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When good lots can be bought at all
sorts Of prices, from $50 up, there is
no reason why any man should be with
out his own home-Jefferson Highway
Realty Co. has such property for sale,
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Real estate is constantly and rapidly
Increasing in value. Now !. is the time
70 buy-See P. T Hedges, who repre-
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have him in this city in the near
future.
Mr.. Phillips, who is a Louis
ianian, has certainly done somo
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certs he has appeared in here and
he is standing securely upon
the heights and the performances
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For good, well drained, and well To-
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For saIe-1Iis eelaneous.

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LImLnL.-rnLrL.. -.

Estate a7 Margaret Taylor. deceased.
The ul5ars. g4al having been apo
pointed admiuIstra g. She aefat. af
MARGARET Taylor. IaHe aE The county ~
Rock island, state oil Illinois. a=.aaa-
ed hereby gives notice THAT saa w
appear before the Har Ben .aHsg laH.
Judge OF sle probate crHrt b. Rock
Island county an THE probate court
room i- the city " Rock Island ar
the February term. a - 1917. aa tine
first Monday "a February. uaE. az
which time Gil persons having -a.a
against said estate are notified aaa
requested 20 attend for the purpose q.
having tEe same adjusted aF# Ear-
sons indebted 10 said eat8t. are Ee
Quested ~ make Immediate Ua
t1 the undersigned
Dated 23rd day of November a. 81
1916 ELIZABETH a. II>IgaLL.
u.stratrIe
Walker, Ingram T. Sweeney, after
Eeys
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-12-11

Notice 81 Publication Chaucarr-
State 81 Illinois Rock Island Ggul-
IN Tie Circuit Court January term.
a. y. 1877.
Mae Carlson 81 Gust Carlson a
CAau-eEy
AFFIDAVIT rf uou-raztleHra o. Gust
Carlson. the above defendant having
been flied 81 the clerks Office aa the
circuit court 81 said county notice .a
therefore hereby given % the said uan-
resident defendant that the complain
ant aEea her bill of complaint fu said
court an the uHaleerT side thereof.
GA tla 18th aaE gL November 1916.
and that Lleraupau summons issued
out 81 said court. wherein said zuEL b.
now pending. refuruaDEe on EHa Er=t
Monday .G the month gr January. Is.
q. 1917. next as Is lH .a# required.
Now. unless you. The said uaa-ra5t-
dent defendant above named Gust
Carlson. shall personally be and aH-
pear before saId circuit court. oE the
frzt day Of the next term thereof. -a
he holden at Rock Island. IN and for
said county. en- the first Monday n
January. 3. H. J31T. nest and plead
an Far or aauur to fEe said euuH plain
ants bin Or complaint the same aHa
the matters and Things therein charged
and q decree entered against you ae-
aud stated VIII be taken as confessed
a8raiue 10 She prayer e said bIL
GEORGE ST. GAMBLE.
Clerk
Ea.sTsland I'LL. NOV Ia. 1876.
seHrIEer d. 5carirer. compliments
solicitors
Notice 81 Publication ChancerE.
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ADVERTISEMENTS
For Rent--Ro0ms.


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FOR RENT Modern room far gentle
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modern front rooms 1927 Sixth ave-
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ar excepting t#5 Seventh
FOR RENT NE.a large room Tor two
reasonable. Phone A1-
FOR EE-T Erra5saed ltEnr house
E.aa raauas DOVE stairs s07
FOR N.T strictly modern room
board desired. .aN after 3. I'M.
..la -au6-a-ha5f avenue
FOR RENT Modern furnished light
house ..an.rE rooms Call after $3.50
AL Fifteenth street.
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LOCAL MARKETS

ma Following are the whole
ii. market quotations ua tha local
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wITTER 3 WALKER, Attorasg.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-12-11

Walker ingram za@eus
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-13

$50. The foregoing facts are Of my
personal knowledge
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-13

shot throush the right breast and leg,
the first bullet breaking his run for a
getaway, and the second Gripping him.
He was dispatched later By another
shot through the heart
Hatson's Dos - Masters Body.
Up with the bodies OF the Is Amer
lcans massacred near Santa YsabeI.
came Minister'S the big Scotch Aire-
dale terrier OF big Watson. They found
W hlsksrs beside his masters dead
BODY near the SIS kilometer monument
out Dy santa ISABEL, lying down.
awake faithful to the man he loved in
t i,; IL was hard work breaking
~ illskers away from the body of
watson, rescuers said "Whiskers"
dldnt understand what they had done
win ms master He Whined piteousIy
ana sni1Ied everywhere for the man lhe
had seen shot down and who did not
move again.
A report current in chihuahua city
was Indt rodriguez was headed south
from the vicinity Of Santa Ysabel, max
ing Tor the Parral mining district, in
Wmeh the big AlVarado property and
others are operating Nothing definite
was known on that. it was also de-
Gavira Says Wait
Al tne railroad station in Juarez,
speaking seriously on the situation in
the interior Of chihuahua state. Gen.
GABRIEL Gavira. Of the garrison across
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-13
BROTHERS OF PRINGLE URGE
EXECUTION OF MURDERERS

san Francisco. Calf. ian. Is.-Four
brothers Of Charles A. Pringle. one of
the American mining men slain by
Villa bandits in Chihuahua. telegraphed
Wednesday night TO president Wilson
as follows:
In the name Of humanity. and in
order 10 prevent others from suffering
a like bereavement we, the brothers
Of Charles n Pringle, just killed by
an armed force in Mexico. are impelied
70 demand that our government take
Immediately the necessary steps to Sc
cure the safety Of those Of our citizens.
as well as the citizens OF other nations.
who are pursuing their legitimate bust
ness in Mexico, and with all the vigOr
there is in US, we ask that those Mexi-
cans who took part in this massacre
be 2pprehended and executed"
The message was signed by William
B. Pringle, Edward J. Pringle. Coving-
ton Pringle. and Sydney Pringle, who
are al engaged in business in San
Francisco
The PringIes also sent a telegram to
United States senator James D. Phelan,
urging his cooperation in their demand
that the government take immediate
action.
Mrs Cornelia J. Pringle. mother Of
the murdered man. was said to be
Frustrated at the home Of one OF her
sons
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-13
MEX|CANS KILL
TWO AMERICANS
Bart Kramer and George F.
Parsons Both Killed BY
Villistas is the Report.

George F Parsons, an American.
prospecting close to the Babicora ranch
in western Chihuahua, was caught out
alone Wednesday by Villista bandits.
California city. Parsons took a little
money and started out few months
ago to find what the hills close to the
Hearst ranch had in store for him in
minerals Wednesday he was caught
and killed. Confirmation Of his murder
came Thursday noon. Rodriguez is re-
ported personally to have executed
him.
Bart kramer Killed.
Another American is reported TO
have been executed in the Guerrero
district of western Chihuahua His
name is given as both Bart and Roy
Kramer. the reports conflicting on the
first name. although friends Of the
Kramer family believe il is Bart The
Kramer boys are sons Of D. r. kramer,
who has been prospecting and ranch
ing in Mexico for many years. They
have ranch IL miles from Guerrero
town in the Guerrero district, and are
well known in that district
No details were given as to the man
ner Of krameTs killing, except that
he was taken from his home and shot
1t is believed that the same band which
massacred the Americans at santa
Hsabel shot Kramer. kramers father
and mother were living on North ore
gOn street until four weeks ago, Wnen
they returned to the Guerrero district
to live. thinking that peace had been
restored- In addition to Bart and Joe,
there is another son, John, living IN
the same district
II Kramer's killing is verified, he
will make the 10Th American to be
killed in the western part Of Chihuahua
during the past week. as Peter Keene
was killed at the Babicora ranch last
week
Friends of J. NJ. Duthie.
The Kramer family are friends Of ,
J. NJ. Duthie, of 211 Epson avenue. Mr.
Duthie said Thursday that Mr. and
Mrs Kramer. father and mother OF the
Kramer boys. had gone back only a
few weeks ago and that she believed
they had relatives in Bakersfield. I
Calf Mr.. Duthie knew the family %
years ago in Chihuahua when they
were there together. William Kauf- |
man. who owns an interest with the
kramers in ranch property in Mexico !
lives on Stevens street. He says Bart /
was threatened with execution two |
years ago but was later freed. Il
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-13
ARMED AMERICANS ACCOMPANY
DEATH TRAIN FROM CHIHUAHUA
Eighteen Bodies of America Slain by Mexcans Reach
City in Early Morning; Train Met in Juarez By q.
S Officials and Friends and Bodies Examined
Watson Not Mutlated American Tells Story.
CONTINUED from page L.

I Bahfcora ranch f,r+ may he AZ MADEIRA
/ at present.
A man named Wright is at Cumbre
". II. AckIin and W. c. Mebane are
at the TejoIogachic ranch, between
BabicOra and MADEIRA:
So far as known. the above named
are all the foreigners in the MADEIRA
district, and some OF them are proO-
aDis not at MADEIRA
Americans Who Returned.
Tweptv-four Americans who have
been in c.bihuahua and other places in
the state arrived in FL Paso Thursday
morning upon the train which brought
the bodies of the 5-ictins of the santa
Y~abal rossssc1-s Tbsir names are as
folIov~s.
& n No.
p 1 Iulni
- SiA-
- sicAay-
9ISu stevenson
5solaho Anderson
Jose Anderson.
= W Dunn
J. B OFT
r. G. Gould.
II. ". Townsend
". n. Fink
o. P. Galley of CaIera.
q. A Hannond Of Miusca.
p II uo1la-- % SsinanucI,ic ranch
mar Fsusti1Jas
a. c. Brinier and - Powers of
g.. -, - anu
9 = 9 Ttai Ia r,-s..et,
7 r Rsri-sr 81 9sbicora
The eoIIo,-e;-s- fo-1rayI,S ~ aFs5era.
Tob,, S-s--,a,,+ ? -
- IS.lsa.,
- - ~ SUI
mas Johnson
w towers
mrs =. ". FoNefs-
Bodies Reach FL Paso
At 2:l5 Thursday morning IS bodies
Of Americans, murdered and mutilated
by Mexican bandit fusillades in west
ern chihuahua. arrived in FL Paso from
chihuahua BY special train. with 20
Mexican soldiers aS n,ilitarx- escort and
4en svrna5 s,,Se-;ss,,- -. ,r,3,s5
All niTh+ Ione- m - q =, id-ieb+ watch
ne Lent 49, ~. - .--,rnac5, ~ me
destb 4gs;-, m -, IL -
cs1its1 Penorf ssjS 3i,at Il t,ad SIZED
nortb At : orfocl- Il, a. sffarnoon No+
,,-tii ia n ~ ~ 5ssi.iiteI,- basri
go, sfss-sin -, 80 ~ - ii,-o,J So
80, ~ ViIIs b5--,s5a a. - II
was mat,ing snfa Ssr1s1sx -,,cs
Then rrai7, came a Ione- Silence One
ociorL IN The early r,sorriDe ca-,e
and vent without 1Sord ~ the 6eafI,
train Ar T-S5 sbriii bIast from .
locomotive thistle szs-s--- l5o,--1 fbe
frseE helou, The J,1arez -silvvar dsnot
fold ~ ire annrosrh of the SnerSsl-
Ter ~ S.s5 boSSss - ~ sR,s~i.-sr
c;t;-s1s ,hosrd 1nsss cys.5 ne sheen
b. 49, Lsr5i+s
Couviffas 5seefS Train 4, Iu.-ez
a committee Headeo oy Cnlteu
SI1tes COIlectoI OF customs Ns1ch l.
IOD1' lSpIesellnS the -presiueh I, Win
Z > Fiun0' 1n3tleS Ns~ man " n
l 1-uLg, y II; mares sSlalsy'
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-13

s'The Carranza authorizes in Chi
huahua city gave US permission to arm
ourselves for the return journey to
Juarez and FL Paso with our dead. !
bodies We had some 20 to % Next
can soldiers as a guard. Gen. Trevinc
treated US courteously. I won't talk
about the question of delay in get
ting our train to the border, at Chihua-
hua city. On the way up We did not
anticipate trouble, but We prepared for
it Thank God ! am here
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-13

the river. advised against the immedi-
ate resumption Of mining operations.
suggesting that two or three months
be allowed to elapse while efforts to
drive out the brigands and control ev-
cry section Of the billy country could
bescOmpleted by the Mexican state mil
itary authorities Bandits infeSt the
territory, said Gen Gavira-
Would have Held Train.
A delay and suspected trickery was
believed to be threatened at midnight,
when the watchers in the Mills building
received word that the Mexican judge
of first letters in Juarez had demanded
that the death train be held up long
enough for the opening of all collins.
for the superficial examination Of the
bodies being shipped to the United
States side Of the international line.
Gen Gavira effected a. waving OF this
formaIity when appealed to by Ameri-
can federal authorities.
Last Letters OF Victims
E s Plumb received the hardest task
of the laboring committeeman Wednes-
day afternoon. He was handed the last
letters some OF the victims OF Mexican
bandit butchery had written home to
wives in Ell Paso and elsewhere, TO de-
liver. There were five Of them, penned
in Chihuahua city just before the fatal
train for Cusihuiriachic left
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-13
.EYEWITNESSES TELL Of KILLING
Of EIGHTEEN AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Tom Holiness One of the Members of Inflated Party,
and the Only Survivor, and Guadalupe Cardea Con
ductor of the Train, Give Official Accounts of
Manner in Which Americans Were Butchered

THE following statement of Tom
Holmes, sole survivor of the
tragedy. was autographed the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-13

,Apy- sIsIsAsr 'Islsoa q Y
1I9cxs sQl IIITssD 4 > o. uoleA Ino6
pu5s PUB JBsI A9u 2 IsAo UNI pIuo.A
uO6 j SSs o. IsAO pc sIVl psuInl ga
sJH0TH 1OK 3aF
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-13
ANnFRsnN ERnaI nIARYLANn.

Easton, Nd, Jan l2--Mauriee Ander-
son, one OF those reported killed BY
Mexican bandits last Monday, was a
son Of Bolahd Anderson. a native OF
Easton. The elder Anderson. with two
brothers. has been engaged in mining
operations in the Chihuahua district
for many years.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-13
WASHINGTON HAS No WORD
OLE KILLINGS AT MADI

Washington. D C., Jan 13.-No word
of the reported killing of 10 American
men and two English women by Mexi-
can bandits near MADEIRA had reached
the state department early TO-DAY.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-14
MINE UNION OFFICIALS
TO FILE RESERVATIONS
rOr "oe,oao ,ouar.l SPECIAL l,.sro ~,a.

Pittsburgh, Pa, july l2.-Prcsldcnt
Van Biuner Of district 40. ., United
Mine Workers OF America, and Vice
President f. f. Hannaway will hand
IN their resignatioHs today at spe-
ctal convention Of the district now in
session here. Both officials made this
announcement late last niBht follow
ing the first session held yesterday,
A bitter controversy has ragged for
some time over the wage scale agreed
upon u New York by representatives
of the miners and coal operators. Van
Hlttncr and other high officials of
This district favored approving the
scale ana the majority of men OPP
posed IT,
Officials Of the United Mine Work
crs of America here in the interest of
the international organization, John
Lewis of Springfield Adam Wikin-
SON, secretary who viii act for the
Montana members. James Moran, of
Des Molncs, acting for Iowa; William
Harrison, Of birmingham, Ala,
member of the Alabama executive
board, and Thomas Huggerty repre-
seutipg district No ., Central Penn
aylNaula, bItummous coal fields.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-14
THn PROGRESSIVE REVOLT

Apparently. Colonel Roosevelt cal
lead tho progressive party TO water
but he can not make II drink. AT
least the statement issued by ualn.
bridge colby, the man who placed tho
Coloncrs name before the recent ma
tonal convention OF the party. aud
published uttcranCcs OF John NJ.
Parker. Matthew Hale and othc,
prominon; leaders Of the party indl-
cate that considerable number VI
the voters Of that party refuse to
drink at his bidding
Tho latest development in the bun
moose situation tends 10 negative the
often expressed belief that the pro-
Eresslves are a one-man party and
that there rs nothing to the organza-
ton outside of the personality Of colo
mel Roosevelt Born OF protest
against bosslsm la the republican par
~, the progressive party apparently
siill has within Il an influential olc-
mont that viii not submit 10 bossism
aud that ndbcrce to the principles au-
nounced in The party platform ia pref
crenct TO yielding blindly to The lead
crship Of an individual Just how
strong numerically that element il
only the future cnn determine, but
there seems little reason to doubt that
The progressive Influence viii be felt
IN the campaign that is now on.
Ia the inception Of the progressive
party Colonel Roosevelt furnished the
popularity. George W Perkins the
hank-roll and 'Hul" FLYNN the po-
utical gcuerahhip. Apparently AN
that was expected Of the rest Of the
party was TO furnish the votes The
votes We're furnished In 1912,
more than four million Of them,
with the result that Roosevelt
carried siV states with total
of hb votes Ia the electoral col
legc Hut in spite Of this. the at
tivitics ct Roosevelt. Perkins and
er,e so conspicuous that Mt
lie heed was given TO the fact thatI
there were other momhcrH of the par.
Is organization bon the United states
besides these three.
~ course, there viii not hc four
million progressive votes cast this /
year even IL the party should. ash
likely insist on putting out national /
ticket IN spite of The advice ct the
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-14

Mitchell IS d. July IG-Two chill
dren have died of WfantIe paralysis
IA this cit, dutug lhr past week. ae-
curdng to statement by the city
health Officers today children under
10 years ~ age have been prohibited
from attending an public gatherings
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-14
Notes of Interest
From State Museum

ESPECIAL cosrssrososres 70 MORNING sousH.u
Santa Zee, July 13.-Dr. Mitchell
Carroll, general secretary of the
Archaeological institute, who is com
ing to Santa Te in September to lee
turc, began a six weeks course OF
lectures on THE Arts Throughout the
/ Ages" at the Chautauqua summer
school New York. one of the lee
! lures is THE Land of the cliff Dwell
lers ana another THE Lure OF
Archaeology in which Santa Fe and
| the Pajarito park are featured.
Director Edgar l.. Hewett has been
| named one Of seven members Of the
! committee on arrangements for the
meetings of the Pacific division of the
American Association for the Adj
vanccmcnt of Science at San Diego,
! August to - Participating i'm the
| sessions will he Astronomical So
Ciety of the Pacific" the "Cordilleran
| Section Of the Geological Society OF
America the Western Society of
Naturalists.' the Pacific slope
Branch of the American Association
Of Economic Eutomologists,' and the
"Ecological Society of America.
Many of the attending scientists eN-
pect to visit Santa Zee and the sum
mer archaeological camp at the Puye
after the san Diego meeting.
The current number of the Geo
graphical Magazine received today is
of especial interest because it is Civ
,.t, , .gt
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-14

life. al least near the shore. Accord
ing TO popular belief Ia the section re-
fcrred 70, an that is necessary to rid
ones self OF a shark whose presence
ion The vicinity is suspected is TO mako
"a commotlon In the water and the
unwclcomc visitor viii become fright
cuod and leave
And yet within the last two weeks
four lives have been lost as result
of attacks by u shark or sharks for
there is nothing to indicate whether
AN these occurrences are traceablc to
% single monster That In some freak
ish manner has straycd from his nat
ufal habitat into uuaccustomed
waters. or whether the North Atlantic
has suddenly become infected with
"a most unusual and unwoloomc
variety 81 shark From the fact
that all Of the tragedies have oc-
CURED within q comparatively short
distance Of each other, aud the fuIt
thor fact that Of The many thousand
hothcrs that are daily 10 be found in
the surf at the New Jersey coast re-
sorts only four have been attacked.
the former contingency seems most
likely
In This conucctinu those who are
Interested la the general subject of
sharks viii be repaid Day reading the
chapter in Mark Twain's Following
the Equator dealing with Sidney
Australia An incident is there re-
lated which whether true or not. is
entertaining TO degree ana brief
synopsis Of which may not be out OF
place.
According TO The author. at the
time of the occurrence related. 1870
the harbor OF sidney was infested with
the dcadlicsl Of man-catiug sharks
ana bounty had been placed upon
them hf the Australian government
Fishing for sharks which was al
ways done at night had become quite
"a profitable industry not alone on
account Of the bounty. but also be
cause of the fact that not infrcquont-
BY money and articles Of value were
found inside the stomach Of a shark
who had recently made meal Of
some unfortunate person who had fall |
len overheard from vessel or had
otherwise gotten within the sphere of
his operations. There follows quito |
an interesting bit Of shark lore. in
which II is narrated that the shark !
la the fastest swimming fish In the |
sea. his great strength enabling him
to achieve almost Incredible speed ana |
to uutdistanee with case the fcctcst /
vessel that it ls possible FOR man to
construct
The story runs that in the waning |
hours of a SIMMER night dcspond-
mt young man. almost ponnllcss ana
wholly out of luck. was walking along
ho bcuch ON the outskirts Of sidney.
self-dcstruCtiOu, when he
.ame upon % glrulous stranger fish
ny for sharks Tho fisherman too
vas out Of luck, and insisted that the
.ouug man should hold his line in or
Ter go see If the bite for which he
iad been waiting in vain all night
would not come. solely with view
o mmoriug his new acquaintance the
Dung man complied with the re-
lucst and Immediately there was
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-14

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