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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-19
BELIEVE CHEF
Of CLUB IS IN
CITY.
Chicago Police Searching
For Man Who Poisoned
Hundreds.
BY AssoCIATED PRESS.

Chicago, Feb. 18.-After the pub
LEGATION in New York today of an
other letter believed to have been
written by Jean Crones, former as
sistant chef at the University club
here, police officials looked for Crones
arrest in some eastern city on a
charge of putting poison in the soup
served at a banquet given to Arch
bishop George w. Mundelein.
The federal operatives here con-
tinued their efforts to assist the po-
lice in running down reports that
the poisoning was the result of an
anti-clerical plot. It was learned to-
day that government agents received
warning of such conspiracy more
than three months ago. At that
time it was reported that anarchistic
leaders had been holding secret meet
ings at Salida, Colo, and had dis
cussed plans for treign Of terror"
to be created throughout the United
States by the destruction of churches
and public buildings.
New York, Feb. 1S-Believing that
Jean Crones is in New York city or
nearby the police made every effort
today to run him down. The author
tiles think Crones is the author of two
letters mailed in this city to the New
York Times in which the writer
boasts that he has escaped arrest and
makes yelled threats.
The Identification by John M. Nc
Court, assistant United States dis
trict attorney at Scranton, Pa, of the
fac smile of the first Crones letter
received here, as the handwriting of
the man wanted in Chicago, stimu-
lated police efforts here. Crones'
writing was identified by examina-
ton papers he had sent to CORE
spondence school in Scranton.
The second letter, apparently sign
ed by Crones, received by the New
York paper last night, contained what
purported to be his finger prints. The
police are endeavoring to learn by
these prints whether Crones had
record in the police bureau of identifi-
cation.
In this letter the writer attempted
in an incoherent manner, "why l did
it." Many of the words are mispelled
as was the case in the previous let
ter. The writer Asserted that "while
at Europe millions of Christians are
slaughtering each other in the most
bloody massacre, and in these free
country thousands of men and women
are tramping the streets without food
and shelter and at the very same time
the churches hold dinners and pay
SIS for each cover which starts with
beluga caviar and champagne, the
same money which was begged from
pour working men and women, the
same money were the blood of pour
workers has run for.
''These conditions" the writer con-
tinued, "are an scandal. That is the
failure of Christianity and an insult
toward honesty and challenge to
humanity. Let the church answer
those my charges toward the world
and l schall stand for the charges
made against me.
"The police makes me laugh. When
I was in Buffalo two spies where af
ter me. After while they went
backe. How foolish is the police not
for two cents brains. Yesterday /
was working for an hour around the
police headquarters but no one came
out und get me. am glad that the
spies from Chicago are coming than
l know better at wat time to let er
90"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-19
RUSSIANS HAVE ACHIEVED
A WONDERFUL UNDERTAKING

Amsterdam, Feb. 1s.-The Cologne
Gazette publishes a dispatch from
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-19

Hoyle
farming
to the city.
o agriculture.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-19
One Thousand Armenians
Massacred by Turks AS
They Evacuated Erzerum

fcontlnued trom page ones
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-01
ANOTHER DIPLOMATIC
TRIUMPH.

In spite of the doubts and fears of
even his own party leaders in Wash
ington, in spite of partisan critics
eager for an opportunity to see him
trip or fail, President Wilson has
scored again in his peerless but firm
diplomacy in the case Of the Italian
steamer Ancona torpedoed by an Aus
trian submarine with Americans
aboard.
The dual monarchy, the ally of Ger
many in the great European war, has
acceded to all the contentious and de-
mands made by the American govern
ment.
Thus has another crisis been safely
passed through the craftsmanship of
President Wilson without the loss or
sacrifice of American prestige but
rather with a gain to American rights
on the seas all over the world in war
as well as peace.
The Wilson administration has sue
cessfully stood another test and the
honor and dignity of the United States
2nd the right of its citizens upon the
seas have been acknowledged and rec
ognized.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-01
She Has Her Points.

Behold the old, pot-bellied mare
Who stands beside the stack,
She is not steam-lined anywhere;
She has sagging back.
The hair is worn from off her sides
Where tug and trace have been;
Profound disgust with life abides
About that pendant chin.
Her draggled fetlocks reek with mud,
Her tail is full of burrs;
No pride of race or purple blood
Or Bluegrass sires is hers.
Her sturdy pasterns, nit-bestrewn,
Have blemishes galore;
Thru chaff-filled name the breezes
Groom,
Each shoulder bears a sore.
But she has never cast a tire;
Her starter always works;
Her spark-plug never fails to fire,
Her timer never shirks;
Her oil-gauge plunger never sticks,
And neer has she, ween,
Five miles from home, or maybe six
Run out of gasoline,
Strickland Gillian.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-01

this afternoon in Davenport the CAPT
tai stock of the Davenport & Rock
Island Railway company was raised
from 100000 to S750,000.
A real prize fight was staged Sat
urday night at the old Y. NJ. c. A.
building in Moline, when Jack Carri-
gan of Boston knocked out Jo Tansey
of Memphis in six rounds.
DR.. Eli Bradford of Wayne, Neb., is
a guest at the home of Dr. Paul.
Dec 30-William Bleuer was elected
president Of Cigarmakers' union POI
at meeting held last night.
The ferry Spencer came out of it:
harbor last night and is again max
ing trips between Rock Island ane
Davenport
Dec. Sat a special election telt
yesterday William Payne of Rock Is
land was elected to the state senat,
from the Twenty-frst senatorial dis
trict to fill vacancy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-01
SOME FIGURES ON EXPORTS

In the first 10 months of 1914 the
United States sold Germany goods to
the value of $156,O58,S15. In the same
10 months of 1915 our direct sales to
Germany were only $1,7S7,807; a de-
cline of $154,271,068.
Was this tremendous falling off made
good by indirect exports TO Germany
through neutral countries around her?
A certain section of British public men
seem to think so, and there is a-certain
superficial warrant for their belief.
While American sales to Germany
dropped almost to the vanishing point,
American sales to Denmark for the first
10 months Of this year showed a gain
of SAL. 1881 ,692 over the same period of
1914: those to Holland gain Of $45,
624 ,493; those to Norway a gain of
$24 SIT, 304; and those TO Sweden an
increase of $57, 1862 The increase
of American exports to these four coun-
tries combined comes to S169,360,012:
or $15,089,944 more than the decline
of exports TO Germany.
luiSJ uONSFel, IL d Nel y super HtldI
view. Doubtless part Of the excess
imports to Holland and the Scandina-
Wan countries has been passed on to
Germany. But our exports to Spain,
Brazil, Cuba and Argentina all show
big gains this year, and no one has &C
cused these countries Of being buying
agents for Germany The explanation
is simple; the exports of the countries
at war have dropped because their peo-
pie are engaged on war material for
use at home: and the shortage has to
be made up from neutral countries.
Meanwhile, our exports to the United
Kingdom have more than dohbled,
those to France have increased nearly
fourfold; those to European Russia and
TO Italy fully fourfold; and those to
Asiatic Russia were q times as great
in the first 10 months Of this year as
during the same period Of 1914. Ger
many and Austria have been cut OF
from this vast reservoir Of supplies by
the British feet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-01

denial ulcer we might mention here
are o. Periodic attacks of stomach
trouble with intervening periods Of
comparative comfort; Cd Gnawing.
burning or boring pain in the pit of
the stomach and extending toward the
back or perhaps downward coming on
anywhere from half an hour to two
or three hours after taking food; (3)
The pain is often relieved by taking
some such food as milk, a cracker or
sandwich, being hunger pain; "a
Excessive acidity mot from fermenta-
ton, but from over-secretion of the
natural hydrochloric acid of the stom-
ach in the course of Digestion; 80
The appearance Of blood stained ma
terial in stomach contents.
The diagnosis of gastric or duodenal
ulcer must be made by (a) symptoms,
(b) test meal and analysis of express
ed stomach contents, and (c) X-ray
photography of the bismuth- meal I'M
dergoing digestion.
The treatment depends. Moderate
cases are durable by thorough medi-
cal and dietetic treatment, which
means always at least four weeks in
bed. Possibly a few cases respond TO
ambulatory treatment, but very few.
In severe cases operation is indispen-
sable. One reason why operation is
advised is that something like one in
every 10 cases of gastric ulcer eventu-
ally become cancers II not operated
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-01
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.

The magazine called Prosperity I'M
dertakes to express the opinion of the
republican party leaders. 1t says:
Being president of the United
States is really rather matter-o f-faCt
Job There is no constitutional re-
quirement that president shall I'M
dertake to regulate the universe, make
the earth over into a Utopia. or i'm
press his own academic ideas of citi-
zenship as static conclusion of ciyiliza-
ton"
In other words, no ideal rubbish.
inst sane old Mark Hanna common
sense.
How about the standard bearer to
fit such banner?
"He may hail from New England"
Weeks.
From New York" Wadsworth.
From Indiana Fairbanks.
From Illinois," Sherman.
And so on. Who shall he not be?
No has been" Root or Taft.
No mighty hunter" T. R.
No "cannonized saint or unaccom-
plished political REFORM" nobody from
the highest political court" Hughes.
This all fits in well with the Bour-
bon tone of the republican national
committees meeting in Washington.
So does the urgent plea that the party
agree upon its candidate before I'M
certain and, perhaps. ill-adyised pref
erential primary action complexities di-
rection of choice,"
The leaders. in short, want a red
blooded stand-up fight with these slo-
gans:
To hell with ideas.
To hell with reform.
Let the poor man pay for prepared
ness.
Let the poor man pay for everything.
Up with the tariff on food and cloth
ing.
Down with the taxes that hit the
well-to-do.
Down with government shipping
Harper's Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-01
TAX SOLUTION OF
D0DGING.
(By ellison Gardner.(

Failure to collect the income tax on
the present law and the consequent
lodging by most of the large income
receivers, has driven members Of con-
gress to consider an inheritance tax
to meet the need for increased rev.
enues. Representative Cordell Hull
who drew the income tax law, is said
to be working on an inheritance tax
bill. Vhe great advantage of the in
heritance tax is its collectability. Es-
tateS passing from the dead must go
through the probate courts. AS all
court proceedings are public, the full
est publicity attends necessarily the
transmission of property which goes
by inheritance and the public can
know who pays and what is paid 1t
is estimated by experts that three bill
lion dollars changes hands through
death every year. Assuming half of
this is to be small sums-estates too
small to be taxed-there would be a
taxable fund Of $1,5O0,O0O,000 which,
if subjected merely to progressive
rate of from one to five per cent, would
yield from S50,O00,0OO to s100,000,O00
without any serious burden to the ben
efciaries. Persons who get money by
inheritance have little to complain of
If the government reduces by taxation
the amount they get. They have not
worked for it, and in most cases there
is little or no moral right to it. The
large inheritance, particularly. could
thus be reached and five per cent i'm
post on inheritances of S1,00U,90 and
upward would work no hardship and
would have some effect toward reduc-
ing the concentration of wealth. How
conservative the five per cent tax is,
will be seen from the fact that the
United States Industrial Relations
commission in its report recommended
| the absolute confiscation of all inner
itance above one million dollars.
WAR AND AUTOMOBILES.
| This bit Of news given out at Wash
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-01

ington by the department of commerce
may help to explain why most of the
automobile manufacturers in the Unit
ed States are down on Henry Ford be-
cause he is proposing to spend part
of his great fortune in discouraging
militarism:
War orders last year resulted in
American automobile manufacture
ers doubling their foreign sales,
figures made public today by the
merce department, showed.
In the year ending June 80 the
totals were s74,O00,O00 as compar-
ed with s3SO0O,OO0 for the previ-
GUS year. The total for the calen-
dar year 1915 probably will reach
$120,000,000
The last half of 1914-after the
war broke out-shows large in
crease over the first half.
This also shows that it is indeed an
i'll wind that blows nobody good War
has devastated Europe; it has resulted
in the death of millions of the flower
Of her youth and the manning of 9TH
er millions; it has brought the whole
German people to point where their
food supplies must be doled out to
them as water and bread are doled out
to ship-wrecked mariners; it has
blasted cities and laid waste hundreds
of villages and farms lit has increased
the debt burden of the warning peoples
by scores CT billions; and it has par
alyzed the better impulses of count
less millions Of men and women in
whose breasts the deadliest hatreds
have supplanted the kindly and gener-
Gus instincts which once were so en-.
nobling; but let it not be forgotten
that while war has done all this and
more, it has at the same time doubled
the foreign sales of American auto.
mobiles and enabled the General Mot
ors company to declare an initial casl
dividend on its common stock of so pei
cent.
Can it be wondered at that the auto
mobile interests are nearly all enrolled
in favor Of ''preparedness?"- Johnstor
| pa Democrat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-01
BUT THE GRIPPE BATTLES
US.

The latest returns Of the census
bureau. just published, show the Uni
ted States to be the healthiest place
on the face of the earth.
According to the figures for 1914 the
death rate in this country is now 1875
per 1000 of estimated population
the lowest death rate on record.
To make it even clearer, the report
shows that there were only 10 death
in 1914 where there were II a decade
early-a total of $500 lives in 1914
This result is gathered only from
statistics from registration districts
Unfortunately all communities do not
register accurately the vital statistics,
hut 25 states and the District of Co
lumbia do From these sources and
from 80 cities in states that do not
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-01
<ALTHT TALK
81
William Drady,M.D.
Gastric Ulcer

Gastric refers to the stomach, not
to gas. Ulcer of the stomach occurs
much more commonly than most peo-
pie think, great many cases being
undiagnosed, or they are called
Chronic dyspepsia" indigestion"
"acidity,' or something else equally
indefinite
Ulcer in the stomach and ulcer in
the abdomen-that part Of the bowel
just beyond the lower end of the stom-
ach-are often distinguishable. Their
symptoms, effects and treatment are
very much the same.
One important factor of ulcer is
some long standing trouble in the ap-
pendix or in the gall-sac. DR.. Beaver.
the surgeon and author, states that
he has observed an almost constant
association between chronic appendi-
citis and gall-sac disease with gastric
ulcer. And the Mayo clinic reports
about 20 per cent of gastric and du-
odenal ulcer cases associated with dis
ease Of appendix or gall-sac
Pyrrhoea is probably a factor in
some cases.
Rosenow, the bacteriologist, has
proved the casual relationship of
strepococci with gastric ulcer-and
streptococei find a favorable situation
for propagation in the pus-pockets
about bad teeth, in diseased appendix
or gall-sac and elsewhere in seats OF
chronic or unrecognized inflammation
or infection germ activity.
Some symptoms Of gastric or duo
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-01
The Daily Story
He Showed Them How To Do H.-By Donald Chamberin

ordering the others to follow. wa
liams called 10 him to wait n roora1-.
perhaps the woman was deceivlps
them--but Barker paid no attention !
him, and he went on with tho -.
They found the climbing difyicuit h..
pushed on, Barker displaying an =,
ergy that put the rest to shame MA
liams alone hung back, bringing M
the rear. But nothing like SIN az
peared. Then the men began to ttra
Of the difficult climb and one bv ons
fell to the rear Barker, coming n
perpendicular cliff. stopped, WAITING
till the others came up. Nothing was
said till Williams Joined them
"Wsal:" he said doubtfully.
Where's the woman:" asked Rartar
All looked about for her, but she was
not to be seen
Il tell you, Mr.. Barker" said VII.
liams, where reckon she isl
"WhereT'
| with that hundred dollars vow give
her. And | reckon the hundred dbl.
( lars is whar the still is. And I don,t
| reckon the still IS in this yere rayina
neither"
There was an ominous silence.
Il reckon" said Williams, shat
we uns might as well 90 home, Ra.
fore We could find the still-and |
reckon we couldn't-the hull thing
would be cleaned out"
do you think so?' asked Barker sb.
sently. He was thinking of the hun.
dred dollars that he had given the VIC
man and that he had intended TO
charge up to the government, but
that now he would not dare to men.
ton, and 1t would be dead loss To
| himself. He was soon convinced BIZ
the others that to try to find either the
still or Hardwick or his wife would be
like hunting for a needle in haystack,
Mournfully he led the way down the
mountain that he had climbed with
such high hopes. When he came to
the place where he had first seen the
woman, there she was In her cabin
near by washing dishes as uneoncern-
eddy as if nothing unusual had hap
pened.
did you uns git him?' she asked,
with well affected interest
No reply was made. and she con-
tinued:
WAL, l reckon you didn't or you
would have brought him along. Since
I didn't help you out I reckon orter
give you back the money" She hand
ed Barker the hundred dollars, which
, he took shamefacedly, then without a
word continued the descent.
"Gittin' moonshiners," said VIII
liams to Barker, "aint such easy work,
after ALL"
NO" said the man who had come
to Tennessee to show them how to do
; It: Il can't say it is. Don't you fellows
say anything about this affair, and I'll
report to Washington that you work
under serious disadvantages"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-01
A Gripping PLAY,

(B. L. T. in the Chicago Tribune).
Mother-Line up, children. The doc
tor must not be delayed. (She distrib-
utes another dozen handkerchiefs)
Children dining upl-Ah-h-h ca
shoo-o-o!,,
Papa-Sneeze if you must, but don't
say "CASH-o-o-o" in front of the doc
tor.
Mother-Ushy- ushy -ah- hoo-o-o.
Grown Sister (who contribs to the
Line)-Goodness. Would you listen to
mother; she has new one. Where
dye get that "ushy-ushy"?
Papa (using atomizer)-Oh, cut the
comedy. This is terrible-right after
Christmas, too.
Doc tentering, and speaking hoarse-
ly)-Arrumph! Good NOR Hatch-oo.
hatch-oo! Got 1t In the same place a.
you. Distributes bottles, ato,nizers
pills. capsules. wrist warmers, I OF wa
ter bottles. and takes temperatli es. Nc
change today. Tells them he has Il
new cases-who cares?l
Doc departing Hatch-oo. llatch
oo-o-o! (He bows. Il
Family thowing l-Cashoo-o-o! 4 Tshv
hoo. Utch-utch- ahoo-o, a
(Sterilized curtain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-01

During the latter part Of the last
century a great deal of whisky was
distilled In the Tennessee mountains
on which no tax was paid. One day
man appeared among the government
officials who were endeavoring to hunt
down a man named Hardwick, who
had been for some time running a
still concealed in the mountains and
had thus far defied every effort on the
part of the officials to trap him.
whats the matter with you fel
lows" said the newcomer that you
haven't got Hardwick? He's got to be
taken and right away"
"All right, Mr., Barker" said viii
liams. the man addressed; wen do
the job under your direction. Lead
on"
Half dozen men having been col
lected for the purpose, Barker started
up the mountain side, followed by the
others, and after a long and difficult
4 rock crying bitterly.
"Whats the matter" asked Barker
Matter? Matter enough. Look
a-yere." Pulling up her sleeve, she
showed a welt that had evidently been
made by lash.
"Who did that?" asked Barker.
my husband"
"Who is your husband?'
"Jim Hardwick.'
Barker opened his eyes and looked
knowingly at his men.
Where is Hardwick?" he asked the
woman.
Reckon he's gone up to the She
checked herself who air you uns
anyway
Il don't mind your knowing that
we're revenue men, and we're going
to get Jim Hardwick dead or aliyew
The woman stopped crying and look
ed fixedly at the men.
II don't want you to kill him." she
said, "but"-
"You mean," said Barker, that
you'd like to see him punished for his
treatment of you?"
| Reckon I would"
"I'll tell you what I'll do. You help
US get him and we'll give you S10O."
The woman's face took on a covet
Gus look. Barker followed up his ad
vantage. Show us the way to the
still and keep him talking till We car
surround it."
"What'll you do with him?'
We'll turn him over to you"
He counted out ten crisp treasur.
| notes and handed them to the woman
She took them hesitatingly, as though
she did not quite like the job.
Half an hour later the revenue men
led by the woman, had come to "a
vine. She paused and said: "The still'
up thar. Eff you uns stop this end o
the ravin' he can't git out; you go
him shore" Barker dashed forward
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-01

keep complete statisticsthe census
bureaus death rate return were gath
cred.
Incomplete as the retrns are II
drives home two points:
First, the all Important OIL
tion-wide registration of health anu
birth and death statistics.
Second, the need, now gre, 'n""
ever of the fight to prever u.oe9e
Already it is showing ,'' Al 'ne
saving Of lives-and =" 'na' II 10
proved good, keep uT''o ish''