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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-28
MASKED MEN HOLD UP
80 IN GAMBLING HOUSE
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International News Service:
NEW YORK, March IS. Six
masked men held up 80 men in an
alleged gambling house in West
18th St. early today and secured
money and jewelry estimated at
$500. Displaying revolvers three
robbers guarded the victims while
a fourth secured the loot. Two con-
federates waited outside in an auto
mobile in which the holdup men
escaped.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-28
TAGGART MEETS PRIEST
WILSON FOR FIRST TIME
New Indiana Senator Calls to Pay
Respects to Executive-Had
Never Met.
international News Service:

International News Service:
WASHINGTON, March IS. - Sen.
Taggart of Indiana, called at the
white house today and presented his
respects to Pres't Wilson. The new
senator was accompanied by his
colleague. Sen. Kern, and Acquilla
Jones of Indianapolis.
While both the president and Sen.
Taggart have been big men" in
their party for years. today was the
first time they had really come to-
gether. They have been on opposite
sides Of the democratic fence.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-28
PRICE MOVEMENTS
IN UP WARD TREND
Irregular Changes Are Re-
corded at Opening But
Tone is Strong.

International News Service:
NEW YORK, March IS. Al
though regular changes were re-
corded ct the opening the tone OF
the stock market was strong this
morning. and In the first Is minutes
price movements in nearly all cases
were toward higher prices.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-28
CuICACO PRODTCF.

CHICAGO. March 2s-BUIIER-Re
ceipts. s.492 tubs. Creamery extras,
SEC: extra frsts. 35d We; frsts, 33i2d
3415c: packing stock. 312d2412c.
BGGS Receipts. 29.G66 cases. Cur
ISL d15c; frsts 19Ld1ac. extras 22d
23c: checks. 16d1Tc; dirties. 171a@1Sc-
CHEESE Twins new. 11Ac; diaries
IKE: young Americas. 1870; long
horns 17I5c: brick. 17c
LIVE POULTRY Turkeys 1912
chickens 16lac: springers 17l2c: rOost-
ers. 121ac: geese. 100 13c; ducks. 16N
1sc.
POTATOES-R Receipts - cars. Min
nesOtas DakOtRs and Wisconsins. 90d
Csc.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-28
Raw Milk.
Pasteurized NIilk.
ASK ROAD IMPROVED.

A road petition signed by II. d.
Renner and SIS others asking for the
Of three miles Of gravel
road in Penn township has been
filed with the county commissioner
The road is a continuation of the
Beebe road. the contract for the i'm
provement Of which was let last
Monday by the county commissions
prS
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-28
RESIGNS POSITION

Albert II. Wahlen, an accountant
IN the city water works department..
has resigned and viii leave the de-
partment Saturday. He has accepted
a position with the Beach
Mfg. Co. Of Rachine, Wis.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-28

John Meyers died Of complications
at the county infrmary at O'Clock
Tuesday morning. He was 54 years
old and is survived by his parents.
Mominick and Margaret Meyers.
and several brothers and sisters in
Ohio.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-28
MILK SAMPLES PURE

Each of the IA samples Of milk
tested by the board OF health during
the past week were found 10 be up
to the standard according 70 the re-
port made Tuesday. The report fol-
lows.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-28
TOLEDO GRAIN

TOLEDO. o.. March 2c.-CLOSE.
WHEAT Cash. S1.17la May. S1.1Sfa /:
July. 11jiR
CORN-Cash. 73l3c: May. 75&ci
July. 7712c
OATS-Cash. 46iac; May 1850: July,
1850
REE-No. .. Q2c
CLOVER SEED Prime cash. S11 25.
March. 81 10: April. 50 co; oct $50
AI1SlKE-Prime. cash and March.
S9.35.
TIMOTHY Prime. cash and March,
50 50; April 3S45
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-28
CHICAGO CASH GRATN.

CHICAGO. March y -WHEAT-No. -
red. S1.132, d1171a: No. red. SLIGO
1Jis: No. hard winter 81 0Gas No.
northern spring. Sl1Sdl.l92s. No -
northern spring. S114a. fI1 .15as
CORN-No. = mixed. 4 p "a 1850. NO
white. 72c: No. ? yellow. 75G76r: 80.
3 mixed GA, n T0lsc 40. 3 white. ia
NC; No. 3 yellow. I2it n iec. No.
mixed 6Il2N6lc: No. white Gsai ~
69c: No. 4 yellow. 6S1i dG9c
OATS No. ? white. 41at n i3c. No
white 40dnLc; standard. f3i d 45c
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-28
HERES LATEST FREAK BET.

international News Service:
PATERSON. y. J., March Is
To pay a Willard-Moran fight bet
Larry O'Brien must propel a peanut
one mile with "A toothpick.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-28
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

NEW YORK, March 2S.-Call money
on the floor OF the New York Stock EX-
change today ruled at per cent high,
per cent: low, IL. per cent
Time money was easy.
Rates were 90 days. pa a. per cent
80 days. 2a.d3 per cent; months. 3
per cent: months. per cent; 9
months, 3 per cent.
The market for Prime Mercantile
Paper was quiet
Call money in London today was "A
u per cent.
Sterling Exchange was dull but steady
with business In Bankers Bills ut
S4I6 ZIG for demand S472i2 for 60
day bills. and 81. 7OI2 10. 9O-day bills.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-28
South Send Markets
POTLTRY ANn MEArs-

Corrected Daily by Jimmie's Market.
1913 w jefferson Blvd
P0ULTRY-Pa Paying. 1Gc. selling 2jc
NBAL-Paying, 1fc. selling. 1Jd3Oc
BEEF - Roast. pc: boiling. 12d20c;
porterhOuse. 3j0 40c; sirloin, 30c.
HAM-Paying 2Oc
LARD-Selling. I5c
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-28
NEW YORK sTOCKs.

international News service.
NEW YORK, March 2S.-Closing
prices on the stock exchange today
were.
Allis-Chalmers .......--.-. ~ .
Allis-Chalmers pfd. .--.... IS
American Agricultural ...... s. Is
American Beet Sugar $1,000 72l4
American Can Co. .-..-.. 81 p
American Car and Foundry 69S4
American Coal Products - 15s
American Locomotive 1890 7712
American Smelling .-.....1 1904
American Steel Foundries 49, 52
American Sugar Refinery ..-110
American Tel. and Tel......130h
American Wooden .-..-. 5012
Anaconda Copper ....-....-- S6S4
Atchison -.-.--. lOS "A
Baldwin Locomotive .----.-.-1O a
Baltimore and Ohio ..,...-, SIS
Bethlehem Steel ...-.-s~... 30
Brooklyn Rapid Transit 1890. S5l4
Chesapeake and Ohio 1900. 62s
Chicago and Northwestern .--1Z612
Colorado Fuel and Iron $500. 45A
Chicago. Mil. and St. Paul 49, 941s
Chino Copper ----..-.. 5S9s
Consolidated Gas ...---..... .135 y
Corn Products ..-.-.--.~..-. 20Ss
Crucible Steel .~..,~-.. .-..---. Ssts
Erie -. .~.- - $1,000 % y
Erie 1st pfd. ..--..~.---...~ OF
General Electric ----.--.. p
General Motor .A-.-'----.--.-445
Goodrich Co. ....-.. -..-.-... "a
Great Northern pfd. 5000 ..12l p
Great Northern ore .-.-.-..- 43A
Illinois Central ...e. ss..----1O3
Inspiration Copper ..s-..., a p
InterborO Il
Interboro pfd. ........--..-. p
international Harvester ..----11OSs
Central Leather 54A
Kansas City Southern 1900, %
Missouri, Kansas and Texas. Sts
Kansas and Texas, Prfd. ..s. 10 s
Lackawanna Steel -...-.--. n y
Lehigh Valley ...s.....-.." a 4
Miami Copper .-.-.--.-, 1858
Louisville, Nashville ........ 122 p
Maxwell Motor Co, LIST Prfd... ssh
Missouri Pacific 1890 1890. as
Mexican Petroleum .....-....l 1865
New York Central los Il
New York, y. II. and H...---. 6512
National Leal ..........-...- % p
Norfolk and Western .-,.---. III "A
Northern Pacific ....... ....1139s
y. Y, Ontario and Western. p y
Pennsylvania ..--...-s. 95fs
Peoples Gas 10000 lUf
Pressed Steel Car s.-----...- 5S14
Ray Consolidated .......----- 2S12
Marine ...-------->----- IL
Marine, Prfd. ....--...---... 661s
Reading ............ 80 =
Republic Iron and steel 1900, 51A
Republic Iron and Steel. Prfd. 1888
Rock Island ......-.A------. II u
SlOss Sheffield ...s.- s-~ss..s DO Y
Southern Pacific --.-..--.- 9S y
Southern Railway .....,..... 2OS4
Southern Railway, Prfd. 49,. 80
Studebaker Co. ....-.......- AZ p
Tenn. Copper ...--...-.>.... %
Third Avenue ...-...-..-.... 81 a
Union Pacific ...-.......... l55 2
u. s. Rubber 1000. $780,. 5lA
L. =. Steel ....ss......-. "a p
Utah Copper so =
Virginia Carolina Chemical. -, ,512
Western Union ...... 9OR
Westinghouse Electric 1880. 657s
WHY'S Overland ...........22 9
Pittsburgh Coal ........ p
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-28
SEEDS

Corrected Daily by Warner Bros, Seed
store, ia p. Wayne ST.
TIMOTHY 81. 7JmfOO per On.
RED CLOVER SO GOA 1900 per bu.
WHITE CLOVER ~ 90 $500 bu.
ADSIkE-s1O.O0 10 $500 per hu
ALFABFA-S12 90 % $500 per bu.
SWEET CLOVER 5000 Go $500 bu.
COW PEAS-S1.J00 200 per bu.
SOY BEANS-S1. j0d2O0 per bu.
BLUEGRASS 81 .J0n20O per bu
NETCH-S6O0 90 $50 per bu
FIELD pEAS-S2 50d3.O0 per hu.
MILLET-S125 to 81 80 per bu.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-28
CHICAGO GRAIN.

'HICAGO. Mareh 2s.-OPENING
WHEAT May. Sl.10hdi4; July,
,1OSl50L.
CORN-May. 73k6%c; July. 747sc.
OATS-Nay. 43ssa ne; July. 42izd
lsc: sept. 4Ois n eOc
PORk-July, 81. so.
LARD-May. SI1JO; July. SlI.72
RIBS-July, SI2 10.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-28
EAST BUFFALO LIVE STOCK.

EAST BUFFALO, y. y. March d
CATTLE Receipts. $50 head Market
active and steady. Prime steers, S9.O09
eco: butcher grades. S7O0dss5.
CALVES Receipts. 600 head. Market
slow. Gull 70 choice. 81 O0d10 90.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts. 1000
head Market active. Choice lambs.
S11. 25612.OO: Gull 10 fair $500 30
warnings. S900M10.Tj: sheep. $1,000
$50.
HOGS Receipts. $500. Market active
and steady. Workers. 5000 1925: pigs.
SgOOd92j: mixed SIC. 2jn10. 20: heavy.
S1O.2j6f1O. 30: rOughs. 81 GOA 3.3j: stays.
SG.JOdT.50.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-28
PROVISIONS
Corrected Daily by =. " MreIIer. efs
r Jefferson BIvd

FRUIT Oranges. per case $50: sell
ing at 25a J0c per doz; Lemons. Bep
case. s. 10: selling 20 800 per doz. Ba-
nanas. "a. per TO-. selling at 1oc to 25e
per doz. Apples. paying J0cMSI o. Der
bus. selling 2Jd5Oc per peck.
NEGEFABLES-Old Cabbage. navfrg
1Ec; selling 81 per DO Potatoes D7vfaS
75c; selling at S10O
BUTTER AND EGGS-C0untrv Butter
paying zoe 10 30c: selling al o. TO 97
Creamery Butter. paying 31c. selling co..
Eggs. strictly freshh. paying zoe: seIIins
at &c.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-28
GRAIN AND TEED.
Corrected Daily BY ". b. starr starr
MILL Hrdramlir Al

WHEAT-Paying 81 % per bu
OATS Paying 45c. selling 55e por bu.
CORN-Paying 63c selling zoe Ger hu
RYE-Paying SO per bu
BRAN-Selling, 81 90 per cWf.
IDDLIN0iS--Selling 81 80 per cwt
CHOPPED FEED selling S16J per
cWr.
GLUTEN Selling. 81 20 per rwt.
SCRATCH FEED-seliiug 500 per
cwt.
CHICK FEED-Selling s.. per cut.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-28
CHICAGO LIVE sTOCK

Union STOCK YARDS. ID, March
2S-HOGS - Receipts. 1900 Market
strong. Mixed and butchers. 50 $50
1910; good heavy. S9.75G10O0: rough
heavy. 50 3OFT9.TO. light 50 45G 10 10
pigs s. OOd9OO: bulk. 50 SOd9g5
CATTLE - Receipts 5000 Market
weak. Reeves 81 O0M10.O0. cows and
heifers. S3.SJ4S.7js stockezz and iced
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-28
TWO FINED FOR DRUNKENNESS

John Morgan and Steve Nargo
were each fined 81 and costs i'm city
court Tuesday for INVESTIGATION. The
case Of Ralph Jones. colored, who is
charged with intoxication was set
for trial on April 1. John Brown.
charged with lettering. will be trie5
on Friday.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-28
PI7TSRI-RGU LIVE STOCK

PTTTSBU RGH. Pa, Nan.h SCAT
TLE-Supply light Market steady.
Prime, 81. 25G9 co. good. SS6jG015; tidy
butchers SS.50doO0. fair. 81 6Jn s f5
common, 50 5Od7.50. common o. good
Tat bulls. S5O0d 500; common 600 good
fat COWS. S400G7 80. fresh COWS and
springers. $50 GOA 5000. veal calves.
$40 00dl050; heavy and thin calves.
$4,000 80
SHEEP AND LAMBS supply light
Market steady. Clipped lambs 81 oOn
9.75. prime wethers. S9G09. 20. Coun
mixed. * 4OGS %. fair mixed. s. J0N
SO: Culls and common NiJoG $50
lambs. S750T11 -: sprirC lambs
$1,000 II 90: clipped sheep. $4,000 80
HOGS Receipts light Market active
and higher. Prime heavy hogs SlO25ff
1890. mediums. $40 ga 1880. heavy
Workers. sic. 25H10.2o light Workers.
50 40N9 80. pigs SSQ0dq To- r0uEhs.
S90Od925: stays S7O007. 30: heavy
mixed. S10.2jn1O.3O
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-28
TALLOW AND HIDES
Corrected Daily by :. W. Lippman. II

IALLON Rough. . - 3e- rendered
No. 1. A. % DC. No. .. - 60 A.
WOOL-2Oc % pc per 10.
skin, 1Oc u To-.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-28
LIVE STOCK.
Corrected Daily BY MAJOR Bros

Corrected Daily by Major Bros,
= Logan st, Mlshawakal
HEAVY FAT STEERS -Falr 20 good.
&c % 7l2c: prime 7lLc % =
HOGS-LIve. $500 20 S9.25
LAAIBS-Live, - TO 9iac. dressed. 1Jc
10 lsc.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-28

NEW YORK. March 27.-Spot coffee
steady; Rio No. ., 9'sc- Santos No g.
10ikc.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-28
WILSON WILL GO SLOWLY
IN LATEST CRISIS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.)
saying she was torpedoed without
warning.
OF the seven dispositions made by
Americans at The United States en-
bassy there are only two which ad-
NIT the possibility that the Sussex
may have struck a floating mine.
A Reuter- dispatch Estates that
Prince Bahram of Persia, was among
the victims Of the ship. but there
has been no official confirmation Of
this.
story Of Baldwin's Escape.
The first detailed story OF the
escape of the family Of Prof. J.
Mark Baldwin is contained in the
following telegram from Paris
AT the moment of the explosion
Prof Baldwin and Mrs. Baldwin
were in the stern of the boat. Their
daughter. Miss Elizabeth Baldwin.
was in the fore part of the ship. At
the moment OF the blast and while
panic was gathering on the decks.
Prof. and Mrs. Baldwin dashed
forward wildly seeking their daugh-
ter. Being unable to locate her the
parents decided she had been taken
into a lifeboat Prof Baldwin and
his wife decided TO leave the ship
themselves, so they jumped into a
lifeboat that was just being lowered
and TO their intense JOY found Miss
Baldwin, who had been badly injur-
ed about the head. Later the Bald
wins returned to the Sussex and
were transferred TO a rescue ship
which took them 10 Wimereaux
near Boulogne. where Eliza beth was
rushed 10 a hospital"
Commission to Report.
The American naval commission
sent by Ambassador Sharp from
Paris TO Boulogne to inspect the
damaged hull Of the Sussex, are ex-
pected to report within the next "a
hours. Every possible facility has
been placed at their command by
the French naval and military auth
critics 1t was feared that their
freedom might be restricted be-
cause Boulogne is in the war zone.
Joshua D. Armitage, who was
among the Americans wounded on
the Sussex. is recovering. but DR..
Wilder G.. Penfield of Hudson. Wis,
VINO was badly hurt about the head
has improved but slightly.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-28
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISION.
CHICAGO. March 2S
SPOT COFFFF sTFAny
,.,-.,,. CoTToN GOODS FIRM.

NEW YORK. March 27- Cotton goods
ruled firm.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-28

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind March o.
HOGS Receipts 400. Market steady
Best hogs. $40 %: heavics 80 Q5f71O. o.
pigs. S6OOdS75, bulk 81 sales $3.50
1000.
CATTLE rs Receipts. 1000 Market
steady Choice heavy steers s. $50
925: light steers. S650dS 20: hei'ers.
$500 50: cows 95d1-IO. bulls - u0
az %; calves. - 50I9 -
SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts ~.
Market steady Prime sheep $500 e
lambs S6.OoFI 11-T5
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-28
MARKET QUOTATIONS

erS. S625GSJ0- Texans. S7150seo.
calves. =. 75na.J0
SHEEP Receipts 10000 Market I'D
q 15c higher Native end western. $500
d95O: lambs. asa ID -.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-20

committee stated that the contractors
who had been awarded certain work i'm
pre1aratiou for the event had agreed
TO the pOstpOnement until next fail
CITY to Aid Furniture Buying.
1t was reported that mayor Tom Lea
had given assurance that when it comes
time to meet payments on new furniture
for the new high school $4,000 of city
money would be available.
THE monthly financial statement OF
st,ditor Il. F. Sawyer showed a balance
on March 81 Of S122278.49 in the main
tenarce fund. and s400.645.86 in the
building fund Total expenditures for
the seven month period ending March 81
were SI7O,356.87. with revenues Of $751;
fe5 3q leaving a surplus of St1710S.52
THE net maintenance fund revenue after
deducting s5362.69 building fund rev
enue was shown to be Sill, 1853.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-20


hamton. TO straighten out his financial
/ and business affairs. and while here
/ took the bankruptcy act in the federal
! district court He left El PasO for
Bnghamton on March 20. While going
TO the railroad station he lost his
pocketbook with both funds and rail-
road ticket, and friends had to make
up a purse in order to make it possible
for him to continue his journey on
March "a, the pocketbOOk was found
and the money placed in a check form
and sent to Mir Sharpe at Georgetown,
Texas, where he proposed to visit for
several days
Married Three Times.
Mr.. Sharpe had been married three
times, J. O. Sharp, a son. surviving him
from his first marriage, while his
daughter, Holland, Is years old was n
child of his second marriage Mr.
sharpe was n cousin of Willis Sharpe
kilmer, son of the millionaire manu-
facturer of a Swamp Root remedy, and
his third wife was also of the same
family.
Mr.. sharpes second wife, who died
while they lived in FL Paso, was
sister of c. H. Leavell, of FL Paso. and
the daughter with whom Che father
quarreled last night is niece of Nj.
Leavell
J. o. Sharpe. the son, better known
as oakley, attended the FL Paso high
school and later conducted the Majestic
lneater IN Fl Paso. He is now in Los
Angeles, connected With the Wells
Fargo express.
POtentRte of Shrine.
Mr. Sharpe was illustriOus potentate
OF ~ Mazda Shrine from 1913 to 1914
While the head of the local Shrine he
went TO Binghamton. He made the
TRIP TO the Louisville meeting of the
SHRINE imperial council in 1909 at which
the charter for FL Maidat temple was
granted He was also active in the
scottish Rite, being q 32d degree Scot
tish Kite Mason. He was a member OF
the Masonic blue lodge at Austin. hav-
ing Joined there while attending the
state legislature in 1904
a foreclosure suit was filed recently
IN ths district court here by Willis
sharpe kilmer against Alfred J.. Sharpe
in which the plaintiff sought to fore
Slobe 4 lien on the Sharpe home ON
North Mesa avenue. The case was filed
on February s.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-20
ROOF GARDEN FOR
UNIVERSITY CLUB
May Lease Top Floor and
Roof of New Roberts
Banner Building.

Permanent club quarters with a roof
garden in connection are being consid-
cred by the University club. \ proposal
has been made TO the club to Include
plans for the club quarters on the top
floor Of the new Roberts Banner build
ing. opposite the new postoffice site
and, If satisfactory arrangements can
be made, the club Will have the entire
top floor with the roof garden for the
exclusive use Of the club.
Officers Of the club for the year
were elected at a business meeting Of
the club Wednesday night. A. w Nor
cop was elected president; Walter D.
Howe, vice president; Donald B. Gillies
second vice president; George Robert
son, secretary, and T. l. McQuillan.
treasurer. The charter was read and
approved. The nine trustees named in
the charter are A. l. Hawley, r. T.
Thomson, Norman Walker. r. NJ. Dud-
ley. c. n Bassett. Or. r. /. Ramey
Capt A. P. Watts. A. II. Hughey ana
James Heggie.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-20
STATE PREPARES TO MAKE
LOANS TO THE FARM OWNERS

Phoenix. Ariz. April 20-Forms to
be used in making applications for
state loans have been completed by
attorney general Wiley Jones. It is
probable that the first loans will be
made tn few weeks, o. as soon as
the security can be examined and APP
proved by the state loan commission
In the hands of the state treasurer
are over $4,000 collected by the land
department which must be loaned on
farm mortgages under the provisions
OF law enacted by the second state
legislature. No loan is TO exceed $1,000
and each one must be secured BY farm
property worth three times as much
as the loan. The period Of the loan
shall be not less than five nor more
than IS years, and six per cent interest
must be paid annually
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-20
$40, 900 IN DAMAGE SUITS
ARE FILED III LOCAL COURTS

Matias Marquee has sued the El Pas
Smelling company for $4,000 alleging
that his son Julian Marquee was fatally
injured i'm an explosion at the Stag
dump on March 16. Shirley Johnson
Of the 18TH cavalry has sued thu
Southwestern railroad for $4,000 for
injuries ne claims to have received at
Mcfarland. Kas
Pablo DelgadiilO has filed suit ir
the Goth district court against the
Texas Bitulithic company for S25,000
for injuries he claims to have received
when he was burned with oil.
Luis lie Roy has sued the FL Pasc
Ice and Refrigerator company for
$4,000 for injuries received when the
cOmpanys wagon is alleged to havs
struck his buggy.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-20
Il DFAD. MANY
HURT IN STORM
Tornadoes Sweep Through
Kansas and Missouri,
Causing Damage.

Kansas City, No. April 2O.-Eleven
! persons were reported dead and scores
injured. several seriously. in a success
sion Of tornadoes which swept through
, the central portions of eastern Kansas
and western Missouri Wednesday night.
| Property damage was believed to be
great, although accurate information
was unaNaiIanie early To-Day because OF
disabled telephone and telegraph ser
/ wee. The storm areas conferred north
! OF topeka and in a line running from
! me southwestern corner Of Wilson
Z county, i'm Kansas, across the Missouri
line into the border counties.
The reported dead are.
baby HIxon.
Al Rich hin, No: Ruth Fairbanks.
At Rockville Mo: Dr. C. P. Bowden.
Of AppieJon City, Mo-
AT Abilene, kas. Elmer Packard. of
Enterprise, has- killed while trying to
0u'i uH the STORM by car overturning.
Six Dead at slower.
SIX persons are reported dead and
ABOUT % mJu ed in Stover. Morgan
county, Missouri, with the town aid, IN
ruins A special train was sent from
Lluoh, Mo, 10 the relief Of the stricken
people of Stover.
Inc storm is also supposed to have
ma, MO-, lac last night. Olean. six
mics north Of Eldon. was i'm the Datb
Oh the storm and there are reports of
many injuries there.
Other REPORTS of Deaths.
SloYer, Morgan county. Missouri. stilI
vas cut OH from communication TODAY
ana IL was Impossible TO confirm re-
Polls thaI six PEI sons were killed
reports from Uniontown. Bourbon
county, has., said four persons had
Deen Killed there. Olean. Mo. reporfed
the death Of John Farris and wife. who
lost their lives when a tornado wrecked
thelr home Two deaths and the in
jury Of 80 persons were reported from
Arthur Mo.
Wind Races Buildings.
The wind swept a path four miles
long and quarter of "a mile wide near
Fort Scott Kansas, razing all build
ings In its path.
The little town of Berlin, in Bourbon
county, Kansas, which recently petit
TONED state officials to change its
name, was badly damaged.
All OF the Kansas storms broke dur
ing the daylight Black clouds gave
people ample warning and most of
them were able 60 get into storm
cellars.