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Rock Island Argus., 1916-01-22
ONE KILLED AND
ANOTHERINJURED
BY BOLD BANDIT

Chicago, H., Jan. 22-Detectives
secured Chicago today for man,
wearing a closely cropped mustache,
who yesterday shot a policeman to
death. wounded another man and
escaped with 81 900 from the Chicago
branch of the Thomas Cook and Sons
tourist agency.
The robbery occurred in the very
heart Of Chicago, at State street and
Jackson boulevard, during the late aft
ernoon, rush hour" The streets were
crowded with automobiles and work
ers.
The bandit instantly killed Traffic
Policeman Bror A. Johnson and
wounded Ernest Walsh. cashier for the
Cook agency. He escaped, assisted by
the woman who accompanied him aft
er a taxtcab driver refused to assist In
the flight.
There is no clue to the whereabouts
believed to have boarded a train for
Toledo shortly after the robbery. She
is believed to have left the train at
some intermediate point, however
since the Toledo police reported that
no woman answering the description
was on board the train when it reached
there.
Descriptions Of the man were vague
and agree on virtually one detail. The
witnesses were certain that the bandit
wore a mustache of style made pop
ular by motion picture comedian
Other points in the description led to
statement by Nicholas Hunt, chief OF
the detective bureau that his men were
searching for William La Trasse, who
escaped from the Kansas City peni-
tentiary In 1913.
Rewards have ben offered for cap
ture and conviction of the murderer.
According to stories told by the wit
nesses, the bandit entered the office OF
the agency, which is located on Jack
son street near State, one of the bust
est sections in the downtown district
shortly before five o'clock. At the
point of revolver he drove the en-
Dioyes into a vault, closeG he door
and turned the combinatll0, locking
them in. When Walsh, til cashier, at
tempted to resist, the bal dit fired, in
f1icting slight flesh wound.
After locking up the clerks the
bandit took all the money in sight in
the cashiers cage and left the agency
At the door he met Policeman John
son and shot him dead. Outside the
woman waited in taXicab. The bandit
leaped in. pointed the revolver at the
chauffeur, but he refused to start the
machine. Then both the man and
woman fed down an alley.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-01-22
FLOODS RECEDE
AS RAINS CEASE
IN mIDDLEWES7

Chicago, Jan. pa cold wave, said
by the weather bureau to be sweeping
eastward from the Rocky Mountain
regions, was held out today to bring
relief from the flood conditions which
prevailed in northern Illinois yester-
day. The heavy rains, which caused
rivers and streams to overflow, had
stopped, according to early reports.
With thousands of persons temper,
arily made homeless, property loss in
to hundreds of thousands of dollars,
railroad traffic interrupted and several
cities facing a possibility of epidemic
as the result of pollution of their
drinking water by the flood, the reced-
ing waters were watched with consid-
cradle anxiety.
Belated reports reaching Chicago
told of extensive havoc wrought in city
and countryside within a radius of so
miles. Hundreds of farms in the Fox,
DesPlaines, Rock and other rivers
valleys are being maintained at bridges
to spread the alarm should they be
swept away.
Joliet, Aurora and Elgin suffered
most from the floods. Streets and
Easements were flooded, much low
land inundated and residents driven
from fbair homes ubi1a in q fou 20 c ac
the houses were fioated off their foun-
dations. At all three points dynamite
was used to break ice jams which held
the water in check.
In Chicago sewers backed up and
hundreds of Easements were flooded,
telephone service suffered when the
conduit tunnels were filled with wa
ter and subways under railroad via
ducts were flooded to the extent that
traffic through them was impossible.
Firement were kept busy all day
pumping out flooded Easements.
City health officers warned residents
to boil all drinking water to avoid the
possibility of typhoid epidemic.
A list of cities where flood damage
was done included Ottawa, La Sale,
Rockford, Peoria, Streator and Free
port, ILL.,, besides many smaller cities,
suburbs of Chicago. Advices from out
side the state reported flood conditions
at Kansas City, Mo-, Oklahoma City
and other nearer points.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-01-22
THE WAR TODAY

The Balkans continue to take
precedence in the war news, both
Montenegro and Greece being
points of notable interest.
Further reports regarding the
resumption of hOstilities between
Montenegro and Austria, following
rejection OF peace terms by the
former, are lacking, and there is
small disposition in Teutonic quar-.
ters even to admit that there has
been cny break In the negotiations.
A Berlin dispatch today, however,
quoted a Cologne newspaper as
cOnceding that obstacles had aris.
en- during the negotiations and
that there had been a refusal of q
part OF the M0ntenegrin army to
lay down its arms.
Dispatches from PetrOgrad
claimed further successes for the
Russians against the Turks in the
Caucasus campaign.
There Is discussion In Germany
OF separate peace between Ger.
many and Belgium, and a London
dispatch quotes an influential
Frankfurt newspaper as suggest.
Ing that Belgium ought not to wait
too long before taking up the sub.
iect.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-01-22
AUSTRIA ADMITS
PEACE TROUBLES

Berlin, Jan. 22.-"The Austria-Hun-
garian official press bureau" says the
Overseas News agency, announces
that the laying down of arms as agreed
on by the Montenegrin government is
meeting with difficulties and that the
general disarming of the Montenegrins
will be delayed, this being principally
due to the long distance over which
the soldiers have to travel and to the
bad communications.
"The press bureau also declares that
the delay is due in part to the national
peculiarities OF the Montenegrin peo-
pie, who, ignoring the general situa-
ton, do not know whether they are ex-
pected By their government to con-
tinue the war on their own account.
"The Austria-Hungarian govern
ment," the press bureau adds, "appre-
ciating these circumstances, has
granted time to the Montenegrin gov
ernment so that it may get into COM
munication with the reluctant part of
the population in order to appease it
and bring about systematic submis-
sion"
Rock Island Argus., 1916-01-22
REBELS DEFEAT
REGULAR TROOPS

Peking, Jan. 22.-The rebels in the
province of Yunnan have defeated a
body of government troops and are
moving northward.
The engagement between the reyo-
lutionists and the government forces
took place at Suifu Eze-Chuen prov
ince, the rebels having crossed the
northern border of Yum Nan The force
opposing them at Suifu was the gar
rison of that place, and after defeat
ing it the rebels marched northward
toward Tzeliu Using, apparently with
the intention Of moving on to Cheng
Tu, the capital of Sze-Chuen province.
Many government troops from Han
kow were arriving at Chung King, on
the Yang Use Kiang, in Sze-Chuen
province, but the navigation of the
river above there is difficult and con-
sequently the revolutionists are op-
posed only by small garrisons.
The revolutionists are not molesting
foreigners.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-01-22
1900 HOMELESS
WHEN CITY BURNS

Copenhagen, (via London, Jan. 22.)
The Norwegian town of Molde was
still burning at midnight. The great
er part of 1t has already been reduced
to ashes and it is threatened with
destruction in it's entirety Nearly
1000 people are homeless. No casual
ties have been reported.
An earlier dispatch announced that
the fire which started at Molde on
Jan. 81 had consumed the central
part of the town and that the flames
were being famed by a high gale.
Molde is small seaport on the bay
of Molde, to the southwest of Chris
tiansan. 1t has many historic asso-
Citations and corducts a trade in tim
ber, tar and fish.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-01-22
ALLIED FLEET IN
COAST ATTACKS

Paris, Jan. 21, (4:50 p. MA dis
patch from Milan to the Temps says
that the squadron of 16 warships of
the allies, which on Wednesday last
bombarded Porto Lagos. the Bulgarian
seaport on the Aegean. near the Greek
border, also shelled the military bar
racks and railway station at Dedeag-
hatch and destroyed a military train.
The dispatch adds that among the at
lacking vessels was the Italian cruiser
Piemonte.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-01-22
Train HURLED FROM MOUNTAIN TOP
Miners Life
SavedbyH
TrueFriendS

Tacoma, Wash, Jan. 22.-The story
of how the life of Robert Nelson, a
miner, was saved by four men who
harneSsed themselves to a sled and
dragged him for two days over snow u
feet deep, was received today from Gle
Elum.
Nelson working in a mine ! the
mountains, injured his leg so severely
that an amputation was necessary. The
nearest hospital was at Gle Clum, %
miles away Four of Nelson's mining
companions, going two days without
food, pulled the patient on a sled to
the hospital where his leg was ampu-
tated. His recovery is expected.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-01-22
WOULD EXCLUDE
ORIENTAL RACES

Washington, Jan. PA provision to
exclude Hindus as well as Chinese
and restrict Japanese immigration
has been included in the, Burnett i'm
migration bill, which is to be report
ed to the house next week by the i'm
migration committee. The provision,
the elimination of efforts by the Pa
cific coast members, proposes the ex-
clusion Of 'the brown and yellow
races, with certain passport excep-
tions"
This action, to which the committee
pledged to secrecy until the bill
emerges from committee, became
known today.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-01-22
PLEADSNOTCU|LTY
TOHOTEL MURDER

Cleveland, O., Jan. 22.-Louis Bian-
chetti, who was brought back from
New York yesterday, pleaded not guilty
today on the charge of murder in con-
nection with the death OF Dolores
Evens, IS years old, who was stran-
gled to death in hotel here two weeks
ago.
Judge Thomas Kennedy, fearing
repetition of the demonstration which
occurred when the prisoner reached
the city yesterday, ordered the court
room cleared prior to the arraignment
Rock Island Argus., 1916-01-22
HUSBAND AND WIFE
VICTIMS OF AUTO GAS

Bellefonte, Pa, Jan. 22-Victims of
petromortis, William H. Noll and his
bride of few days were found dead
in Noll's garage today
Mrs. Noll was sitting in the auto
mobile and the husband was standing
alongside the car leaning over the
door. Both had been dead some hours.
The authorities say they were asphyx-
lated by the fumes Of the engines ex-
|hausL
Rock Island Argus., 1916-01-22
DAY IN CONGRESS

SENATE.
Not In session.
HOUSE.
Met at noon.
General debate was continued
on the Shackelford bill to appro-
pirate s25,000,000 federal aid to
states for highway construction.
Immigration committee cOnsid-
cred literacy test provision OF the
immigration bill.
IDsular committee considered
TIA 1hk ,Iil without action.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-01-22
SUBMARINE GOES
OUT ONTO SHORE

!, can Diego, Jan. 22.-The crew of the
saited States monitor Cheyenne are
atparing today to pull into deeper
sa'er the stranded United States sub
1sfihe H-3, which grounded late yes
a'aay IN a mud bank while rising to
bay.
iae submarine is resting high and
y On the bank and Is undamaged.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-01-22
THE WEATHER
Forecast Till Z p. NJ. Tomorrow, fol-
Rock Island, Davenport, Moline

HHu NICIHIIys
Fair and colder tonight with the
lowest temperature about 20 degrees
above zero. Sunday increasing cloudi-
ness.
Temperature at a. m. 33. Highest
yesterday So, lowest last night 33
Velocity of wind at a. m. miles
per hour.
Precipitation none.
Relative humidity at p. m. SS, at
7 a. N. S5, at l p. m. today 54.
Stage of water 107, rise of IL foot
In last "a hours.
]. M. SHERIER, Local Forecaster.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-01-22

Ysleta, Texas, Jan. 22-Five MeXi-
cans, members Of a band of Mexican
cattle and horse thieves, shot and in
stantly killed Bert Akers, a young
rancher of this place yesterday after
noon, according to the story told OF
the tragedy today by Douglas Downs
Akers' companion, who survived a hail
of bullets as he and Akers, riding one
horse, sought to escape. They were
unharmed.
Juan Barrios, Mexican secret
service man detailed to aid the young
American in the search for six COWS
stolen from Mrs. ]. D. Murphy, Akers
sister-in-law, was relieved of his
weapons by the Mexicans but not
harmed Akers was 25 years old and
leaves a widow and three children.
Texas rangers spent last night ly-
ing out on the border searching fol
the Mexicans involved in the killing.
Reports from Juarez had stated that
only two of the Mexicans out of the
five who killed the Americans hat
been caught by Mexican soldiers. The
Duran brothers lived here for some
time after coming from New Mexico.
Stories Conflicting.
Downs story contradicts the story
the Mexicans told to General Gavira
commandant at JuareZ, that the Amer.
leans and the Mexican secret service
officer fired at them.
I'VE have been going into Mexico
every day since last Sunday, in search
of the cows taken from Mrs. Murphy's
ranch" said Downs. I'VE went ovel
across the river into Mexico yesterday
morning and came across dairymar
who gave US the first clew as to the
whereabouts of the cows.
Juan Barrios of Ell Paso, a Mexican
detective, was the only one of us
armed.
I'VE rode up to the house and Akers
went to the corral to see if the Murphy
COWS were there The ears had beer
cut off and they had been rebranded te
disguise them.
Were Familiar Friends.
"Frederico Duran came out and hailet
Akers, saying Hello Chappo, which i:
a nickname of Akers. He knew us a
once as shown by this salute and con
trary to the statements they made tt
the commandant at Juarez in which
they claim they did not know either Of
US were Americans.
"Frederico asked what we wanted
and Akers answered that he wanted tC
look at the stock in the corral. Fred
erico said he would have to see his
brother Bernardo and turned back into
the house.
Il was riding up and down on my
horse at the side of the house while
Bert had dismounted near the corral
| then noticed four men in the house
/ told Akers that l thought Barrios haG
better not try to arrest any one. Just
then all the MeXicans came running
out of the house and four of them rar
up a ladder to the roof Each had q
six shooter. They started to shoot al
us and they kept popping at Akers and
me.
Slain Man Had Dism0unted.
"Akers had got off his horse anf
consequently had little opportunity tc
get away. / cut across field on my
Continued On Page ThirteenO
Rock Island Argus., 1916-01-22
Banks Make Increase.

New York, Jan. 22-The statement
of the actual condition of clearing
house banks for the week show that
they hold $1S0,914,610 reserve in ex-
cess of legal requirements This is an
increase of 1896, ,240 over last week.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-01-22

Workmen had just completed remov-
ing the snow and debris from the rails
and the train was about to proceed,
when an avalanche thundered down
from the mountain side above the track.
The dining car and day coach were
struck squarely on the side and car
ried away as if they had been chips.
The other cars and the engine remain
ed on the track.
Corea is about 120 miles east of Seat
tie and is at the loop of big switch
back. 1t Is the second station down
the west slope from the Cascade tun-
mel and Great Northern officials said.
sis almost the exact spot where a
train was swept from the tracks Feb.
%, 1910"
The two dead and three injured were
taken from the dining car of the Great
Northern train wrecked at Corea ac-
cording to reports received here. The
engine, baggage car and observation
car were reported not buried.
Two Dead Found.
Two negro porters and a trainman
are known to be dead. The dining car
is reported burning. The cars in the
gulch were not covered by snow as in
the 1910 disaster. At that time many
of the dead were suffocated.
Cries for help from the cars In the
gulch could be heard on the track
above.
FEB. %, 1910, at that time two Great
Northern passengers which had been
detained by snow slides, were struck
by an avalanche at night and carried
several hundred feet into a gulch.
Nearly all the persons on the trains
perished.
After this accident the railroad be-
gan construction of concrete snow
sheds at cost of 81 100000 The rail-
road engineers believed they had pro-
tected all the most dangerous places.
The snowfall during the present win
ter has been heavy.
The first passenger reached In the
day coach, small boy, was severely
injured. The next two passengers
were dead.
Five employees in the dining car are
believed to be dead How many pas
sengers were In the day coach could not
be determined
Rock Island Argus., 1916-01-22
Cascade Limited Struck by
Avalanche and Carried
Into 300-Foot Gulch.
DEATH TOTAL UNKNOWN
Rescue Parties Working to
Relieve Passengers in
Snow Buried Cars.

st. Paul, Mimi, Jan. 22-Possi.
bly, fourteen dead In the Great
Northern wreck at COrea was the
report received at 1886 p. m. at
the Office of Louis W. Hill, presi-
dent of the Great Northern rail-
way. Mr.. Hill stated that reports
on the wreck received In his office
up to this time were belated.
Mr.. Hill issued the following
statement at l p. M:
~The snowslide struck the train,
throwing a sleeping car on its side
and carrying the diner and chair
car over the bank.
"The number of killed and In.
iured Is not definitely known but
it is reported that the chair car
contained eight or ten people and
the sleeping car six people, with
employees, and probably some pas
sengers in the diner"
Seattle, Jan. 22.-Great Northern
train No. 25, the Cascade Limited
from Spokane, was struck by q
snow slide near COrea station, on
the west slope Of the Cascades,
near the summit today. The train
was standing still when hit The
dining car and the day coach re-
ceived the full force Of the ava
lanche and were carried down an
embankment 800 feet.
All the persons in the two cars
must have been killed or injured.
Physicians have been sent from
Everett.
The train had been stopped by a
small slide which had covered the
track.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-01-22
Is Shot Down by Bandits AL.
legged to Have Stolen
Neighbor's Cattle.
MURDERERS ARRESTED
Carranza Soldiers Capture
Guilty Ones and Promise
Prompt Punishment.

Ell PasO, Texas. Jan. 22-Cus-
toms officers early today opened
fire on several Mexicans attempt
ing to cross the international bOr-
der with large bundles of rags.
The Mexicans fled. 1t is not be-
Ieved any were injured.
Rock Island Argus., 1916-01-22

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Rock Island Argus., 1916-01-22

CONTINUED On Page Thirteen.)
Rock Island Argus., 1916-01-22

Associated Press
Leased Wire Report
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1916-06-09

Vance Cline and Toni Genini
Of Eddyville made proof on their
homesteads before County Clerk
Howell Tuesday.
Miss Maude Miller went to
Portland the first of the week
for a visit with friends and to
take in the Rose Show.
E. T. Radiant of Upper Farm
was in the city the first of the
week, going to Portland yester-
day morning.
We are in receipt Of the first
issue of the SEedd Monitor a
newsy little five column paper
which was born last Friday. ].
K. Davis, formerly of this city, is
editor of the paper, and l. w.
GIL Is assisting him in its pub
lication.
The following subscriptions
have been received this week:
e. G. Montgomery, Toledo; e. A.
Hall, PIEDMONT; Ted McElwain,
Toledo; John Lloyd, Siletz; Ar
thur French, Taft; f. r. Weaver,
Toledo; ID. b. Stuart, Toledo;
Arthur Bensell, Siletz.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1916-06-09

Alec Mcmillan and Clarence
Ofstedahl autoed to Albany in
the latter's machine Wednesday.
They went as delegates to the
Masonic Grand Lodge in session
in that city.
The Leader job department is
getting out the posters for q big
celebration to be held at Taft
the 4th of July. All are In yited
to attend and are promised a
good time.
A crew of surveyors have been
in the field this week surveying
a line for a railroad from Siletz
to Toledo via Olalla 1t is ru-
mored that this Is to be an cleo
trio road and will utilize the
water power in the Siletz river
to generate juice.
Complaint has been made to
the County Court by the rail-
road company that children have
been piling rocks on the railroad
track. In one instance they
made such a pile in the middle of
the track that the train was COM
PEELED to stop while the crew re-
moved the rocks. Parents
should caution their children
not to do this as 1t might result
In a serious wreck.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1916-06-09
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

The City OF Toledo. Oregon, will re-
ceive sealed bids for the following des-
cribed street Improvement In the City
of Toledo:
a. Grade and plank that portion Of
Second Street in said City between the
east side of the intersection thereof
with Hill Street and the west side Of
the intersection thereof with Graham
Street.
(2) Grade and plank that portion Of
Seventh Street, beginning 25 feet west
OF the west side Of the intersection
hereof with Hill Street and extending
west a distance OF 125 feet, planking
now on said street to be taken up and
removed from the Street.
(3) Grade and. plank that portion Of
Fourth Street between the west side of
the intersection thereof with Graham
Street and the center OF the intersec.
ton thereof with Grove Street, except
the east 100 feet thereof and the south
half OF that portion of said Fourth
Street In front OF and adjacent to Lot
and the west 30 feet of Lot 2 in block
s, In Graham's Fifth Addition. Grade
and plank that portion OF the south half
of Fourth Street In front OF and ada.
cent to lots and 6 In block six Crab.
ans Fifth Addition. the planking now
on said street where said improvement
is to he made to be taken up and re.
moved from the street.
Bids may be submitted for any por.
tlon OF said work. and must be in ac.
cordance with plans now on file I'm the
Office OF city Recorder. and must be
filed with the City Recorder on or be-
fore Monday June 10Th, 1916, at 8
o'clock =. NJ.
BY Order Of the Common Council.
=. N. Hayden,
City Recorder.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1916-06-09
WELL CHILDREN ARE
ACTIVE

If your child is dull, pale fret
ful and wants to lie around, the
chances are it is suffering from
worms. Kickapoo Worm Killer,
a pleasant candy confection,
liked by all children is what your
child needs. You only give one
half to one lozenge at a time and
you get immediate results.
Every mother should have a box
on hand. 25c. at all druggists.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1916-06-09

The Supreme Court has just
affirmed the decision of the Cir
cult Court which latter court
affirmed the decision of former
Judge John Fogarty in the Lucy
Ellen Rowell will case. Judge
Fogarty held that Mrs. Rowell
was insane when she made the
VIII and the two higher courts
have sustained his decision,
which Is quite a feather IN Mr..
Fogarty's cap.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1916-06-09
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT

In the County Court OF the State OF
Oregon. for the County of Lincoln.
In the matter OF the estate OF Paer A.
Miller. deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned. Administrative OF the estate
OF Paer A. Miller. deceased, has filed
her Final Account as such admins.
tratrix with the Clerk OF the above
named court, and that the Judge OF
said Court has fixed Monday, July Ord
1916, at ten o'clock in the forenoon
thereof. at the County Court room I'm
the Court House In Toledo, Oregon, as
the time and place OF hearing object.
ions to said Final Account, should any
there be.
Dated this 3lst day OF May. 1916.
Marie Miller
Administrators OF the estate OF
Paer a. Miller, deceased.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1916-06-09
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE

Two medium weight horses
for heavy draft team, want same
for farm work, expect to pay
reasonable difference; also one
eingle horse for exchange for
one weighing about 1000; also
seven good milk COWS.
Address Mr.. Stein, Elk City.