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-. .. 3^1 Im Stillig: sm if#' 1 W H% 5 Ir ck' a^' &*** t?f frj?* •ar, IOWA NEWS 3T 3C Fountain H. Ackert of Marshalltown believes that he. is the oldest resident of Iowa who ever'has taken a trip in an aerial' craft. Ackert -will be 90 years old on Sept. 18, and has recent ly returned from Florida, where he and his wife have been spending the winter. Ackert had an opportunity while at Clearwaterv to accompany a birdman on a ten mi'e trip in a hy dro-aeroplane. He says for comfort flying beats any mode of travel he has ever experienced, -v Somewhere In Iowa is a trunk con taining the body of a ranchman who was 'murdered near Glasgow, Mont., about two weeks ago. This is the opinion, of'Sheriff Nacey of Waterloo. A homesteader disappeared and his team and wagon are said to have been sold by the man suspected of the crime for $75. The man, it "Is said, had a trunk Checked at Nashua, Mont., which it is believed contained the body.- 'The trunk was traced to Min neapolis and then into Iowa. Editor Li. H. Henry of. the Charles' City Dally Press has announced his candidacy for state representative -from -the Eighty-eighth district Mr. Henry has, been-a Charles .City news paper publisher for eighteen- years and was postmaster for over ten years. Before removing to Charles City, he was editor of the Storm Lake -Tribune, and- before that a jpartner .with his brother, S. D. Henry in the Coon Rapids Enterprise... The. Iowa-highway commission and the state qpperintendent of public in struction are urging upon the super intendents of consolidated schools the setting aside ria each, school one day in May or the latter part of April of a "good roads'- day. The idea is to arouse interest and enthusiasm. among thev boys and 'girls.tioft theristate in good roads building Johnl H, Ward, foftwen'ty-flve years with the Illinois/Central railway, sev eral years of that -period acting as chief accountant in' the Dubuque of fices, has resigned to accept a posi tion as-accountant with the interstate commerce'commission. -The program for. the spring meet ing of the Iowa Presbytery to be held at Mediapolis April 13 and 14 has (been Issued. The meeting place was changed from Fort Madison on ac count of the Rev. F. A. Gageby leav ing there. .-.Governor- Clarke has commuted the ''life sentence of Ed Jaeger, now serv ing time .ia:. the state reformatory at Anamosa, to. an Indeterminate -sen tence not exceeding, ten years. Jaeger was'convicted on .the charge of crim inal assault on a young. Voman at Dubuque. A Jury In the district court at Du buque returned-a. verdict for $8,000 in the case of Louise Wilselmi admin istratrix against, the (Illinois Central railway.. Negligence on the 'part of. the defendant was alleged, as the cause of the. death of/her son, a brakeman, killed in 1910. A move is under .way for the or ganization of a Y. B^. C. A. and the acquiring of a. suitable building in' Nevada. A party of business men have taken an option on a $10,000 business property, which Jf. purchased will be remodeled and fitted up rdr an association. E. Clyde Robbins, of Cedar Rapids, now an honor member of the' Colum bia university, New York City, has been, elected president of the Econom ics club the* e—a distinguished honor which came-to him- unsought. The plumbing contract for. the new $500,000 Black Hawk, hotel at Daven- port, for which. the excavation has al ready been completed has Just, been let at $45,801,. The heating contract has been awarded at $36 580. Mrs Mary M- Wensel, of Melbourne,. Marshall county, Has ..filed suit for $15,000 damages against the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. CPaul railway, com-. pany' for the death of George O. Wen sel, her son who was, killed on Jan. 21 when struck by a train. •'f'~ A dog ditched a gasoline speeder on "the Milwaukee line, near Bouton re cently with serious results for three men atad fatal results for the dog.-The /car was derailed and the men thrown V'lrom thirty to fifty feet. Mrs. Mary F. Wells, of Boone, for mer county recorder of Boone coun ty, fills the position of matron of the Eastern Star home, made vacant by the marriage and resignation of Mrs. Grant-Cameron-Perkins. Margaret Patterson, the 5-year-old, daughter of. John Patterson.1, died-at Chariton as the result of swallowing a piece of lead pencil. The fragment, It is believed, penetrated the child's lungs. At the special school election held recently at Ogden for the purpose of deciding' whether bonds for $25,000 would be issued tlie proposition lost by a large majority. Out of a total of fifty-six who took examinations to enter high school at New Hampton only twelve passed. The rest will be given another oppor tunity In May to meet the required standard. The University of Iowa will hold! a merchants conference May 12 and 13, under the auspices of 'the extension •division- A two days' program will be offered covering subjects of vital interest to the retailers of Iowa. Arthur D. Brown of Dubuque, who was being held on a charge of horse stealing, has been released on a writ of habeas corpus. Maj N. Martin, who was left in Burlington as the internal revenue stamp clerk after the office was con ^solidated and removed to Dubuque, has received notice from Collector Murphy that his services are no long er required by the government and that A. Hawkins has been appoint ed to his place. W Li. Sullivan, the lnsuranc^man of New Hampton who disappeared from a hotel, in Des Moines just be fore Christmas still is missing. Friends at (he family have., almost given up hope of gaining any informa tion in regard to the matter. George Dade, who pleaded guilty to violating the Mann white slave act In federal court at Ottumwa, and /was sentenced to five years, has been tak en to Stillwater, Minn., to the federal prison. Ralph A. Fritz of Atlantic won first place and the Samuel LeFevre prize of $20 in the annual freshman con test in oratory at the University of Iowa. The Central Railroad of Iowa has been incorporated with a capital of $5,000,000 for line from Omaha to Des Moines. The headquarters of the Frank and Nathan Kainsbarger were refused paroles by the state board of parole in a report filed with Governor Clarke. The vote was two against one for clemency. Friends of the men probably will' at once appeal to the governor for a pardon. If a sufficient showing of new evidence can be made it is said the governor may grant a hearing.'' The' Rainsbargers were sent to prison in 1887 from rfardln county for the murder of Enoch John son. One thousand southeastern Iowa teachers attended the convention at Burlirigtpn. Dr. C. H. Judd, dean of the' school of education of the Uni versity of Chicago, delivered the prin cipal address on "Teaching Pupils How to Study." Dr. Forest C. Ensign of the State University of Iowa, led the high school conference. The prin cipal topics discussed were revision of the course of public schools and the length of school days. The Des: Moines district conference of the Lutheran Iowa conference was held in Madrid. The following pas tors were'-present and- took part: Revs. C. A. Gallerstrom of Stratford C. A. Carlson of Marshalltown E. W. Carlson of Des Moines C. A. Ran dolph of Boone, Joseph A. Anderson of Boxholm, A. Norrbom of Des Moipes, C. A. Johnson of Swede Val ley and Carl Lorimor of Des Moines. Three more civil war veterans have just passed away at the Iowa Soldiers' home: James W. Sudduth, aged 79, of Whiting, Monona county, served,- in Company E, Twenty-third Iowa in fantry, Thomas E. Arnold, a former Resident of Mount Pleasant, served in Company H, Fourth Iowa cavalry. Hir^m S.'Rich, aged 81, of Jesup, was with Company D, Eighth Illinois cav alry. Two hundred and fifty of the 300 Iowa democrats, who partook of the Jefferson day banquet at Center^ ville last week were taken violently ill with ptomaine poiBon. The guests were in great pain, the. hotels Were thrown Into a state of turmoil and ev ery ^doctor in the city had all he could do,* but the illness lasted but a few hours.' Cabbage salad- or frlcaseed• chicken is thought responsible. Fred Crueger at Creston fixed the hour of his death and committed sui cide by shooting himself in the. bead. He was around town in the afternoon and starting home said to his com panions: "Well, boys, I'm going home and i'll-kill myself at 4:00 o'clock." His friends laughed at the supposed. Joke. He was in his room dead, a few minutes later. The,vested choir of St. -Joseph's col lege will make their third annual con cert tour the week of April 19. The following Iowa cities will be visited: April'19, New Hampton April 20, Ce dar Rapids April 21, Iowa City April 22, Ames April 23, Des Moines April 24, Fort Dodge April 25, Inder, pendence. The choir consists of for ty-five members. The. two suspects held at-Fort Dodge by the federal authorities on a charge of robbery, in connection with the Iowa Falls postoffice safe blowing are thought to be the same pair who blew a safe at Luverne, Minn., some time £go. Evidence, now .available,, points' to the men and several other Jobs, may be traced to them according to the federal officers. Dr. John D. McCleary, 84 years of age, the oldest physician in Warren county and for some time a member of'the board of regents of the State university of Iowa has passed away. Dr. McCleary practiced medicine con tinuously in Indianola for more than fifty-two years.. Wesley Poffenbarger, S3 years of age, son of J. W. Poffenbarger, the lar&est landholder in Polk township, Marion county -has been released on a $1,000 bond. He was arrested fol lowing an offense with Hattie De Wild, a 16-year-old girl of Eddyville. The Cedar Falls Automobile club, comprising upwards of 200 members, has completed arrangements for the holding at: that place on April 13-17 of a free,school of instruction for au tomobile owners who drive their oirn cars... Claiming that she has been Jilted on the eve of her wedding Miss Minnie Kuhlman has brought suit in the dis trict court at Marsballtown against Warren Ifuhzelmann a young farmer of that county, asking $2,000 damages for breach of promise. Evangelist "Billy" Sunday is now grandfather. A son was born to George Sunday and wife at Tacoma Wash., recently and he has been nam ed George Mason Sunday. The tooth er was formerly Miss Hattie Mason of Waterloo.. W..S. Allen, secretary of state, has practically decided against the meth od of -reproducing state records by photography and will' probably not change the system now in use in his office.. Harger & Blish, a concern handling musical Instruments and stationery, for more than fifty years in Dubuque, will close up Its affairs in that city. Milwaukee engineers now expect that the double-tracking of the line through Iowa wili be completed by July 1. Arthur D. Brown of Dubuque Is in Jail on a charge of larceny of a team which was secured from a liveryman. Pensions have recently been grant ed to Iowans as follows: Irene W. Comey, Monroe, $12 Mary, T. Dun can, Clearfield, $12 Sally Redhead, Postyllle, $12 Minor of Patterson F. Hart, Davenport, $12 Mamie A. Her bert, Des Moines, $12 Mary E. Mill: er, Newton, $12 HarrietjH. Stradley, Valley Junction, $12. The congregation of the Sacred Heart church of Mobticello, through its committee, has bought what is known as the Baade property and the D'Autremont, as. a site for the new Catholic churcli which' they contem plate erecting this season. An ^unknown man, -riding the bump ers or walking the Burlington track, was killed on *the bridge over Silver creek, one mile west of Malveni. He is 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighs 190 pounds, has gray moustache and gray hair. He is believed to have been an itinerant- chiropodist. The damage suit at Sac City of Aden Merkley, administrator of the estate of L. A. Rose, against John Cur rie of Schaller, for the sum of $15,000 on account of the death of Mr. R^se, who was struck by Mr. Currie's auto mobile, resulted in a verdict for the defendant. Lightning struck a large bam on' the Guy W. Sheperd farm southeast of Iowa Falls and caused a fire which totally destroyed the barn and all of its contents. Ten head of horses and thirteen head of cattle were burned. Three worthless checks, aggregating $122. were passed on Ottumwa mer chants by Charles Rudd, who made purchases in several stores of that city. Frank Gates, dry goods merchant at Fort Dodge for thirty-two years, has announced that- his firm of Frank Gates & Son has gone into the hand* of a receiver. 4 W *iA li 3-("jl* S—^ 1 ft WIDOW OF FORMER EMPEROR OF JAPAN SUCCUMBS TO BRIGHT'S DISEASE. OPERATE ON KING OF SWEDjEN .•j Announced, at Hospital. That Opera tion for Removal of an Ulcer Was. •Successful One and That Mon arch Will Recover. Tokyo, Japan, April 11.—Dowager Empress Haruko died at her palace at Namazu on Thursday. f- The emperor and empress and other members of the royal family had been summoned to the bedside, The dow ager empress had been ill for some time.. She was born in 1?50. All the theaters' have been closed and it is probable that- the emperor's coronation, which had been arranged for November 10, will be postponed. Court officials began' to make arrange ments for the state funeral. Bright's disease was the direct cause of d^ath. Emperor Matsuhito, husband of the dowager empress, died on July 30, 1912. The Dowager Empress Haruko is not the mother of the present Em peror Yoshihito, although* she is the first' wife in rank of his father, the late Emperor Mutsuhito. To the lat ter were allowed 12 wives, according to the old Japanese law, no longer in force. The present emperor is the soft of one of the secondary wives of Mut suhito.. Empress Haruko had one son, who died at birth, but she was devoted to the other children of the emperor and gave them all the attention of a real mother. -. She became empress in 1868, and shortly afterward s6nt five Japanese girls to America to be educated in the. public schools. She was one of the1 first of the Japanese women to adopt the European dress, but adhered to Japanese costumewithin her own household. It was largely through her influence that the women of Japan ob tained the right to enter the schools. Stockholm, Sweden, April 11.—An operation for the removal of an ulcer from the stomach of King.Gustav.was^ performed by Prof. John Wilhelm Berg, a famous Swedish surgeon, at Sophia hospital on Thursday. Queen Victoria waited anxiously in a retiring room for word from the attending doctors. It was announced that the operation was successful. ASSOCIATE OF YERKES DIES D. H. Louderback, Millionaire bevel oper of Chicago Interests, Sue cumbs Suddenly. Chicago, April 11.—The pians of Delancey H. Louderback, veteran Chi cago railroad builder and business associate of ttie late Charles T Yerkes, to end his days in the balpy climate of the south of France and there enjoy the fortune he had piled up, were vetoed on Thursday by death. Mr. Louderback, who had been a power in the realty world-of Chicago since 1873, and to whom Chicago in large part owes its present system of street and elevated railroads, passed away much as a tired'child goes to sleep, in the wonderful mansion .of his own de sign at 4920 Bernard avenue. Mrs. Louderback died two years ago. There are no children. TRAIN HITS AUTO ONE DEAD Former Sheriff of Lake County Killed Near Cedar Lake, Ind^—Ham -^fe:?^®'fmond':Man .Injured^-, '"hAt •'.v'rfe-'1 Hammond, Ind., April 10.—Fred S. Carter, former Bheriff of Late county and ttianager of the Hampaond Brew ing company, was instantly killed, and Anton Chubtonche, an East Hammond •saloonkeeper, probably fatally injured when the automobile in which they •were riding was struck by the "Hoosiei" flyer of the Monon railroad at a grade crossing, one-half mile north of Cedar Lake, Ind-, on Thurs day. Carter, who was forty-one years ojd, was prominent in Democratic party politics of Lake county. He was Bheriff of the county in 1906-08. EX-GOV. DRAPER IS/ DEAD J: Former Chief. Executive of M'assachu? setts Succumbs to Cerebral Hemorrhage of the Brain. Greenville, S. C., April 11.—Former Gov. Eben E. Draper of Hopedale, Mass., died here on Thursday The di rect cause of death was cerebral hem orrhage of the brain. The dead man's son, Bristow Draper of Hopedale, Mass., said that the former governor's body would be taken to Boston from fereenville and that no announcement of the funeral services or burial could possibly be made until the body ar rived north. Ball Player Accused of Killing Wife. Holyoke, Mass., April 11.—James Thorpe, well known in New England as a. semi-professional ball player, was arrested charged with murdering his wife. It is alleged that he killed her by cutting her throat with a razor. .... Indiana Man Heads School. CrawfordsviHe, Ind., April 11.—Rev. F. W. Hitlow Hixson of Crawfordsville has accepted the presidency of the University of Chattanooga, Tenn., suc ceeding Dr. J. R. Race. He will as sume his duties June 1. Robert S. Lovett Quits B. & O. New York. April 11.—Robert S. Lovett, chairman of the Union Pa' cific Railroad company, has resigned as a director of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. W. Averill Harriman was elected to succeed him. On Trial for Killing Patient. Chicago, April 11.—G. A. Sandusky, a former attendant in the State Hos pital for the Insane at Dunning, was placed on .trial for the murder of Charles Hoenicke, an inmate, who was kicked to death. Divorcee Shoots Merchant. St. Louis, April 11—Carl Strauss, president of a garment company, was shot and seriously founded- by Mrs. Etta Cook, a divorcee, here. Mrs. Cook said she was moved by jealousy to fire the shots. Women tfeaten and Robbed. Worcester, Mass., April 11.—Four women clerks in a jewelry store here were held up by a highwayman and beaten and robbed. One was serious ly injured. The robber got only a few dollars. Juarez, Mex., April 10.—Six hundred and-twelve^ men, women and chlldreri' of thf Spanish: colony expelled from: Torreon by General Villa arrived here on Wednesday. Several hours later" they crossed Into the United States. Huddled in the passenger cars on? their arrival, they, waited for dawn and the coming of George C. Carothers/ special agent of the American depart'? ment of state. Carothers had another' Interview1 with General Carranza, but it i« learned that' the general's attitude against the Spaniards remained un changed, and It will be the settled policy of the constitutionalists to ex pel them from all the territory con quered. DYNAMITE BLAST KILLS 7 Several Others Injured When Shovel Hits Dynamite While Working on Oregon Canal. The Dalles, Ore., April 10.—Seven workmen were killed, one fatally in jured and several others hurt in a. dynamite explosion on the Celllo canal project on the Columbia river near here on Wednesday. A stick of dyna mite which bad missed fire .was struck by the shovel. Police Official Kills Rival. Paris, France, April 9.—M. Dela croix, an inspector of police, shot and "killed Inspector Dupin at headquar ters here. Delacroix obtained* evi depce that Dupin was, alienating the affections of Mme. Delacroix. Winter Wheat on Upgrade. Washington, April 9.—The depart ment of agriculture estimated that the average condition of winter wheat on Apri 1 was 95.6 per cent of a -normal, against 91.6 on April 1, 1913 80.6 on April 1, 1912. Mrs. Wilson. Goes Motoring. Washington, April 8.—Mrs. Wood row Wilson went motoring on Monday for the first time in several weeks. She has entirely recovered from the injury sustained from a fall over a rug in the White House. Favor Cummins' Freight Bill. Washington, April 8.—The Cummins bill to prevent railroads from limiting their liability on freight shipments, was favorably reported to the senate by the committee on interstate com merce on Monday Car Owner Liability Law Hit. Washington, April 7.—The Supreme court annulleed as unconstitutional a section of the Michigan automobile law making the owner of a motor car responsible for injuries irrespective of who was running the machine. Cold Keeps Bryan at Home. Washington, April 7. Secretary Bryan, who has been suffering from a heavy cold, was stiJl confined to his room, but was up and atout, giving personal attention to state depart ment affairs. BOATING IN THE STREETS OF ALBANY This view in Maiden Lane, Albany, giveB an idea of the results of the serious floods that swept the northern part of New Yolpk state a few days ago. 'J WOMEN AND CHILDREN REMOVED FROM SUBURB TO CITY BY AMERICAN ADMIRAL. ,*v i'| *-.'' i'' v' I *.' .. *. U. S. TOWN IS #1" "SHOT UP" 1 'A Six Hundred Spanish Refugees, Who 'Were Exiled From Torreon bysVilla, Pass—Through Juarez on^ Wayr to United States. Washington, April 10.—^American women and children are being rushed into Tampico from the outlying dis tricts to.«protect them- from the rebel troops who are: threatening the city, according, to' a wireless message to the navy department on "Wednesday frorp Rear Admiral 'Fletcher at Vera Cruz. The rebel- attack upon Tampico?was renewed on Tuesday. Admiral Fletch er reports 'that the rebel heavy artil lery has not yet arrived and that he does not think there is much danger of Tampico falling at th# present time. Admiral Fletcher'B report read: "Sharp fighting all day. Firing all day long. Federals withdrawing to the city. Do not believe that this: is a serious attack, as the rebel heavy ar tillery has not yet arrived, but, te' ex pected shortly. General Cavellero' is in command of the constitutionlallst forces. Some alarm in town, but-not acute. Have brought American wom en and children from-Dona Cecilia (a suburb about 15 miles irom Tampico) into the city. Several non-combatants injured. Federal gunboat Progreso did some, firing .near the. Temeal bridge... Gerpan cruijser Dresden has reached Tampicq. The Connecticut, MinnV eota. Dee Moines, Chester, Charleston and San Francisco now at Tam pico." Brownsville, Tex., April 10.—Cap tain John iR.. Hughee of the Texas Rangers left Brownsville on. Wednes day to investigate the reported "shoot ing up" by Mexicaiis of the village of Madero, Tex., near the border above here on the Rio Grande river. BANKS AFTER MONEY NEW FEDERAL RESERVE SYSJEM CALLS FOR FUNDS. Government Notifies All Applying tc Send In Subscriptions—Clash on Regional Cities. Washington, April 10.—All national banks applying for. membership were asked to take the next preliminary to the organization of the new federal re serve banking system. Comptroller Williams, forwarded Wednesday to every one of the national and state banks and the trust companies that had applied for membership a copy of a circular letter informing each of the .district to which it belongs.' With this notice M.' C. Elliott, secre tary of the reserve bank organization committee, sent a blank form on which each bank shall signify the amount of1 its subscription,' and. also a circular letter calling attention to the law, which provides for a subscrip tion of six per cent of a bank's com bined capital and surplus.?^ "The .1 co-operation of applying hanks," Mr Elliott wrote, ''will ma terially facilitate the organization of the federal reserve! banks and enable member banks to avail themselves of the advantages of the federal reserve system by bringing into operation those provisions of the federal reserve act which becomes effective and oper ative when such federal reserve'banke shall have been organized." Under the law the banks have 30 days In which to comply after notice to subscribe. A move to investigate the selection of the 12 regional reserve cities was a I a CONFESSED SLAYER INDICTED Grarfii Jury Charges Robert Higgins With tyurder and Assault—Julia .Flake Also -Accused. Galesburg, 111., April 10.—Fofmal ar raignment of Robert Higglne, con fessed uxoricide, will be had some time this week in the Mercer county circuit court at Aledo. An Indictment was, returned on Wednesday night against Higgins by the grand Jury which made its final report. The in dictment contains two counts, one .charging Higglne with murder and the other with criminal assault, the last 'count covering his relations with his ^step-daughter, Julia Flake, who is un :6er the statutory age of consent. The grand jury also sprung a surprise in 'the case in its report, in returning an indictment against little Julia' Flake, charging her with being an' accessory in the murder of her mother, Mrs. Net tie Flake. Warrants Issued for Siegel and Vogel. New York, April 10.—Bench warrants for the arrest o! Henry Siegel and Frank Si Vogel, heads of the bankrupt Siegel enterprises,' were iseued on Wednesday. Siegel and Vogel appeared In court to plead to indictments charg ing grand larceny and violation of the state banking laws. The two defend ants entered a plea of not guilty. tfv. ,?. Winter Kills Texas Fruit. Dalhart. Tex., April 9.—Winter came back to the Texas Panhandle with a •temperature of 10 above zero. All the fruit in this section, it is believed, hae been killed. An Inch of snow hae fallen. Kv': Miss Gordon W. C. T. U. Head. Portland, Me., Atfvil 9—As vice-pres ident-at-large. Miss Anna A. Gordon of Evanston, 111., automatically succeed ed Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens, as na tional president of the W. C. T. U. on Tuesday. vt Ex-Gov. Draper of Mass. Stricken. Greenville, S. C-, April 9.—Alien S. Draper, former governor of Maesachu setts, was stricken with paralysis at a local hptel. His physicians declared on Tuesday that his condition is very serious. :S|K Natural Gas Flow Kills Nine. Memphis, Tenn., April 8.—Nine men working on one of the piers of the new bridge being built across the Mis sissippi river at Memphis, were killed when they struck a natural, gas flow 80 feet deep. g' 500 Workers on Strike. "Boston, April 8. Five hundred painters a.nd decorators went on strike for an increase of five cents an hour. Three of the largest employers an nounced they wodld sign the new agreement. Rescued Sailoq^ in Port. Philadelphia, April 7.—Four surviv ors of the three-masted schooner Hat tie P. Simpson, wbich sank in mid ocean, arrived here aboard the battle ship Michigan. The schooner went down on. March 21. $180,000 Fire In Birmingham. Birmingham, Ala., April 7.—Fire in the retail district did damage esti mated at $180,000, destroying the store of the Acme Lead and Color works at 2015 Second avenue and damaging two other concerns. top IJUIS1P i&JWPIM.!!'.!1 CHICAGO SUFFRAGISTS FAIL TO ELECT MEMBERS OF OWN SEX TO COUNCIL. y'V-.Vv-, I 0 SPRINGFIELD REMAINS "WET" Non-Partisans Re-Elect'Badlng Mayor of Milwaukee by Majority of 6,000 Over Sidel—Republican Wins New Jersey. 1 in Milwaukee, April 9.—'Mayor Ger hard A. Badlng, who two years ago was the candidate through whom a fusion of the old parties drove Social ism out of office In Milwaukee, was re-elected on Tuesday on a non-parti san ticket, by a majority of 6,000. This majority assures the election of the entire non-partisan ticket. In this landslide against Socialism the six hold-over Socialist aldermen-at large were carried out' of office and .also the .hold-over, city attorneyvnamed in the Socialist election.. Chicago, April 9.—The thousands of newly enfranchised women who went to the polls on Tuesday exploded all theories on the woman in politics. They voted on partisan lines, helping to de-. feat elghtNout of nine Independent candidates, failing to elect a single one of the nine candidates of their, own sex, and returning a Democratic majority to the city council. Thf» tremendous interest whibh women ,ha£ taken in the aldermanic campaign failed to show a single final result' in-which women had turned the tide of •sentiment expressed by the vote of-the mem An estimate places the total vote cast at 500.000—315,000 men and 185, 000 women. The number of persons who voted on the "little" ballot propo sition-Is much smaller. The failure of women to support women-candidates was one of the sur prise's of the' election. Marion H. Drake was defeated by Alderman John J. Coughlin in the First ward by a mar gin of four to one. Mayor Harrison's comprehensive subway 'proposition, which had first place on the little, ballot, met with an overwhelming, defeat. The "compre hensive subway", scheme had been made a campaign issue with that fac tion, and was1 lost by 100,000 votes. The women in particular voted .against the proposition thre)e to one. The. "wets" carried Springfield, the' capital of tbe^ state,- which furnished the hottest fight The majority wa» 8,500, and in this instance both men and women voted'the "wet" ticket. Dixon, Aurora and Sterling* are also In the "wet" column. The election was a sweepnig vic tory for the Anti-Saloon league. v-Th® women's vote has been the determin ing factor in many lstances. Oyer and over again the. returns showed that where a majority of the men vot ed for saloons, the 'women voted against them. Bloomington voted "dry." All, over/ the -state the fight was keen and bitter. Intense interest was shown everywhere. In Aurora the content brought out the biggest vote ever cast in that city, and-out^of a to tal vote of 15,818 7,550 women cast their ballots. Paterson, N. J., April 9—Dow H. Drukker, Republican, was elected to congress from the Seventh New Jer sey district on Tuesday, to succeed the late Representative Bremner, a Dem ocrat. His plurality over James J. O'Byrne, who had the backing of the national administration, was over 5,000. O'Byrne ran only 187 votes ahead of the Socialist candidate. The complete returns follow: Dow H. Drukker (Rep.),' 10,620 James J. O'Byrne" (Dem.) ,j 5,240 Gprdon Dem orest (Soc.), 5,053 Whitehead, (Prog.), 661. r" v"'.: The total vote polled was remarka bly large fpr a special election. Out of a- registration of 26,000, over 21)000 votes were cast. Boston, April 9.—James A. Galilvan, Democrat, was elected to congress oni Tuesday from the Twelfth district. He is opposed to the repeal of the free tolls clause of the Panama canal aCt. Topeka, Kan., April 9.—Women cast a heavy vote in the election through out Kansas. In many places women served as election officials. At Hutchinson, Dr. F. W. Cook was a Miners' Demands Rejected. Canpnsburg, Pa., April 7.—The de mand^ of 800 miners of the Pitts burgh-Buffblp Coal company, who went on strike in. support of their demands fqr a run of mine basis of pay, were rejected... The mines. are under guard. $250,000 Fire in Saskatoon. Saskatoon, Sask., April, 8.—The Cairn^- building, occupied by several retail merchants, was destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated'at $250,000. Veteran Baseball Man Dies. Quincy, Mass., April 10.—Charles W. Ganzel, a crack baseball catcher of a quarter century ago, died here. He had been ill of cancer for a (year. Ganzel's fame began as a member of the De troit team of the early eighties. Senate Refuses to Confi/m McNally. Washington,. /April 10.—President Wilson's nomination of JameB C. Mc Nally of Pennsylvania, to be consul at Nuremberg, Bavaria, was refused con firmation in the senate by a vote of 26 to 24 after a prolonged debate. Kills Ranchman on "Unwritten Law." Phoenix, Ariz., April 10.—T. E. P. Booth, foreman of a ranch near here, was shot and killed by Dr. L. E. Wig gins. The physician said that Booth, who arrived here a month ago from Texas, had wrecked his home. •••£(, Cunmen Must Die Monday. Albany, N. Y„ April 10.—Governor Glynn declined to grant the request of five Jewish clergymen that he Inter fere with the execution of the four gunmen. They now must die during the week of April '12. Twins Bornvto Harriman Kin. New York, April 10.—Twin boys were born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Livingston Garry. Mrs. Garry was Cer nelia Harriman, daughter of the late E. H. Harriman. They have two oth er children. Former St. Paul Chief to Jail. St Paul, Minn., April 10.—Martin Flanagan, former chief of police, and Fred Turner^ detective, convicted of blackmailing Women of the under world. were take: ions terms. ken to prison! to serra UNDERWOOD WINS OUT -vr HOUSE LEADER NOMINATED U. 8ENATOR FROM ALABAMA. Detroit-, Mich., Aprjl 8.—Returns from the 12 Michigan counties, which voted on Monday, on the local op tion question gave the drys a victory in the winning of Ingham county, in which Lansing, the state capitol, Is lo cated. The wets won over one of the other counties and lost one to the anti-saloon forces. Ingham county, which has been wet, went dry by more than seven hundred votes. The county situation follows: Clare went from dry to wet Roscommon and Ingham went .from wet to dry Midland, Kalkaska, Mecosta, Benzie. Shiawassee and Wexford remained dry,-the latter two by small majorities. Oscoda, containing one saloon, went ore/ to thfe drys. Arenac and Oge maw remained wet. The following mayors of MRS. L. M. N. STEVENS DEAD President of W. C. T. U. Held Office "i-lzf* Since 1898 and Worked Until Last Portland Me April 8 —Mrs.' Lillian M. N.' Stevens, president of the Na tional Woman's, Christian Temper ance union, died'here on Monday. She had been ill for several weeks with kidney trouble. It is expected that Miss Anna A. Gordon of Evanston, 111., now vice-president at large, will succeed Mrs. Stevens. Mrs. Stevens, who was born at Dover, Me., 70 years ago, continued to the last the temperance work to which she has been devoted most of her life. Mrs. Stevens succeeded the late' Frances E. Willard in the office of president of the W. C. T. U. in 1898. She first came into prominence in the seven ties, When she participated in the or ganization of the Maine W". C. T. U. at Old Orchard. At that time, she made her first public speech,.and from then on she threw her whole heart Into the work. W LIQUORS BARRED IN NAVY .v Secretary Daniels Forbids Use of In toxicant* by Officers of Washington, AprU 7.—Prohibition will be extended to the entire naval service, under' an order issued on Sat urdaV by Secretary Daniels, which, will go into effect on July 1 next. Here ig his order: "The use or introduction for drinking purposes of alcphollc liquors on board any naval vessel, or within any'.yard or station,-is strictly prohib ited and commanding officers will be held directly responsible for the en forcement of this order." The anti-drinklng order was issued •upon the recommendation of Surgeon 'General William C. Bralsted of the navy OFF THE WIRE Washington, April 7,—Dudley Field Malone, customs collector at New York, talked with President Wilson about New York politics. Another con ference was' arranged for Wednesday. Washington, Aprif 7,—The Supreme court of the United States held valid an Alabama law imposing a tax upon persons and corporations: selling and delivering sewing machines in that state. Washington, April .7. —President Wilson will send a personal represent ative to j»eet Queen Eleanor of Bul garia and King Ferdinand, if he ac companies her on a visit to America next month, although the royal pair will travel incognito. Athens, April 9.—An unofficial com munication says that Mussulman Al banians entered Koritsa, «ln the vila yet of •Monastir and, with the aid of the gendarmerie, who previously had disarmed the inhabitants, began a massacre of the Christians. •,, ..• ,~v '. Forty Periled in Chicago Bore. Chicago, April 9.—Forty passengers on a Rogers Park car, going through the LaSalle street tunnel under the river, were frightened when a 36-inch water main burst behind thrfm. The passengers walked out of the tunnel. Two Bank Robbers Slain." New Hazleton B. C., April 9.—Two bandits were killed here- in a battle with a posse of citizens, following the holding up of the Union Bank of Can ada branch. Six men held up the bank and four got away with $1,100 cash. Noted Indiana Woman-Dead, v, Crawfordsville, Ind,. April 8.—Mrs. Joanna Elston Lane, aged eighty-sev en, died suddenly of heart disease at her home here. Her husband, Col. Henry S. Lane, who died in 1891, was once governor of Indiana. ,Mrs. Pat Campbell-a Bride. London, England, April 8.—A few hours after the decree of divorce granted Mrs. George Cornwallis West was made absolute the divorced hus band married Mrs. Patrick Campbell, the English actress. Yeggmen Get $1,500 Cash. Cambridge, Mass., Apri} 7.-r-Withln 100 yards of the Cambridge police headquarters, yeggmen broke Into the Wool worth Five and Ten Cent store, wrecked the safe and escaped with about $1,500 In cash. Kills'Wife and Then Suicides. San Antonio. Tex. April 7.—Because she visited her parents after he had requested her not to do BO, SPRING FEVER IS 1 8. I-' ••/.W Dr-ys Win In Michigan—Ingham. In Which Is Located the State CSpl tol, Votes Against ..Saloons, .Birmingham, Ala., April 8.—Oscar W. tJnderwood, majority leader of the house of, representatives at Washing ton, was nominated over Richmond Pearson Hobson by a substantial ma jority. Underwood's .campaign man agers said his lead was about twenty thousand. principal cities in which elections were held were elected: Benton Harbor—Dr C. M. Ryno/."...Bep. St. Joseph—A. J. Wallace... -.Clt. Adrian—A. W, Chose -Dem, Charlotte—George E. Brackett.....-..Dem. Petoskey—CharleB Ditto .Rep. Mount Clemens—'William F. Nank..Rep. Pontlac—Xx)n Brown .......... ... Dem. Ionia—F. \V. Oreen .^ .Rep. Muskegon-John Moore....... ...Prog. Albion—Mayor Burnett -Dem. Kalamazoo—A. Cohnable......... -Rep. St. Johns—George Schoenhals. .Dem. Mason—A. A. .Bergman.. ...pem. South Haven—Harry W. Barnard..Prog. Alfonso Zuniga killed-his wife, probably fa tally wounded, his -mother-In4»w,, and then committed suicide. 1. It Indicates Fresh Hopes Renewed Buoyancy of Spirit. and How. wonderfully tight the spring wanderlust for the countryside grips one! Spring fever, with all of its health fulness, is the harbinger of fresh hopes and a buoyancy.of spirit. 1 noticed a passenger on a Detroit Chicago train the'other day who had started qut on his trip with the evi dent intention of becoming deeply taken with' one of the best sellers, that he might shorten, the trip between the two. cities. You/have done the same thing yourself.'- jiswif But his book bad been test aside. He had read only a few pages'. His W Interest in it had lagged. From the car windows he was count ing the fields now bored of snow. The ditches were carrying away the water and the still less sluggish creeks were now streams bearing the overflow to the rivers.. The farmer, in his shirt sleeves, was repairing the fences after ^f| »the winter drifts the cattle showing proof of a winter's stabling and now heading here and there toward the i?''?! meadows, seeking the new-green As the train sped onward and _f glimpses of.the painter as h« worked on the weather-beaten buildii^s, were revealed, the Interest'offh^ tourist was aroused and, when I asked him the reason, he answered: "Spring is 4:/ here and I feel its blood flowing!" The truth was, that like many sm others, he was planning the work he waB 'to do the coming, summer. He was-going out to the farm—his farm in Western Canada. He had his wells to dig, bis horses to get into shape, i'tty. his, grain Implements to fix up, his seed grain to prepare, and other de tails for the land that was ready to receive it. His was what might be termed an "unrest"—to get to the farm! Thousands in Western Canada to? .. day are making the preparations that this interested man contemplated. Their summer, fallows are ready for. the wheat, their spring plowing is being attended to, fences are being rebifIt or being put into repair in deed, the entire country is "one great hive of Industry. Railroads are in readiness to take care of a great rush of settlers, those charged with the reception of whom are prepared to extend, every cour tesy. and thus meet the rush with Jildspnent arid without the least fric tlon., Thus, the enjoyment of the opening of spring is fully met JqM At many of the stations throughout many of the middle western states, Vj trains of settlera'/effects are in readi- ness.to move to Western Canada. The illustrated literature sent out by the Canadian government agents tells the truth clearly and the Inquirer should send for a copy and If you be one. of those who has an ambitious by straight, cold facts in Advertisement. A Boston merchant tells of an oldt rfc. grocer in Massachusetts who about .• as "slick" an article as would care to meet, "One day," said the Bostonian, "l |i( stopped before his ehop and looked) curiosuly at a long line of barrels or apples, some marked with an' 'A, some marked' with a terious Dr. family laxative. Adv., WW •5 "'Hi- •4 A $-" f' fk •1 P".: $ "s 1 A patches of grass the tarm help, in field and stubble, was putting into^ #1^'* repair this' and that necessary 'fea ture,-here looking after his plow and i_/ there his harrow, and on all sides were scenes which reminded the traveler that spring was here, at last! (fiA Ztt* t'ixM &Not only in these states are scenes of this kind to be witnessed, but also, on either coast and throughout the east ern states there is the same activity among those going to Western Can- i|l ada this spring. The crops have been heavy and all reports are that the winter was enjoyable also, th#t the prospects for a satisfactory year were never better. There Is, plenty of. land 1 yet to be bad by homesteading or oth-,'" erwise. Adapted, as Western Canada is, to small grain farming, it is espe dally adapted'. to cattle raising and many of the farmers are placing small and large herds as their individual means will-permit. Stt interest, you may be the gainer by a perusal of such informatlon themselves£~ '.'-v 1 Mustard an Ancient.:Remedy. Mustard is one of the moat ancient of medicines..' Pythagoras, who flour 'shed between 500 and 600 years be fore Christ, mentions It. Hippocrates, 'J who was born in 460 B. C^ employed it. Pliny the.EIder, writing in 77 A. D., describes three differentr kinds of mustard, and says .Hue seeds were imported to Italy from Egypt origin ally. The Romans used it as a stimulant after a cold ba.th they mixed mustard oil and olive oil.in ,equal parts and used this as a liniment for stiffness of the muscles. They knew the virtues of mustard poultices' arid of mustard flor as an emetic. As a remedy for the stings of scorpions and serpents, they pounded it, mixed it with vinegar and applied It to the wound. "k. They also made a drink out of it. «•«, fermenting the/seed in a fiery. spirit. The ilquor thus produced they called mustum ardens, which means burn- ». ing wine. The word muBtard is prob ably derived from this. Catering to AH. was one- His Suspicions Aroused. Gentleman (in railway train)—How did this accident happen? Guard—Some one pulled the cord and stopped the train and the boat express ran into us. It will take five hours to clear the line lor us to go ahead.1 Gentleman —Five hours! Great Scott! I was to be married today. Guard (a married man, sternly)— Look here, are you the chap who» stopped the train? Putnam Fadeless V^s are the brightest and fastest Adv. Not Eau De Vie. & & & l» I ir !-%d Hr j#* St s-A) \|r r«S-: 'Z.' ."'What is the meaning of these-^ markings?' I asked. 'The barrels'7^5^^ seem tc contain the same kind of applee.' 'They are the same kind, son,*' the old gentleman replied, 'but some customers want a barrel opened at: the top and some at the bottom.''% Tippler—The doctor said I must ^4] drink lots of water. His Wife—Very well. But he doesn't: mean fire water, remember. 5 5 «v, 1 4 4 mm m. IT5* "5 7 I4v HiJL'