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The Lexington Leader
HARDIE 4 JENKS, Publisher#.
It OF GREECE
IlliE NEW GRECIAN RULER
OKLAHOMA
LEXINGTON.
r
Everybody Is boosting for the bin
' presented in California to banish pov-
erty. •
Every day Is getting us nearer to
the reverberating sound. "Strike
Tub!"
At any rate, the new nickels will not
#fet you any more for the money than
the old ones
Keeping their word is a habit *tth
politicians, bu^ do they always keep
their promise?
English experts cannot find fault
with American automobiles, except
that they turn them out too fast.
It all depend# on the frame of mind
on whether or not the picture of im-
♦ gination is good, bad and indiffer-
ent.
The western youth who posed as a
girl for 18 years probably gave up In
disgust when they handed him hobble
skirts.
Newspapers are discussing the de-
sirability of abolishing duels In
France. To protect the public at large,
no doubt.
A New York man secured a divorce
because his wife insisted 011 dancing
r.ll the time. Evidently she bit too
hot a pace for blm.
Half the babies are described as
•calamities" by a professor of sociol-
ogy. Now we know the real mean-
lug of "calamity howler."
Isidore Duncan, the barefoot dancer,
!s said to have won a fortune at Monte
Carlo recently. Case of making the
gamblers dance to her liking
A Lob Angeles scientific teacher de-
clares that hens formerly had teeth.
However that may be, the hens' teeth
have become proverbially scarce since
then.
HALF CRAZY ANARCHIST SHOOTS
DOWN GEORGE I IN THE CITY
OF SALONIKA.
ON THE THRONE FIFTY YEARS
Dead Ruler Was a Brother of the
| Dowager Queen Alexandra of Eng-
land. and a Leader In the
Balkan League.
I Salonika. King (leorge of (Jreece
1 was assassinated whil, walking in t'10
streets of Saloniki. The assassin was
' a (ireek of low mental type who ga e
his name as Aleko Schinas. He shot
the king through the heart.
| The king was accompanied only by
aide tie camp, Lieutenant Kraneoudis.
The assassin came suddenly at the
king and tired one shoi from a seven
chamber revolver. The tragedy caused
intense excitement. The assassin was
overpowered.
The wounded king was lifted into a
carriage and taken to the Papafion
hospital.
Prince Nicholas, the king's third
son. and other officers, hurried to the
hospital. Arriving first. Prince
Nicholas summoned the officers and
speaking in a voice choked with sobs,
said:
"It is my deep grief to 1 ave to an-
nounce to you the death of our be-
loved king, and invite you to swear
| fidelity to your new sovereign, King
Constant Inc."
Crown Prince Constantine. who sue
ceeds King (leorge, was at Janina, but
came here with all possible speed.
The assassin of the king is an evil
looking fellow about 40 years old. He
refused to explain his motive for the
SPECIAL MEETS
J. W. RAGSDALt
1
The maid In Palm Reach who Bpank
ed the most famouB multimillionaire
baby of the day was promptly dis-
charged, but she won fame on the
stroke.
A physician has made Inquiries of
the parcel post as to whether he can
ship human bones by It. Evidently
planning to dispose of the family
skeleton.
An American has Just been fined $10
for Insulting an English knight. And
yet some people Insist that the days
of chivalry have not pnssed, but are
with us still.
Army aviators think they have dis-
covered how to build Invisible aero-
planes. Now If the bird-man can
disguise himself as a piece of blue
sky all w;ll be well.
A heatless electric light is an-
nounced as a new and wonderful In-
vention It may be so; but it Is no- , crime
where In wonderful qualities beside
heatless gas heaters.
Mug uorge
According to scientists, primitive
man was able to think before he couTti
speak. At t&e present time many of
our most voluminous orators have not
yet learned to think
declared his name was
Aleko Schinas, and in reply to an offi
| cer who asked him whether he had
no pity for his country, answered that ;
I he was against governments.
] Notwithstanding the rapidity with
which the king received attention, he ,
was (IiukI on arrival at the hospital. j
j Precautions at once were taken |
j throughout the city and perfect order j
New York Is to have'a cat and dog , is being maintained.
hospital to cost $36,000, and to bo fit- i The king fell into the arms of his
ted as elegantly as a modern hotel, j aide when shot Two soldiers han tip j
Wonder if the Inmates will lead the j on hearing the firing and helped to,
lives of cats and dogs? , support him. He was placed In n ;
j carriage and efforts made to stop the
A wife of a Virginia recluse, fond of bleeding, but he breathed his last on
out of door sports, gives him much i the way to the hospital nearby
pain by following the hounds. Of I The body of the murdered king will
course, you can't blame a man for not | be taken to Athens aboard a warship
wishing his wife to go to the dogs, i for burial.
I Schinas maintained a perfectly im-
A Seattle Judge rules that It Is Im-
proper for a husband and wife to sit
cn the same Jury. Necessary to have
the Jury agree occasionally?
King Constantine.
passible demeanor which was sngges
tiv'e of his being irresponsible for his
actions.
King Uoorge was a Dane, and the
brother of the Dowager Queen Alex
andra of England II lacked only a
few months until he would have cele-
brated the fiftieth anniversary oj' his
election to llie throne.
With great tact, King (leorge had
led his people through days of diffi-
culty and was no small factor in the
work of reorganization which had
brought the Creek government, its
army and its navy to a point where
they could wage a victorious war
against their traditional foe. In the
negotiations leading to the Balkan
federation. King (leorge was a con-
stant and helpful contributor and, but
for the tragic fate which now has
come to him, lie doubtless, as the
senior among Balkan monarchs, and
no h ss by his personal merit, would
have become the head of a permanent
Balkan alliance.
His death will make no change in the
plans of the allies. Constantine, who
now takes the Hellenic crown, is en-
tirely in accord with the policies of
his father. He is a man of strong per-
sonality, a highly trained soldier, in
whom the military and the diplomatic
character are well blended."
MUST BELIEVE IN REFORM.
New Administration Trying to Select
a Comptroller.
Washington. .Many applications
have been received by President Wil-
son and Secretary McAdoo for the
post of comptroller of the currency,
which becomes vacant April 28. when
the live year term of Lawrence (J.
Murray expires. The administration,
it is said, will give careful thought to
to the appointment because of the
prospective currency reform. The
president is expected to seek a man
in close sympathy with his ideas on
monetary legislation. At the head of
the national banking system, t lie
comptroller of the currency may he of
material assistance in drafting new
currency laws.
Among thos.' who are mentioned for
the place are R. ('. Kellar. Chicago;
Lon Stevens, St. Louis; I. R. Stevens,
Huntsviile. Ala.; Cato Sells, Texas; J.
R. Downing, Jersey City. N. .1 ; E. E.
Marshall, Missouri; Samuel Ludlow,
Jersey City, N. J.; and C. C. Cooper.
Alabama.
Bryan to Nebraska
Washington. William J. Bryan left
for Lincoln to attend a public cele-
bration of his birthday o:i March 13.
The secretary will be away from his
desk for ten days.
NO GENERAL COMMITTEES TO
BE NAMED UNTIL WELL
UNDER WAY
TARIFF COPIES FIRST OF ALL *
Proclamation Specifies No Special
Subject; Message Will Outline
Program.—McCombs to Go
to France
Washington, 'ihe extra session of
congress, called by President Wilson
to assemble on April 7. will begin
with nothing but the tariff n vision
bills b« fore it. This fact was made
clear in a statement by Representative
I'ndcrwood, chairman of the house
committee on ways and means. I'ntil
tariff legislation is well under way in
the house, no general committees will
be named and no other legislative sub-
jects will be taken tip
( The president specified no subject
for the extra session in his proclama-
tion, butjjt is fully understood that his
message to congress at its opening
will dwell upon the need of tariff re-
vision. If currency, Phillippine inde-
pendence. Alaskan affairs, woman suf-
frage and other pressing questions are
finally forced upon the attention of
congress, it will be only after the
democrats of the two houses and the
president are convinced that the suc-
cess of tariff revision is assured.
House leaders will be ready to go
ahead with tariff revision as soon as
the session convenes.
The tariff legislation now being com
pleted by the ways and means com-
mittee will be submitted to the'demo-
cratic caucus before the session opens.
The big tight pending now is the
always controversial schedule * K,M the
big wool schedule, on which a final
vote is likely witihn the next three
or four days. The advocates of free
raw wool in the committee have count-
ed upon winning in the end regardless
oi what the probable attitude of the
senate might be.
The majority already has settled
upon free raw cotton and upon sharp
reductions in the cheaper grades of
textile manufactures.
National Chairman Wm. F. Mc-
Combs virtually has decided to be am
bassador to France.
Representative Lloyd of Missouri
had a long conference w ith Postmaster
Geiieral Burleson on postal affairs. Mr.
Lloyd, who had just returned from j
ten (lavs' trip, told Mr. Hurleson that j
he had found democrats everywhere
in favor of the postmaster general's
plan of requiring fourth class post-
masters to pass a competitive exam-
ination.
DOWN WITH THE PEEK-A-BOO!
Ohio Legislature Thinks We See Too
Much of the Ladies.
Columbus. O Declaring that the
immodesty of attire worn by women
IIM the streets and ill public places is
the cause of "a great wave of immor
alitv now sweeping over the country.
Representative Capelle of Cincinnati
Introduced a bill in the lower house ,
i of the Ohio legislature providing foi
the appointment by the governor of
i
strict confidence.
J. W. Ragsdale. newly elected con-
gressman froyi Florence, S. C., reprs-
'tenting the Sixth district.
STORM CAUStS FIFTY DEATHS
Fury of Elements Extends Over . a
Strip of Territory embracing
Parts of Six States in
Sunny South.
Dallas, Tex Fifty or more persons
are believed to have lost their lives
in the disastrous storm which swept
over (teorgLa, Ixniisiana, Mississippi,
Texas, Tennessee and Alabama. Many
more were injured.
At Calhoun. (la., in which region
of northwest (leorgia the loss of life
was apparently heaviest, the storm
was accompanied by earth shocks.
Eighteen are reported dead in this
section.
Five perished in the neighborhood
of Atlanta and two at Columbus.
Sixteen are known to be dead in
Tennessee and it is believed that
when communication to remote por-
tions of the state is resumed the death
list will be much larger. Reports from
Mississippi and Louisiana did not in-
crease the list of seven dead in each
state.
The property damage will be very
heavy. It is impossible to make an
estimate of the loss at this time. 'Tel-
egraph wires are down in all Elec-
tions.
Storm Lasted Two Hours
Calhoun, (ia. A cyclonic storm
,which lasted two hours, followed by
earthquake shocks distinctly felt in
this place for several minutes, de-
vastated a wide s. tion of country be-
tween Curryville and Kesaca. The
loss of life is now estimated- at about
eighteen and the damage to properly
will be heavy.
The principal damage and loss of
life are reported at Curry ville and
Rosedale
FREE ADVICE
TO SICK WOMEN
Thousands Have Been Helped
By Common Sense
Suggestions.
Women suffering from any form of
female ills are invited to communicate
promptly with the
woman's private
correspondence de-
partment of the Ly-
dia E. Pinkhum Med-
icine Co., Lynn,
Mass. Your letter
will be opened, read
i and answered by a
woman and held in
A woman can freely
talk of her private illness to a woman ;
thus has been established a confidential ■
correspondence which has extended over
many years and which has never been
broken. Never have they published a
testimonial or used a letter without the
written consent of the writer.and never
has the Company allowed these confi-
dential letters to get out of their pos-
session, as the hundreds of thousandi
of tliern in their files will attest
Out of the vast volume of experience
which they have to draw from, it is more
than possible that they possess the very
knowledge needed in your case. Noth-
ing is asked in return except your good
will, and their advice has helped thou-
sands. Surely any woman, rich or poor,
should be glad to take advantage of this
generous offer of assistance. Address
Lydia E. I'inkham Medicine Co., (con-
fidential) Lynn, Mass.
Every woman ought to have
I.ydia !•:. I'inkham's NO-page
Text Hook. 11 is not a book for
Roneral distribution, us it is too
expensive. It is free and only
obtainable by mail. Write for
it today.
Feminine Arithm etic.
Typist—It's viy birthday tomorrow,
I'm going to '.ake a day oft.
Bookkeeper—Why don't you tak<
five years off, same as you did las'
year'.'—Bystander.
Cruel to Be Kind.
"What makes you carry that horri-
ble shriek machine for an automobile
signal?"
"For humane reasons," replied Mr.
Chuggins. "If 1 can paralyze a per-
son with fear he will keep still and I
can run to one side of him."
Girlish Scheme.
"Your daughter plays some very ro-
bust pieces."
"She's got a beau in the parlor,"
growled Pa WofSbat, "and that loud
music is to drown the sound of her
mother washing the dishes."—Louis-
ville Courier-Journal.
Plea for Liberty.
Mrs. B. was entertaining a few
friends and Elsie was allowed to re-
main in the room, provided she made
no disturbance. Hut she was inter-
ested and talkative and asked so many
questions that at last her mother be-
w11:<-11 Annuchee. Oostaiiai came exasperated.
and Reoca also suffered.
At Rosedale fourteen are reported
dead, including: child.of William Mar-
tin. Mrs. Mun Garnett and five chil-
dren of the Bolt family. Two more
Bolt children are reported fatally) in-
jured and the family is said to have
been practically wiped out.
At Curryville the known dead are
by women
the
Pekln has Issued an order for all
women to discard their trousers and
wear European gowns. Now It Is bet-
ter understood why that tremendous
loan 1b being sought.
DOLLAR DEMOCRACY AT AN END
President Wilson Reverses Policy Es-
tablished by Roosevelt.
Washington President Wilson In a
statement, approved by his cabinet aft
er two hours of discussion, announced
And while they are framing a I ,hat his administration had declined
movement in favor of dispensing with 1 lo request the group of American bank
nicknames for baseball clubs, why j ers to continue their negotiations for
not eliminate the lingo that accom- ! participation in the $126,000,000 loan
panles the writing up of the noble j desired by the Chinese government.
ttaI"e The statement came as a conse
. _ , , v. ,., „., I auence of the visit to Washington last
A Canada farmer battles with CM- I .
cago detectives who came to his res wo,'k of representatives of New ^ orli
cue when he was In the clutches of J banking lirms, headed by Willard 11
confidence men. Probably he felt he ! Straight They had a conference with
knew their methods better than those Secretary Bryan, who teok the situ
of the police.
More than one-third of the sand
used in the manufacture of Amerlcar
glass comes from Pennsylvania. Bui
the sand used in the manufacture oi
sugar is not so choice—the grocery
man just gets It any old place.
It Is announced that a certain "cul-
tivated lady" smokes eight packages
of cigarettes a day. Anybody wouit,
have to be cultivated lo do that.
A one armed burglar broke an Illi-
nois Jail with a spoon, suggesting that
It would be a convenient stopping
place for two-armed transients.
A Copenhagen physician announces
that tears are healthy and a germ de-
stroyer. Probably wben the hero
kisses away the tears of the heroine,
te is preparing for the germless kiss
atlon up with the president. Officials
of the Chinese embassy also discussed
the subject with Secretary Bryan ami
the president.
It was authoritatively stated that
the same policy would apply through-
out the Wilson administration to par
allel situations in Central America and
elsewhere, in which the I'uited States
was concerned.
The policy of proecting, through the
influence of the government, loan en
terprises of American banking firms
abroad was a part of w hat was often
referred to as "dollar diplomacy" dur-
ing the Taft administration.
During the last administration. Sec
retary Knox urged the passage of two
loan conventions, seeking to rehab-
ilitate the finances of Nicaragua and
Honduras, respectively. The United
Slates was to have had a voice in the
selection of in. |e>ctors i>! customs,
through which medium the interests
of the American hanking llrni were
to be protected. The banking Arms
were to submit f-i Hi approval of
■ the president of the 1'nited States and
of the Central American governments
in question, a list of customs inspec
tors. The loan conventions were not
ratified by the senat and th Taft ad-
administration closed without deter-
^ mining how far the Atnei n-an govern-
ment would go in running its neigh-
bors affairs
commission to "prescribe the fash- ! Mrs. Jasper Walraveu, Lester Wal-
raven and Mrs Blakesley. Jasper
Walraveu and his son, Robert, are
among the seriously injured.
Charles llerrington, of Calhoun, was
also severely Injured.
The earthquake shock was felt in
many sections, causing consternation
among those who had fled indoors
from the storm.
ions to be worn
i state of Ohio."
i Introduction of the measure result
I ed from a charge filed with Governor
Cox b> a woman who did not sign
her name, that "immorality is prac
tic ed by married men in the ollices
ot the state' house and elsewhere it
the state of Ohio."
I'nder the provisions of the bill the
proposed commission Would be com-
pelled to lix limits 011 decollette
dresses so that "not more than two
Inches of the neck below the chili
shall be uncovered." Another clause
of the measure provhles "that trans j
parent stockings shall not be displayed
i or worn in public places."
I Another provision of the bill states
| "it is unlawful to display or wear
i and outer garment trimmed or com-
I billed w ith lace, insertion or any kind !
! of embroidery mesh or net through j
which the color or-texture of the skin
"Elsie, if you open your mouth an-
other time, you'll have to go back up-
stairs. Now, remember!"
Elsie was accustomed to obey, so,
for a long time, Elsie's lips were kept
tightly closed. At hist, 1 owever, she
touched her mother and said softly:
"Mamma, can I open mv mouth If
I don't say anything?"—Chicago Trib-
une
IN A SHADOW,
Inveterate Tea Drinker Feared Pai«-
alysis.
BURGLARS MAKE A RICH HAUL
Tunnel
Into Pawnbroker's
and Get Loot Worth
Over $250,000
Vaults
Illinois Deadlock Is Unbroken. i
Springfield. Ili. The long deatjlock
over the United States Benatorships is
unbroken. Secretary of State Bryan j
was a guest of the legislature and wit-
nessed the voting oil the eleventh join*
ballot for the long term. James Ham
ilton Lewis, democratic nominee, lost
eight of his party votes on the elev-i
•nth ballot. With four of bis party
absent, the vote of Lawrence Y. Slier
man, republican primary nominee, v as
kept within one of the full part) 1
strength In the assembly.
Hoir Dealers Practice Fraud.
New York Antonio Mflsica and his
son, Phillip, dealers in human hair,
with branches and connections nil over
the world, were Indicted here i l a
charge of defrauding J uno W S. m
man, bankers, out of < l«>.by mi ■%
of fraudulent invoices. The trans •
tlon, District Attorney Whitman is
serts, is but one of many which th
Muslcaa have used to defraud twenty
two American and foreign banks out
of approximately $1,000,000. l ather
and sou have lied for South Ann rica
may be distinguished without having
the lace or other transparent material
backed with opaque material."
Members of the proposed commis-
sion according to the bill, would have
to be between 30 and 50 years of
age. Not more. than two of them
would have to be married men and
of good moral character. One would
be a minister, one a parent of not less
than three children and the third a
social settlement worker.
The bill goes so far as to prohibit
department stores from displaying un-
draped artificial figures.
HUERTA CALLS ON MR. WILSON
Steady use of either tea or coffea
often produces alarming symptoms as
the poison (caffeine) contained iti
these beverages acts with more po-
tency in some persons than in others
"I was never a coffee drinker,"
' writes an 111. woman, "but a tea drink-
er. I was very nervous, had frequent
I spells of sick headache and heart
j trouble, and was subject at times to
! severe attacks of bilious colic.
I "No end of sleepless nights—would
New \ ork An . East Side burglary hav« spells at night when my right
perpetuated by clever cracksmen side would get. numb and tingle like
netted the thieies the largest haul a thousand needles were pricking tn\
obtained in New \ ork City in many flesh. At times I could hardly put my
tongue out of my mouth and my right
eye and ear were affected.
"The doctors told me 1 was liable to
become paralyzed at any time, so I
was in constant dread. I took no end
of medicine—all to no good.
"The doctors told me to quit using
tea, but I thought 1 could not live
without it—that it was my only stay.
I had been a tea 'drinker for twenty-
five years; was under the doctor's
care for fifteen.
"About six months ago, I finally
quit tea and commenced to drink
Postum.
years. Martin Simons & Sons, pawn
btokers in Hester street were the
victims and the property stolen in-
cludes $250,000 worth of jewelry, dia-
monds and other stones and $50,000
worth of negotiable securities.
'ihe thieves gained access to the
pawn broker's richly stored vaults by
means of a tunnel from an abutting
building on a neighboring street. They
made a clean get-away with the val-
uables.
A janltress peering through the win-
dow of the shop noticed the litter
near the vault and gave the alarm.
The police found that the tunnel was ! "1 have never lind one spell of sick
begun in the cellar of a house in j headache since and only one light
; Eldridge street, directh adjoining attack of bilious colic. Have quit hav-
j Simon's place. | 'nS those numb spells at night, sleep
well and my heart is getting stronger
Asks Cavalry Maneuvers for Fair a" ,he tinle " Name given upon re-
Mc/xican President Expresses Good
Will Toward the United States
Mexico City Provisional President
Huerta, disregarding all precedents.
called upon Henry Lane Wilson, the
American ambassador to Mexico. This
is the first time that a Mexican presi-
dent has called upon the diplomatic
representative of a foreign power and
technically his a<' was that of leaving
Mexican territory.' The chief execu- asmuch as but a comparatively small
live was accompanied by Francisco ! portion of the people of the state have
de la Barra, the Mexican minister of witnessed army maneuvers, the
foreign affairs. I would be of great interest.
Washington. Senator Owen has
tiled a reuest w ith Secretary of War
Harrison that several companies of
United Stutes cavalry and artillery
in- c rift-red to Oklahoma City for ma-
neuvers nt the State Fair to be held
September 23-October 4.
Senator Owen points out that this
has been lire custom of the depart-
ment In several other states and ill-
event
quest.
Postum now comes in concentrated,
powder form, called Instant Postum.
It is prepared by stirring a level tea-
spoonful in a cup of hot water, adding
sugar to taste, and enough cream to
bring the color to golden brown.
Instant Postum is convenient;
there's no waste; and the flavor is al-
ways uniform. Sold by grocers every
wherp,
A B-cup trial tin mailed for grocer's
name and 2-cent stamp for postag
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., 1 attle Creek,
Mich.
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