polo Athletic Club. in Har-
lem. the first club to offer him an en-
gagement i'm this city The Califor-
MAN resumed training in Westchester
yesterday
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-08
GOLF PLAYED
OvERFROZEM
TURF POPULAR
Evans Says Great Distance Can
Be Obtained, but Little
Accuracy
Bv "Chick' Evans.

DIV NIliNh IN ans
THERE is something queer
about a game of golf played
over ground frozen as hard
as a rock and with a high wind blow
ing. These two circumstances pIAcy
an altogether different problem be
fore the golfer for he shcis re
quired to hold out in any reasona"It
number of strokes are very unlike
those ordinarily played TO illus
trate from a matcl of my own PLAYED
recently over frozen ground. The
second hole Of the Ridge Course
at the Calumet Golf Club near Chi
cago is usually a pitch over bunk
er. but this is impossible when thu
ground is so hard that even II one
Just shayes the cop bunker the ball
will bound high and far SO the
hole resolved Itself into a long put
ter into and over a bunker.
Fourth Green Unique.
The fourth green H. this frosty
weather was a unique one-like d
bit Of solid rock with icy projectio rs
all over it-and on dis unyieldlna
touch, now and then hitting an ei"-
walton and caroming to the right =
left as in baeatelle | drove the ffth
bunker, which is No. Is on the regu
lar course. but | AXE no especial
credit TO myself for NY long distance
feat the hardLCss of the ground
sending the ball along.
cali No. ! unique therefore !
do not know exactly what to call no.
s. for on the LIST of January 1914,
this mole differed extraordinarily from
anything | had ever played before.
The Green lies lust over the pon2,
which o. course, was solidly frozen
and all any of us did was to play
: half ron onto the frozen surface
Of the pond and watch Il Land, trust
ing TO luck The -ariety and u1-
certainty of the bounce added to he
unusual entertainment of the game.
The greens were terribly hard II
negotiate but if getting on them was
a trick. staying on them was grea -
er one
Shots Not Accurately Placed.
think that no -four ball match ever
made faster time than ours, Yet /
think We took as many QUITS az there
should have been strokes in Whole
round. We made immense distanc 's,
but shots could not be accurately
placed. The wind " so high That
approach puts OF tremendous lenstl
were made.
We did not suffer much from the
cold. for We had plenty Of exercise
owing TO the erratic nature of our
shots. but the warm fire before which
we stretched ourselves AT the end Of
the game was very welcome. Tnt
surprising thing was the manner ia
which our caddies lore the cold. f'"
they had little exercise compared with
ours
Golf over frozen ground may la
many things. but 1t is truly an eX-
hilara ing pastime.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-08

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icine, the famous blood purifier, 5 SIS. lis
action Is quite remarkable. Whatever lu5A
be your theory as 90 the rAuSe OF rhtuWa.
tiSm or kind of rheumatism. just remem
w. this :. $. 5 has the peculiar action
of soaking through the intestiny> directly
mo the blood I'm FIVE minutes IT.. iufu.
enrc ~ az work IN every artery. vein and
TINY capillary. Every membrane, every or
gan OF the body, every emunctory becomes
IN effect alter TO strain the blood OF in
puriues. The stimulating properties Of
: : : compel the skin, liver, bowels
kidneys bladder 10 all work ~ the one
md of casting out every irritating every
psiu-lnfirtiug atom of poison, and scat
TER, those peculiar formations in the
nerve ceuters that cause such mystfyiug
and often battling rheumatic pains.
n YOU have drugged yourself until your
stomach Is nearly paralyzed you will be
sstonishcd to find that $ ; : gives no
sensation but go,s right 10 work This is
because n is pure vegetable infusion. Is
taken naturally into your blood Just as
pure air is inhaled naturally INFO your
lungs
Get 81 bottle of : : :. to-day.
You may depend upon II that the store
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-08
COLE LATEST
To ENTER THE
OUTLAW RANKS
Former Cub Pitcher Signs Con-
tract With Joe Tinker's Fed
eraI League Club,
By Tad
By Bill Bailey.

|HICAGO, Jan. s. - Leonard
l King" Cole, former Cub pitch.
er and who was drafted by the
New York Yankees, has signed
Federal League contract
Cole signed to pitch for the Chicago
team of the third league and will he
a member of Joe Tinker's North Side
club.
Cole put his signature to the con-
tract more than week ago and the
document has been reposing in the
Federal League safe here ever since.
These facts were stated to-day oy
a friend of the tWirler. He claims
that he advised Cole while the neg2-
tiations were in progress and actually
saw the contract.
Just what salary Cole Will re,
ceive isn't known. But it is well
rendered by the New York club and
Cole answered that he could not ac-
cept the. terms as he had already
signed with the Chicago third league
club.
THE signing of Cole shows that
1 personal friendships will be sac
rificed in this bitter baseball warfare.
Tinker, manager of the Chicago Fed
eral League team, and Chance, man
ager of the Yanks, have been intimate
friends for years. When Tinker was
sold to Brooklyn for $4,000, Chance
said that Joe was worth twice ta"t
sum and said that he would assume
Ebbets contract and give him a DO
nus of $4,000 if he didn't care to @
through with it.
Chance is working desperately TO
~ oil a nd 9
it contender in the American
League. He counted much on Cole
But Tinker grabbed Cole just the
same.
According to this friend of Cole
the former West slider had an idaa
that he could come to terms with
New York at about $4,000. SO rs
wired that he would accept $4,000
year He had an idea that conA-
ter proposition of considerably less
would be made and then the compro-
mise could be effected at the SS,VoV
mark.
INSTEAD Of an attempt to shave
the price. the New York club an
swered that it would give the pitcn-
err his price. In the meantime Coie
had closed with Tinker. 1t was ne
teSSdIS loI MN W "ilbt hhN
York officials that he had signed WIZ
the third league club and could not
accept their terms.
Then, the wires were worked over
time. 1t is said that the New YORK
officials advised him not to jump, ou.
to hang on to something substantla =
But the die had been cast and tAe
pitcher was hooked.
Cole has been the secretive, DO,
ever since He has been asked ma,
dozen times whether he had slgheu
with the third leaguers and has mel
ther affirmed nor denied it.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-08
Gov. Tener Opens
Bitter Attack on
Federal League

CINCINNATI, Jan. S.-Governor Te-
ner, president of the National League,
opened a bitter attack on the Federal
League in speech last night. During
his talk he declared it is his belief that
the public will side with organized base
bah and turn against the Federals He
declared no trust exists in organized
baseball and cited the case of Larry
Lajoie as proof of the validity of the
reserve clause. Appealing to the fans
he said: Such threatened war on
baseball begun by promoters simply for
financial gain. and based upon broken
contracts by players. takes no heed or
account of the sport-loving public or
the real welfare of our national game i"