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The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11
IS Killed. Many Hurt. BY Explosion

IS Killed, Many Hurt, by Explosion.
Pittsburgh, Pa.-Bstween 10 and
20 persons, mostly women and girls,
were killed and more than a score
Of Others injured here late Tuesday
when a terrific explosion wrecked
film exchange building at SO4 Penn
avenue in the downtown section of
the city Eight bodies have been,
recovered form the ruins and fire.
men. working in the interior OF the
structure, report that many other
bodies are buried under the wreck.
age
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11
RESIGNS Position WIN Reserve nank

Dallas-J. F. (Fred) Hopes, den.
uty governor Of the Federal Reserve
Bank of Dallas, handed in his resig-
nation Monday morning to take ef.
fect next week, when he will 90 to
Houston as vice president of the
south Texas Commercial National
Bank, Mr.. Hopes has been with
the Reserve Bank since It's organiza.
ton In 1914, as the cashier. Was
promoted to the position II deputy
governor April 5, 1915.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11
COL. ROOSEVELT DIES
AT SYCAMORE HILL
DEATH COMES FROM EFFECTS
OF BLOOD cLoT ON LUNGS,
WHILE HE SLEEPS.

Oyster Bay, N. Y.-Colonel Theo.
dore Roosevelt died in his sleep ear
ly Monday at his home on Sycamore
Hill in this village. Death is believ.
ed TO have been due to rheumatism
which caused blood clot on the
lung.
The colonel suffered a severe at
tack OF rheumatism and sciatica on
New Years day, but none believed
that his alness would likely prove
fatal. The former president sat up
most of Sunday and retired at Ii
o'clock Sunday night. About a. m.
Mrs. Roosevelt, who was the only
other member of the family at Oys-
ter Bay, went to her husbands room
and found that he had died during
the night.
Mrs. Roosevelt telephoned to Col
onel Emlen Roosevelt, cousin of the
former president, and he came to
the Roosevelt home Immediately.
kilograms were dispatched to the
colonel's children, who were in other
parts of the country. Two Of the
colonel's sons, Major Theodore
Roosevelt Jr., and Captain Kermit
Roosevelt, are in service abroad.
Captain Archie Roosevelt and his
wife had left New York for Boston
where the captains wife's father is
ILL., Mrs. Ethel Derby and her two
children are in Aiken, s. G.
The former president came to his
home ON Sycamore Hill from the
Roosevelt hospital on Christmas
day, but a week later was stricken
with severe attack Of rheumatism
and sciatica. from which he had been
suffering for some time. The rheu-
matism affected his right hand AMI
It became much swollen. He re-
manned in his room and efforts were
made to check the trouble. Last
Saturday the colonel's secretary, Miss
josephine Strycker, called to see
him, but the colonel was asleep in
his room.
Flags were placed at half mast in
Oyster Bay.
Colonel Roosevelts career has left
such vivid impression upon the
people OF his time that 1t is neces-
sary to touch but briefly upon some
Of the more striking phases of his
varied, interesting and strenuous"
life to recall to the public mind full
details OF his many exploits and OK
periences.
Called to the White House in 1907
after President Mckinley had been
assassinated. Col. Roosevelt, forty
Two years Of age, became the young
est president the United States has
ever had Three years later he was
elected as president by the largest
: opular vote president has receiv-
cd.
Thus Roosevelt. sometimes called
} man of destiny, served for seven
years as the nations chief magis.
rate.
Two services VIII be held, one at
Sycamore Hill, the other at Christ's
'hurch. which the Roosevelts have
or years attended. The Rev. DR..
ieorge Talmage. pastor, is expected
o oficiate.
Colonel Roosevelt will be BIZ led
It Young's Memorial Cemetery. Oys-
or Bay in a plot selected " the
colonel and his wife Aortly after he
eft the White House.
w. Emlen Roosevelt, cousin of the
Jolonel. said Mrs. Rooseveit's desire
vas that her husband "be buried as
! private Citizen" and for this rea-
on the funeral would be private.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11

Mr.. Frank Robinson Of Shreveport,
La, Is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
). w. Underwood, 1712 Marilla ST.
Mr.. George Lemons OF league.
Texas, was here last week to visit
mis- daughter. Mrs. Maggie p. Abner.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11
sTOKEs-wMLIAMs NUPTIALs.

Mrs. d. R. Stokes announce the
marriage OF her daughter. Ruth h..
TO Mr.. II. Alma Williams, September,
1918, at home with their mother,
Mrs. d. X. Stokes. 1924 Holmes St.,
Dallas, Texas.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11

Reductions OF from 20 to 30 per
cent in existing freight rates from
Atlantic ports to ports in South Am
erica. Asia, Japan, Australia and AZ
RIGA are announced.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11

BY unanimous vote the senate mil
itary committee has rejected Secre-
tary Bakers recommendation for
legislation, to validate informal war
contracts.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11

Washington-Bo Both houses Of con
gress adjourned Monday as mark
OF respect after adopting resolutions
Of regret at the death Of Colonel
Roosevelt and providing Tor the ap-
pointment of committees to- attend
the funeral
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11

Deportation Of most Of the 5000
or 1000 enemy aliens now informed
in the United States will be recon-
mended to congress shortly.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11
EVANGELICAL CAMPAIGN AT MT.
ROSE.


The great doctrine OF salvation
by grace is fully explained each night
at Mt Rose Baptist church by Rev.
s. I. Floyd, who is preaching with
power. Pastor Jas. Kelly invites the
sinner friends especially to attend
these meetings.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11

Thomas B. Love OF Dallas, assist
ant secretary of the treasury, has re-
signed and expects to return to Dali
las at an early date.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11

The proposed amendment to the
Texas homestead law will be dis
cussed at meeting Of the Farmers
Union Of Texas at Houston Jan. 9.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11

The Dallas branch of the Ford mo-
tor company will resume normal OPP
erations in about ninety days, &C.
cording to the manager, A. ]. Lang
ford.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11

Senator Chamberlain of Oregon,
chairman of the military committee.
has declared in the senate that the
United States was as unprepared to
take care of returning wounded SOL
diers as 1t vas uppreDsred to enter
the war.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11
DOMESTIC

DOMESTIC
The British convict ship Success.
said to be more than 100 years old,
was wrecked in the food of the Ohio
river recently.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11

The British and Dutch governments
have arrived at an agreement re-
garding the status of the former
German emperor
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11

France plans to assume the guild.
ance OF the destines Of Armenia, Sy-
ia and Lebanon in the new order of
world affairs growing out of the war
In conformity with treaties signed
with Great Britain and Russia In
1915.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11

! From the frontier to Rome the
Journey of President Wilson was like
q triumphal procession. Mountain
GERS and villagers swarmed from the
hills and valleys to the railroad over
which the presidential train passed
to pay homage to America.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11

Admiral Reinhardt Won Scheer.
chief of the German admiralty. has
resigned, according to advices from
Berlin. His resignation, 1t is said.
was voluntary.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11

American troops have recaptured
the village of Kadish on the middle
sector of the northern Russian front.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11

The American transport Tenador-
es. which left New York for Brest,
on December IS, was stranded on
the rocks near the Isle D'Yeu, the
bay of Biscay, recently. Advices
state that those on board were res.
cued.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11

With an estimated OUTPUT Of ST.
100000 tons, all records for the pro.
duction Of bituminous coal in the
United States were broken during
1918, says statement issued by the
National Coal association.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11

Lloyd George is the man Of the
hour In Great Britain with clear
majority of $50 in the new parlia.
ment.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11

! Instead OF reduced commodity
rates from st. Louis, Kansas City
and other northern points to Texas
points, it is possible that rates from
the north to Houston and Galveston
will be advanced.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-11

Two thousand French soldiers
have entered Budapest, the Hungar-
ian capital, according to telegram
from Zurich.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-03-20
XIV.
PAULINE'S PURCHASE.

Alone, Fleming Stone wrestled
with the problem of the giving Of
that poison.
The library at Garden Steps
had been turned over to him for
a study and no one entered the
room unless summoned. Stone sat
at the mahogany table desk, but
his eyes rested unseeingly on the
beautiful fittings of polished sill
yer and glass. On a memorandum
block he wrote down the names
of possible and probable suspects.
To be sure, he thought, every one
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-03-20
DRUGGISTS! VCKS VAPORUB
SHORTAGE OVERCOME AT LAST
A TREMENDOUS JOB 70 INCREASE
" OUR PRODUCTION

..l. OUR PRODUCTION @
In this emergency we tried to do bur
part. We secured the country for raw
m~aterials-our Traffic Manager spent
his days riding freight cars in-we
shipped raw materials in carload lots
by express and pleaded with manufac-
turers to increase their deliveries to us.
But 1t vas a slow process. Some Of
our raw materials are produced only
In Japan-supplies In this country
were low and shipments required three
months to come from the Far East.
Then we had to recruit and train
skilled labor. We brought our sales
men into the factory and trained them
as foremen. We invented new ma
chinery, and managed to install 1t on
Christmas Day, so as not TO interfere
with u daily production.
14s JARS OF vAPoRue EVERY
MINUTE DAY AND NIGHT
BY January LIST we had everything
ready to put on our night shift, and
since then Jul laboratory has been
running day and night. To feed our
automatic machines. which drop ont
one hundred and fOrty-three jars OF
VapoRub a minute or one million and
eighty thousand weekly, has required
a force Of 500 people. Our Cafe De-
partment, created for the benefit Of
these workers, served 1000 meals dur
ing the month Of January alone.
80 MILLION JARS OF vAPoRUa
DISTRIBUTED SINCE ocToBER.
An idea Of the work we hav% ae-
1omplished this fall may be given
by our production figures-13,02S.978
Jars of VapoRub manufactured and
distributed since last October-one jar
for every two families in the entire
United States. Z = Z
During the influenza epidemic yick's
VapoRub was used as al external APP
Iplication In connection with the physi-
clans treatment, and thousands Of peo-
pie, unable to obtain q doctor, relied
on Vick's almost exclusively.
Literally millions of families all over
the country, from Cali
fornia to Maine, and &
from the Great Lakes MSHo,I
to the Gulf. have found Sl
Vick's VapoRub tho ASH
ideal home remedy for Es@JYTM
Group and cold trou- IuSS1jN\
bles. IA MEN1
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-03-20

ShohSSt W thliihA1 WOulu III oily
way wish harm to the lady. Why,
| admired her above all, and il
was my hope that she would dc
me the honor to accept my hand.
Honestly, Count CharlierH''
and Stone looked at him with a
man to man glance that caused
the Count to hesitate in his pro.
testations.
"Well, I was considering the
matter in my own mind. You
know, Mr.. Stone, it is a great re.
tsponsibility, this seeking a wife.
And Miss Darlington was not
not in her first youth. Of a fact
her years outnumbered my own
So, | asked myself was it wise
was it altogether just to the lady
Ito" an
Never mind all that. Count
said Stone, a little impatiently
just give me a few details OF
that evening, so far as your &C.
tions were concerned. You were
at the house till midnight"
eyes, Mr.. nlsley and I left to.
gether. We had spent the evening
there at cards and music"
you had had any private con.
versation with Miss Darlington
during the EVENING""
eyes, we walked alone in the
conservatory for a time"
"You proposed marriagef"
"Not exactly that-but l have
limited at such an event"
"And the lady seemed agree
able9". Ei4l.
ENTIRELY so. If I may say it
she met my advances half way
and l could not misunderstood
her feelings toward my unworthy
self"
"She spoke to you Of money
matters? Of her willY"
eyes, to my surprise, she told
me she bad bequeathed to me
$lU,UOu." HST--r~~~~a
"Was not this a strange be.
quest to a casual acquaintance? p
f'Oh, we were more than casua.
acquaintance. l have known Mis-.
Darlington for two or three
months"
which, Two or three?"
perhaps nearer two" and the
Count showed a slight embarrass.
ment.
"Do your friends often leave
you large sums of money on such
short acquaintance9"
"It has never happened be.
FORE and now the Counts dig.
nifty was touched and he spoke
shortly and eoolly.
"Then, of course, it struck you
as peculiar" and Stones smile
assumed an acquiescence.
But the Count returned: "Not
at all. Miss Darlington was an
unusual woman, and / never ex,
pected her behavior to be entirely
conventional. When she told me
of this / was simply and honestly
grateful, as l should have been ia
any one who showed me such q
kindness"
You were glad to get the
money then2" ~
Eyes, indeedl" the Count ex.
claimed, with sparkling eyes, then
realizing his slip, he hastily add,
ed: THAT is, | was glad of the
knowledge that it would come to
me some day. Surely l did not
want the lady to die, that 1 might
receive it, but / was pleased to
know she thought enough of me
to make the direction"
What did she mean by saying
Tomorrow all will be differ.
ent9'"
THAT l do not know. Could
she have meant"
"She did say it, thenf You
admit she said it to youY"
Breathlessly, Fleming Stone
waited the answer. Miss Caring.
ton had said this to the person
who was with her behind he,
closed door at l o'clock! Gould
the Count be going to incriminate
himself9
mot to me only. She said it to
all who were present. 1t was while
we were playing bridge"
"She said it again to the mar
who killed her!"
"Of that l know nothing" said
Count Charlier, politely.
"BotherP' said Fleming Stone
inaudibly.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-03-20
The Deal Scheduled for Last
November, Which Was Post
poned on Account Of the Influ-
enza Epidemic, l. Now Re-iA-
stated - Good During the
Month Of March.
OVER ONE MILLION JARS
OF o
EACH WEEK

1t Is with pride that we announce
to the drug trade that the shortage Of
Vick's VapoRub, which has lasted since
last October, Is now overcome. Since
January LIST, we have been running our
laboratory twenty-three and a half
hours out Of every twenty-four. Last
week we shipped the last Of our back
orders, and retail druggists, therefore,
are no longer requested to order in
small quantities only. aa-
NOVEMBER DEAL RE-lNsTATED
This deal, which we had expected to
put on last November and which had to
be postponed On account of the short
age of VapoRub, is re-instated for the
month of March. This allows a dis
count Of 1917 or shipments from job
bers' stock Of quantities of from 1 to
4 gross. so of this discount Is allowed
by the jobber and So by us.
We advise the retail druggists to
place their orders Immediately, so that
the jobbers will be able to get prompt
shipments TO them.
Thanks OF THE PUBLIC DUE THE
II DRUG TRADE DURING THE
|. INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.
The thanks of the American public
are certainly. due the entire drug trade
retail, wholesale and manufacturing
for what they accomplished during
the recent influenza epidemic. The
war caused a shortage of phy5icians-
nurses were almost Impossible to OBJ
tain-the demand on the drug trade
IA unexpected and overwhelming,
and to this demand they responded
nobly. Retail druggists kept open day
and night and slept where they drop
ped behind the prescription counter.
Wholesale druggists called their sales
men off the road to help All orders
hundreds wired us to ship vick's Vapo-
Rub by the quickest route, regardless
Of expense.
|01cKsNAr
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-03-20

fContinued Next week.l
-
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22
Building the City.

The new and better world after the
wnr, of which we dream these days,
will not build itself any more thnn
the rubble which marks the site OF
Ypres or Louvain will come together
of itself into beautiful and splendid
buildings, observes a writer. 1t will
take time and struggle and INFINITE pa-
thence. and II men and women are not
willing to pny the price Of new and
better world. such will not come mere
ly because they have airy visions Of
1t. Much Of our talk about better
things to come In too cheap and easy
and has not enough Of grip and pur-
pose to make It worth much. What
God Is giving us. and will give us in
those great aftcr-the-war days, In 2
wonderful opportunity. but we shall
have to meet that opportunity with
heroic endeavor and self-sucrlncing eff
fort before 1t Gun possibly become
fruitful. Talk In cheap md dreams are
sweet and inspiring. but It is not with
these alone TINT the Kingdom Of God
II builded in the earth and mankind
In won for righteousness and brother
hood.
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22
BRAVE SONS OF FAR WEST
Boys cole Object In osinS 70 War.
Like That Of othsrA 10 -
Acan the kalssf.s

Maj. r. Alexander Powell. in Serb
ner's Magazine. says ut has been my
good fortune to have marched with
many armies, but none of them has
given me the thrill Of pride which runs
up my spine when I see these loose
llmbed, brOwn-faced. clear-eyed sons
Of the far West go swinging BY under
the slantlng lines Of steel.
'-They are for the most part serious
looking. with q curious set expression
about them which makes you feel that,
though they realize the immense DIM
Guilty Of the task for which they are
preparing, they intend to see It nn-
ished. no matter how long It may
take. Just a. their fathers carried the
frontier of civilization westward from
the Mississippi, 20 these. their sons,
arc going to push that same frontier
from the Rhine.
"But that Isn't the way that they
would put II. Should you ask them
what they are fighting for. they will
say nothing about the liberty Of small
peoples or about making the world
safe for democracy. They will assure
you that their sole object In going to
war II to can the kaiser And, upon
thinking It over. 1t seems to me that
their answer. though somewhat inele-
gnntly phrased. perhaps, expresses the
sentiments Of all Of U.S."
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22
WARNS AGAINST WASTING AIR
Southern Pacific Railway Company
Cites Attention Of Employees
10 q Real Expense.

"DOn't waste the air"
This injunction. indicating the pass
ing of the last free commodity known
to man, has been added to the cOnser-
walton program Of the Southern Pacific.
says Financial America. The attention
Of thousands Of workmen In the ruil-
road shops at Los, Angeles. sacra-
mento and Oakland is being directed
to the fact that compressed air. used
to drive many machines and tools. rep
resents real expense. In fact, the
"high cost Of air" Is giving the COM
pany economists some concern.
g. w. Rear, general bridge inspec-
tor for the company. estimates that
q half.inch leak In . compressed-air
tank will Offset the work Of 10
horse power engine and the cost OF a
horse power varies from less than
cent to 80 cents per hour. depending
upon the size of the plant, amount Of
attendance. etc Usually the loss Is
greater than the money cost. due to
decreased output on account Of insult
f,cient air supply. y
The expression "free ms air" has no
relevancy In the Southern Pacific
shops.
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22
Cement From Beet Sugar.

A result Of experiments in French
factories Is the production Of mn excel
lent cement A. by-product Of beet
sugnr refining. The first step In the
production Of sugar from beets Ii boil
Ing them. It has heretofore been cus-
tomary TO throw away ns vnlueless the
scum formed on the caldrons. But 1t
Inns now been discovered that this
scum contains large quantities Of car-
Donate of lime. II Ii estimated that
1000 tons Of the cnrbonates can be
recovered from 10000 tons Of beets.
To this quantity Of the carbonate LOO
tons Of clay Is added. the resultant
product being good cement. The
best scum Is pumped into lnrge reser.
voirs and allowed to evnpornte for q
certain length OF time before being
mixed with the clay. 1t is then stirred
or beaten for an hour before being fed
into rotary ovens such as are used In
making Portland ccment.-The Argo-
1aut.
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22
New Uses Of Cotton.

The people as yet little understand
the wonderful variety of uses to which
cotton Is now put. One industry has
established at Columbus. Ca. At cost
Of 100000 4 mill whose machinery
u capable Of producing S. different
kinds Of cotton weave, says Q CORE
spondent. The government has re-
Gently placed orders for many million
yards, It having been found possible
to substitute cotton for linen In the
manufacture Of wings for aircraft, and
also to substitute a cotton weave for
the rubber gas masks and rubber coats
which airmen wear. Secretary Dan
iels has ordered the purchase Of no.
600. 900 pounds Of cotton for navy
uses and 100000. 600 yards Of cotton
Gauxe for surgical purposes. Chemists
making researches believe that within
a short time additional uses Of cotton
will be found: and yet only = few
years ago about the only use Of Amer
lean cotton was in the manufacture Of
cloth.
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22

Having helped many a soldier
through weary hours In trench and
hospital. playing cards are now being
pressed Into active war service, say,
the London Chronicle. You may have
noticed the new and neat little cloth
badges on the sleeve Of our men from
the front. but possibly have failed to
understand the designs. They are
nothing but the familiar club. spade,
heart and diamond Of the playing card
Under the new scheme regiments are
divided into packs, each company
having Its symbol In certain color to
serve a. an Identification mark. all
other badges being removed before 20
Ing over the top.
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22
the SPY.

fhs lsnsthy trial ended. through many
months prolonged.
Ths solemn judge sat silent. stark and
stern:
Ths ported spy In terror. pailid. trsmb-
ling In his place.
Ens fats7 Ach Kaissrgott he soon would
learn.
'You have poisoned little Riddles. killed
their loving mothers dear.
You have blown up ships and steamers
by the &C re;
Burned down our factory buildinss. send-
inY hundreds to their graves,
You have done all this and other crimes
galore;
'sFomented strife. ssdition. disease germs
scattered wide.
Imperiled lives Of soldiers In deadly de-
vious ways;
For crimes 10 brutish. heinous. dire PEN
atty you'll get:
Edwin Hall Warner. in Lost Angeles
VI000a