THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
J. S. Martin, Publisher.
HENNESSEY
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interesting Items Gathered From All
Pai ts of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the Ben-
efit of Our Readers.
Washington.
The design of a new and smaller
parcel post stamp to replace those' now
in use has been approved by Postmas-
ter General Burleson.
C lmrles W Eliot, president emeri-
tus of Harvard university, has been
decided upon by President Wilson for
ambassador to Great Mritaiu. I'resi
dent Eliot is 79 years old.
Domestic Items.
A bursting; levee above !>ayton, O.,
allowed a wall of water to sweep
through the city. The loss of life is
estimated at from 2,000 to 5,000 and
70,000 are homeless. A school with
400 children and a hospital with BOO
patients are reported swept away.
The property loss will total millions
of dollars. The downtown section of
the city was under 20 feet of water.
Hundreds of houses in the residence
districts, many of them with helpless
occupants were washed away.
In Indiana, a statewide flood, ap
palling in its immensity and terrify-
ing in its swiftness, has cost more
than 200 human lives, made 200,000
homeless and caused property dam-
age estimated at $20,000,000. A mes-
sage from Peru said that from 200
to 4' 0 had been drowned in that city
alone.
Omaha officials now place the death
list in that city from the recent tor
nado above 200 and within the imme-
diate vicinity at 50. Nearly 500 were
injured and seven have already died
In hospitals. Relief work is being
rapidly systematized and all sufferers
are being promptly taken care of.
Many towns in western Iowa felt
the effects of the storm which devas-
tated Omaha. A strip of wrecked
buildings and mangled bodies marks
the path of the storm from Omaha to
Red Oak.
Fifteen persons were killed by a
tornado which struck Makana, 111
An Illinois Central fast freight train
of 25 cars was blown from the tracks
and dumped into the ditch.
The death list from the flood in
Hamilton, Ohio, probat Iv will reach
300, while flood disasters in other
cities of the state cost hundreds of
lives.
Five persons were killed, fifty in
jured. thirty-two buildings wrecked
and scores of structures damaged by
a storm which swept Chicago and its
suburbs.
Chicago insurance men say that
the storm and flood losses in Nebras-
ka. Iowa, Indiana and Ohio is unpre-
cedented in the history of the coun-
try.
The announcement Is made in Phil-
adelphia that tin* health authorities
there will not issue a license to Dr.
Friedmann to practice in that city.
Perth, a small town in Clay county,
Indiana, was wiped off the map by an
Faster tornado.
While delivering mail in Idaho P.
Fndicott. a rural carrier, was caught
beneath a snowslide and killed.
The legislature of .Maine lias passed
a law creating a public utilities com-
mission.
Save the Babies" will bo the motto
of eighty organizations illlliated in the
Baltics Welfare association taking part
in the coming campaign for a spring
"cleanup" in New York City.
At Terre Haute, Ind., and vicinity a
tornado caused the death of fifty per*
•WW and a property loss tstfcn&ted at
*500,000.
l^ottie Voorhees and Raymond TV
Haist of Syracuse, N v .vere pinned
under their overturn^, automobile
and drowned in a ditch while driving
near that city.
Winthrop Ames, a rormer director
of the New Theater in New York, has
announced a prize offer of $10,000 for
the best play by an American author
submitted before August 15.
The latest reports from the Faster
Sunday tornado, show that in Omaha
alone 152 lives were lost, while 9U
other lives were lost along the path
of the storm. In addition to the dead
nearly 500 persons were injured. Tho
I total property loss is estimated at up-
I wards of $10,000,000. There were 450
houses wrecked, 1.500 damaged and
| more than 11,000 persons were ron.
dered homeless.
Omaha was recently the scene of
the most disastrous tornado that ever
viHte.l Nebraska. More than lot) per
sons were killed and several times
that number Injured. The storm de-
vastated a strip four or five blocks
wide and several miles in length.
Smaller towns in the vicinity of Oma
ha were completely demolished and
many of the residents killed or in-
jured. The wires were down and first
reports were exceedingly meager.
More than 00 persons are reported
killed and hundreds were injured,
some mortally, by a storm of tornado
intensity which raged over central,
western, southern and parts of east-
ern states. Property damage will run
into millions. Reports from Alabama
show the loss of life was heaviest
there The storm swept diagonally
across the country from northern
Texas to western Pennsylvania and
New York.
Mrs. Eaton, widow of the late Rfar
Admiral Joseph (J. Faton, IJ. S. N.,
retired, has been arrested charged
with poisoning her husband with arse-
nic. The admiral died recently un-
der mysterious circumstances and the
arrest is the result of an investlga
tion by the authorities. Mrs. Faton
is held without hail pending an in-
quiry as to her sanity by a commis-
sion.
At Terre Haute, Ind., 20 persons
were killed, 250 Injured, 275 houses
destroyed and other property dam-
aged to the extent of $1,000,000 by the
, tornado wliffeh swept that section Sun-
i day night. Charitable organizations
| are caring for the homeless and mi-
litia is patroling the wrecked district
Hankers and silk dealers of New
York, who advanced money and goods
| to Sam F. Jackson, the "petticoat
I king," lost more than $1,000,000, ac-
1 cording to an announcement by the
district attorney.
Just after a street car had crossed
a viaduct over the Belt Line tracks at
Kansas City the structure collapsed.
The supports had been weakened by
recent, rains. No one was injured.
The bodies of Lee Wharton, his wife
and 6-year-old daughter were discov
ered after a mysterious fire had de-
stroyed their home near Glassboro,
N. J.
While running .10 miles an hour a
Wabash passenger train was derailed
near Niantic, III. Several passengers
were injured but none killed.
The entire state militia of Ohio has
been ordered out to protect the flood-
swept district, which practically com-
prises the whole state.
The Catholic church at Walton, 111.,
was the only building left standing af-
ter a terrific tornado had swept
through the town.
Several huoses were unroofed ami ;
hundreds of windows were broken by
a storm which swept Atchison, Kan.,
recently.
A message from* Leslie, Ark , says i
that a tornado in that vicinity killed
eight or ten persons.
♦ * •
Foreign Affairs.
Sylvia Pankliurst, the militant Biif-
fragette, gained her liberty from pris-
on by means of a "hunger strike."
The pope was still too weak on Fas-
ter Sunday to celebrate mass at St.
Peter's In Home.
Col. Manual Alcalde, publisher of
the New Era, a Maderista paper in
the City of Mexico, who has just ar
rived at San Francisco, claims to
have positive proof that President
Madero and Pino Suarez were mur
dered in the palace hours before the
time set by the official report of Pros
ident Huerta.
With the briefest anil simplest cere
mony possible Crown Prim e Constan-
tino took the oath as king of Greece
at Athens He succeeds King George
who was assassinated recently at
Saloniki.
President Manuel Bonilla of Hon-
duras is dead according to a private
telegram received in Washington.
Vice President Bcrtrand succeeded
him.
An express service between New-
York and Manila through the Panama
canal has been decided upon by the
Toyd, Kisen, Kaisha line, a Japanese
concern.
Gen. Porflrio Diaz lias left Egypt
for Italy.
URGES LAW FOR PUBLICITY OF
CAMPAIGN PLEDGES OF
CANDIDATES.
OTHER MEASURES RECOMMENDED
Wants More Power to Regulate Con-
duct of His Appointees—Sunday
Observance, Gambling and
Gun Toting Mentioned.
The passage of a law which* would
require candidates for public office,
and particularly candidates for gover-
nor and legislative positions, to inak«>
public any pledges given by them in
advance of election to support any
particular class of legislation, is
recommended by Governor Cruce in a
supplementary message sent to the
legislature. On that subject he says
"No man believes more firmly than
I in the doctrine that men running
for office should state their positions
on public questions. Each voter has
a right to know what a candidate for
office will do when confronted with
a public question after his election,
but there has grown up in this state
and in many other states of the union
a condition that is indefensible and
subversive of the best purposes of
government. Candidates for office are
frequently singled out by individuals
or organizations and are secretly
pledged to support certain policies and
measures in the event of election.
These pledges are frequently made
without giving due consideration, al-
though their judgment may be against
the proposition after deliberation, they
are confronted with this ante-election
pledge, which men usually feel im-
pelled to respect and observe.
Policy Is Indefensible.
"This policy is Indefensible from
any standpoint. If men are to pledge
themselves to support any measure
in advance of election, they ought to
}>e compelled to make public that
pledge, so that all of the voters inter-
ested may be advised of the position
taken and vote accordingly."
The governor asks that more power
be given to him in connection with
the investigation of appointees against
whom charges of official misconduct
are made, in view of the fact that it
has been found impossible to compel
the attendance of witnesses at an in-
vestigation of that sort.
He urges much more stringent laws
on the subject of gambling. More
stringent laws in regard to concealed
weapons and Sunday observance are
also recommended.
In connection with the matter of
abolishing and consolidating offices,
the governor states that he does not
desire to restrict the legislators to the
offices specifically mentioned in his
first message. The way is opened for
any constitutional amendments that
may be considered desirable.
A favorable recommendation is
made In r«  *ard to the marriage ttcenst
bill backed by the club women of the
state, which was passed by the house
at the regular session.
On the subject of the taxation of
mortgages, (Jovernor Cruce recom-
mends that they be exempted entirely
from taxation, stating that even the
proposition of a filing tax would be
unsatisfactory, us the borrower would
! have to pay it in the end. Other
i recommendations are for the adoption
of an adequate highway code and fur
ther legislation for tbe protection of
Indian estates.
Hearings Granted On Pending Bills.
A hearing was granted by (Jovernor
i Cruce on the congressional redistrict-
, ing bill passed recently by the legis-
lature, but to date no intimation lias
I been given as to what his action w ill
I be on the measure. A number of leg-
islators urged its approval. Some anx-
iety has been expressed by advo-
cates of the measure and the rumor
was circulated that ys the bill was
passed pursuant to the directions of
congress, the governor has no juris-
diction over the proposition. Gover-
nor Cruce, however, believes that his
constitutional power to approve or
veto holds good over this bill just as
much as over the other measures
which have been sent to him by the
legislature during its session.
The other more important measures
still awaiting action include the bill
to abolish the fish and game depart-
ment and amending the enforcement
laws, the "Gore" state election board
bill, which makes the secretarv of
the state senate the third member of
the board, the Muskogee fair bill, and
the pipe line common carrier.
Governor Cruce has only a few days
to sign the remainder of the bills
passed by the regular session. Those
not signed by that time die automat-
ically.
PROGRESSIVES' CONVENTION.
Bull Mooses Remain Active Between
Campaigns.
Tulsa.—A platform which, according
to State Chairman Alva McDonald,
will let the people of Oklahoma know
"just where the Progressive party
stands in this state," was adopted by
the state central committee of the
Bull Moose party.
The resolutions go into the corrup-
tion in state government that is be-
ing uncovered at Oklahoma City. The
central committee was called to order
by Chairman McDonald with Fred
Suits of Oklahoma City as secretary.
While waiting for the resolutions com-
mittee to report a number of dele-
gates were called on for short talks.
About fifty delegates were present at
the morning's meeting, including one
negro from Creek county. A halt
dozen women were in the audience.
Loren G. Dizney of Muskogee out-
lined an organization plan that will
be carried out in Oklahoma.
Former Governor W. R. Stubbs of
Kansas. Medill McCormick of Chicago,
Colonel John M. Parker of New Or-
leans. former Senator Beveridge, Sena-
tor Dixon and Col. George Priestly,
national committeemen for Oklahoma,
all made talks to a thousand delegates
and visitors.
FINE NEW HOTEL FOR CUSHING
□ElHEjEE
After a prisoner luid knocked her
husband unconscious, Mrs. Tom Wal-
den, wife of the pheritt of Carroll j
county, Texas, seize a revolver and
forced half a dozen prisoners back
Into their cells in the county Jail at
Berryville,
C. M. Marshall, a Kansas City drag-
gist, shot and fatally wounded a 20-
year-old highwayman who attempted to
hold him up in his place of business.
Fire in the Union abattoir at Balti-
niore caused a loss of (500,000.
Personal.
Owing to the weak condition of the
Pope his physician has forbidden any
more audiences until April 3.
Fairview, the suburban home of
Secretary Bryan, near Lincoln, Neb.,
will be occupied during Ills residence
in Washington by his youngest daugh
ter, Mrs. It. 1.. Margrave
Mrs Vista Meade of Kansas City If
dead at a Chicago hospital from mor-
phine poisoning. A great deal of mys-
tery seems to surround the affair.
1'uushlng Is enjoying a big boom in building Just at present as a result of
the activity in the oil field. The town is growing very fast and in addition
to the people who are settling there permanently, there are a great marry
transient citizens who are brought there on oil business. To accommodate
these. Milton Thompson has begun the erection of a tine modern hotel, it
will have 10(1 sleeping rooms, and will be abBOlutelv fire-proof, and modern
in every way. The front elevation shown above gives a fair idea of what
the new edifice will look like.
Auditor Asks About Claims. j
State Auditor Joe McClelland has
asked Attorney General West for ati
opinion as to whether he can approve
claims for work previously done ill
connection with drilling artesian wells
in Beaver, Texas and Cimarron coun-
ties when the clninis are filed sub- J
sequent to the approval by the gov- ]
ernor of the bill which repealed the ;
act authorizing the sinking of the
wells The 1911 legislature appro-
priated $46,000 for digging wells in
search of artesian water in the Okla-
homa panhandle. The experiment I
proved to be a failure, but not until J
all but about $25,000 of the approprta ,
tlon had been expended wns work
stopped. The legislature during the
recent regular session passed an act
intended to stop all future expendi-
tures. The legal question which the
attorney general is asked to solve is
whether claims filed with the auditor
since the bill became a law can be ap-
proved when they are for work done
before the act became effective.
Many Schools Seeking Funds.
To show the appreciation of the bill
authorizing distribution of an appro-
priation of $100,000 for the beuefit of
the consolidated or union graded dis-
trict schools, forty-two districts have
already made application to the state
superintendent of public instruction
for the money coming to the districts
under the law. The distribution of
the money must be made under the
supervision of the State Board of Edu-
cation. Counties including the forty-
two districts making application for
the money are Beaver, Beckham,
Caddo, Cimarron, Comanche, Cotton.
Custer, Grady, Greer, Garfield, Grant,
Haskell, Kiowa, Love, Noble, Okmul-
gee, Okfuskee, Payne, Pawnee, Push-
mataha, Rogers, Texas, Washington
and Washita. The Board of Education
will require from each district a
copy of the plans and specifications
of the school building constructed, as
It will be necessary for the district to
erect a building Bix months before
making application for the fund.
County Treasurer Accused 19 Times.
Shawnee.—The county commission-
ers returned an accusation against T.
M Kirk, suspended county treasurer,
charging him with nineteen counts of ^
changing records, embeizlement, etc {
He was Indicted by the recent grand
Jury, but objection being made to the
manner in which the grand Jury was
empaneled, the other accusations
were made for the fear that the in-
dictments might be quashed. Mr, Kirk
makes a complete deuial of all the
charges.
Stockholders to Lose Every Cent,
Hugo.-—The Oklahoma State bank of
this city, which closed its doors, has
been taken in charge by representa-
tives of the hanking board, who stated
after careful investigation, that the
stockholders of the institution would
lose every cent of stock. Eleven thou-
sand dollars were drawn from the
state guaranty fund to depositors, pay
ment to be made through the First
State bank of this city. The affairs
of the bank were so muddled that an
exact report of condition cannot be
made yet.
One touch of weather makes the
whole world sit up and talk about it.
Dr. Pierce's Pellets, small, fcugar-costed,
easy to take &s candy, regulate ami invigor-
ate stomach, liver aud bowelh and cure con-
stipation. Adv.
Don't flag the busy little bee when
he Is going straight ahead.
FOLEY'S «*■
joSTJUi
STOPS COUGHS - CURES COLDS
Contain* No Opiates la Saf* For Children
PEfO
IASY ACTION ninT
rnicAc;<> kljexiA
Make the Horse Clad
and Eager for Work
CMp him before you put him at the apr.n* work.
Tak« off his winter coat that boldn the  et
■weat anil dirt. He'll fet more food from hit
fe*d. look better, rest better and fltveyoa w-t-
ter M-r . ice la ever* way. L on t buy soiy but
The Stewart Ball Bearing
Clipping Machine
tha machine that turn* earner, clips faaterand
closer and *tay* sharu longer than any other.
Gears are all file hard and out froru solid rteel
bar. 0 ars eucioeed. protected and run In oil,
little friction, little wear Has sli of new style. ea- y run
flailb e shaft and Htewart single tension clipping h«a<l.
Pet on* from
your dealer
and remain-
Mr eve
auchric Is
felly
guaranteed.
Matter Easily Explained.
Two lawyers met on the street. "I've
been wondering about you," said one.
"What were you wondering about
me?" "Well. I've heard you address
a jury and 1 thought that you were the
most eloquent man In Cleveland. Then
I've heard you make an after-dinner
speech at a banquet and you were—
pardon me—pretty rotten. Now, how
Is that?" "I'll tell you. When I'm
talking to a Jury my dinner depends
on my speech. When I'm talking to a
bunch of diners I've already had my
dinner."
URGING GREAT 8ALE
OF CANNED FOOD9
Dealers, ifrocers. Jobbers and manufac-
turers aU over the u^untry are Joining
hand* during the week of March 31st to
April 5th in an effort to acquaint house-
wives with the economy and quality of
canned foods.
It is now a well known fact that heat
la the only preservative used in preparing
these economical foods. The cans are
sealed and sterilized at a temperature of
2b<> degrees, which prevents any contami-
nation and keeps the contents fresh and
wholesome as the day the tins were filled
In the canneries.
National Canned Foods Week, during
which dealers and grocers will make
canned foods their sales-features, is for
the purpose of demonstrating to house-
wives that the cost of living can be cut
with such foods, and that they may bo
served in hundreds of delightful ways,
&n<l thus served dally without monotony.
The farmer's wife especially finds it ad-
rant ageous to relieve herself of all the
conking possible and Canned Foods en-
able her to do this and at the same time
Improve the quality of her meals.
Women in every community should ob-
serve National Canned Foods Week by
going to the dealers and putting In a sup-
ply. The saving and general satisfaction |
in the use of Canned Foods is entirely
Worth while.—Adv.
BIGGEST RACE PROBLEM.
Stiff Joints
Sprains,Bruises
are relieved *t once by an applica-
tion of Sloan's Liniment. Don't
rub, just lay on lightly.
•• Sloan's Liniment has done more
good than anything I have ever tried
lor stiff joints. 1 got my hand hart so
hadly_that I had to atop work right in
the busiest time of the year. 1 thought
at flret that 1 would have to have my
hand taken off, but 1 got a bottle or
tUoan's Liniment and cured ray hand."
Wultox Whkklek, Morris, Ala.
Good for Broken Sinew,
O. G. Jomics, lialdwin, L. I., writes :
—••1 used Sloan's Liniment for broken
sinews above the knee cap caused by a
full aud to my great satisfaction was
able to resume work In leaa than three
weeks after the aocident."
SLOANS
LINIMENT
Fine for Sprain
Mr. IIknry A. Voehl, 84. Somerset
St., Plaintield, >*. .J., writes : — M A
friend apralned his ankle so badly
thiit It went .black. He laughed when
I told him that I would have him out
In a week. I applied Sloan's Liniment
Sloan's Book
on hornes, out tie,
sheep and
poultry sent free.
Address
Dr.
Earl S.
Slo.ji
u
U. S.A.
Saskatchewan
•*Bre'er Jones, does you think de
devil is a black man or a white man?"
"I dunno; an* all I does know Is—de
biggest race problem Is how ter keep
ten yards ahead of him!"
Deep Dissimulation.
"You seem Inclined to encourage
your wife to be a suffragette."
"Yes," replied Mr. Meekton. "If I
can thoroughly convince her that I
desire her to march and make speech-
es, maybe she'll get resentful and
refuse to do so."
Not Quite.
"Is he what you might call a police
captain at large?"
"No; he's only out on bail."—Town
Topics.
Their Reasons.
"Why do managers try their new
plays on the dog?"
"To see If It is a howling success."
m
Your
Opportunity
is NOW
In the Provlnoa of
Saskatchewan,
Western Canada
. Do von desire to seta
Free 11 Dinesu*ad of 1 AO
lAC'KKS of that well
known Wheat Land?
I he area is becoming more limited
but no less valuable.
NEW DISTRICTS
nave recently been opened up for
settlement, and imo those rail-
roads are now being built. The
will soon come when there
THE KNOW HOW
To Feed Children and Get Good Re-
sults.
land ft^Hdmeatoodta*
A Swift Current, Saskatchewan,
farmer wriu-s: "I came on my
homestead. March 1906. with about
I1.0U) worth of horses and machin-
ery, and Just 136 in cash. Today I
have IHJO acres of wheut, 800 acres
of oats, und 60 acres   f flax." Not
bad for six years, but only an In-
stance of what may bo done in
Western Canada in Manitoba,
Saskatchewan or Alberta.
Send at once for Literature,
Maps, Bailway Kates, etc., to
Q. A. COOK.
125 Hf. 9th STREET. KANSAS CITY, W0.
Omodlan Government Agent, or
address Superintendent of
■•""■Juration, Ottaw
;       i
No wonder some children never
amount to anything; just look at.
their parents.
There are more nervous persons
made so by undigested food lying in
the stomach than the average indi-
vidual would suppose.
If food remains undigested In the
■tomach, it begins to ferment, set up
gas and a large portion Is thus con-
verted Into poison.
That's why imperfectly digested food
may, and often does, cause irritation
of the nerves and stupor of the mind—
brain and nerves are really poisoned.
"My daughter had complained for
some time of a distressed feeling In
the stomach, after eating, which set
me thinking that her diet was not
right," writes an anxious and intelli-
gent mother.
"She had been fond of cereals, but
had never tried Grape-Nuts. From
reading the account of this predlgest-
ed food, it seemed reasonable to try
Grape-Nuts for her case.
"The results were really wonderful.
The little brain that seemed at times
unable to do its work, took on new
life and vigor. Every morning, now,
before going to school, she aats the
crisp little morsels and Is now com-
pletely and entirely well, she seems to
have a new lease on life—no more
distress in the stomach, nor head-
ache, but sound and well everyway."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read the book, "The
Road to Wellvllle," In pkgs.
"Thero's a Reason."
Kvcr read the above letterf A aew
one appears from time to time. The?
are grattts^ traa, aad fall of ksaas
later eat.
ril.FS CrRED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS
! Yonrdruggibt will rotund money if I'A/o OINT-
! MICNT fails to cure ant case of Itching, JtWnd,
liioeding or .Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days. 60c.
j A man's children, like their mother,
are apt to ask a lot ot embarrassing
questions.
Put oft until tomorrow the worry-
ing you might do today.
When an actress dies or Is sued for
divorce her real name comes out
Mrs. WinBlow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma-
tion,allay* pain,cures wind colic ,36c a bottle Ufa
The greatest loss to any man is hl 
self-respect.
Loss of Power
5 and vital force follow loss of fle*h or
85 emaciation. These come from impov*
p  eriahed blood.
E Dr. Pierce'*
1 Golden Medical Discovery
g enlivena a torpid llvei—enriches tha
gj blood -atopa the waateof atrongth and
S tlaaueand builds up healthy fleah—to
fe the proper body wetght. A§ an appe-
5 tiring, reetoraUve tonic. It Beta to
•- work all the proceeaea of digestion
5 and nutrition, rouaea every organ Into
■g natural action, and brings back heal til
55 and strength.
EE Can oaythtng elae ba "Jut mm
B good" to take!
JB«at Oough Syrup. Taitaa Good. Us* K3
 ln^tlm*^Sold by Dragglst*.
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