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LONE BANDIT ROBS
1 SEABOARD TRAIN
WHITE MAN HOLDS UP EXPRESS
MESSENGER AND MAKES
ESCAPE.
PASSENGERS NOT MOLESTED
Florida-Cuba Special of the Seaboard
Held Up for the Third Time
in Two Years.
Columbia, S. C. —An unknown white
man, pistol in hand, entered the ex
press car of the northbound Florida-
Cuba Special of the Seaboard Air
Line from Tampa to New York, as the
train was leaving Columbia, compell
ed the express messenger to open the
safe, and after taking from it a pack
age, said to be of slight value, jumped
off as the train slowed up for a cross
ing In the northern limits of the city.
After the crew had instructed- the
crossing watchman to communicate
with the Columbia police, the train
proceeded on its way. Neither pas
sengers nor mail clerks were molested.
Officials of the express company
were unable to estimate the value of
the packages secured by the robber.
They say they are unable to state
where the stolen package was put
on, and will not know until later how
much money it contained.
The robbery is the third of its na
ture in Columbia within the past two
years. In each case the hold-ups
have been made by one man. No ar
rests have been made in the other
cases
STUDENTS ENGAGE IN RIOT
Newspaper Corerspondent Asasulted
at Chapel Hill, N. C.
Raleigh, N. C.—Threatened by a
crowd of. students of the University
of North Carolina, in the lobby of the
postofflce at Chapel Hill, S. R. Win
ters, corerspondent of the News and
Observer, at that place, was struck by
one of them because of the publica
tion of an account of gambling by
students at the state university in a
morning newspaper.
A party of eleven, including stu
dents and citizens of Chapel Hill, were
bound over to the court on the charge
of playing “craps,” and the report
gave their names. This caused the
attack on him, the evidence being that
only the intervention of students and
a hurried call for the police kept the
crowd from beating up Winters.
The faculty of the university and
the authorities of Chapel Hill are on
a campaign to break up gambling at
the university and in the town. The
chief of police of Chapel Hill, in a
statement, says that with what evi
dence is in hand he Will' be able to
round up the ring leaders in gambling
in the university.
Champion Father of German.
Berlin.—Ferdinand Eglinski, aged
53, a tailor of Ahibeck, is Germany’s
champion father. The Tageblatt,
which publishes his story, says that
of his successive marriages with two
sister.s thirty-five children were born,
26 of whom are living -19 boys and 7
girls. The tailor married at the age
4 of 20. His first wife, who died in
1907, bore him twenty-four children.
In 1903 he married his deceased wife's
sister, who has born him eleven chil
dren in the last six years. Triplets
came on one occasion and twins were
born twice. When his sixth son en
tered the army in 1913 Eglinski re
ceived a private audience with the kai
ser, who ordered him entertained in
Berlin at his majesty's expense for a
week. . Eglinski has become a celeb
rity and adds to his Income as a tail
or by post cards of himself.
Proposed Marriage From Tree Top.
Savannah, Ga.—Before a sympathet
ic audience of several hundred peo
ple, Frank M. Register of 2425 Bar
nard street, climbed a tree in Colo
nial park, back of the jail, proposed
to Miss Zeta Metlock, who is being
detained by the police, was accepted
and the two fixed the date for the
wedding. Miss Metlock is being held
at the police station under no charg
es, but in order that she may be
taken care of until she can be restor
ed to her parents.
Railroad Men Threaten Strike.
Rome. Italy.—ltaly faces another
general strike. Eighty thousand rail
way employees are claming for an
amelioration of their conditions of em
ployment, which would represent an
increase of $19,000,000 in the state
budget. The employees held several
meetings. The most important one
was at Ancona, a great railway cen
ter, where it was decided that if the
* government refused to give a satis
factory answer to the demands of the
men a general .railway strike would
be proclaimed April 15.
WILLIAM E. WILLIAMS
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Mr. Williams Is a representative-at
large In congress from Illinois. He
went to school at Illinois college with
W. J. Bryan and has been a Bryan
man ever since.
ENGLISH THRONE SHAKEN
PARLIAMENT SEETHING CALDRON
OVER ALLEGED ALLIANCE
OF KING.
Unless Premier Asquith Satisfactorily
Explains He Will Face Danger of
Liberal Rebellion.
London.—Westminster continues to
be a seething caldron over what the
Liberals now denounce as the "mu
tiny of the army aristocrats” against
democratic government. The fact has
been established from all obtainable
evidence that Gen. Hubert Gough and
the other officers of the Third cavalry
brigade demanded and obtained writ
ten assurances that they would not
be ordered to fight Sir Edward Car
son’s Ulster volunteers, and that these
assurances were obtained largely
through the personal intervention of
the king.
The throne, which traditionally has
kept out of party controversies, is in
volved in the discussion as it never
before has been during King George's
reign or that of his diplomatic father.
The section of the Liberals who op
posed what they denounce as a sur
render to the military oligarchy are,
criticising the king with the greatest
freedom. They resent his action in
summoning to the palace Field Mar
shal Lord Roberts, who, in his speech
es, advised the officers that they might
properly erfuse service in suppress
ing the Ulster irreconcilables. They
criticise his majesty for dealing per
sonally with Field Marshal Sir John
French, chief of the general staff.
ALASKA COAL LANDS OPEN
Under Leasing Plan Lands Agreed
Upon by Senate.
Washington.—Opening of Alaska
coal lands under a leasing plan was
proposed in a bill agreed upon by
the senate public lands committee,
and which will be favorably reported
by Chairman Myers.
The bill proposes that the unre
served lands be surveyed into 40-acre
tracts or multiples thereof, the maxi
mum being fixed* at 560 acres for any
tract. They are to be leased to com
petitive bidders, not more than one
tract being included in any lease.
Railroads will be prohibited from ac
quiring a greater coal supply than
needed for their own uses.
Five Persons Drowned.
Fresno, Cal.—The breaking of a sus
pension bride across the San Joa
quin river plunged four men and one
woman, crossing in an automobile, 50
feet into the swift stream. They were
drowned. Among the occupants of the
machine were L. N. Part, general
superintendent of the San Joaquin
Light and Power corporation and J.
E. Brugess, assistant superintendent.
Takes Charge of Body.
Stamford, Conn. —The body of Prof.
Harry Thurston Peck, who committed
suicide here, was removed to the
home of his former wife, Mrs. Cornelia
Dawbarn Peck, at Sound Beach, with
the consent of Mrs. Elizabeth D. Peck,
his second wife. Among the effects
of Professor Peck, of which Mrs. Cor
nelia Peck has taken charge, are a
number of manuscripts. One of these
was on “platonic friendship,” in which
the question is raised as to “whether
a man can maintain a platonic friend
ship.
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GEORGIA.
WILSON SCORES A
pebsomiwii
CLOTURE RULE ADOPTED IN THE
HOUSE BY VOTE OF
200 TO 172.
PREDICT PASSAGE OF BILL
Crucial Point Passed, Say Adminis
tration Leaders, Who Claim Meas
ure Will Have 100 Majority.
Washington.—President Wilson won
the opening skirmish of the great leg
islative battle of his administration
when the house, over bitter protests
from recognized Democratic leaders
and almost solid minority opposition,
adopted a special rule for the consider
ation of the bill repealing the free
tolls provision of the Panama canal
act. Speaker Clark, Democratic Lead
er Underwood, Republican Leader
Mann and Progressive Leader Mur
dock headed those lined up against
the administration, but the house re
sponded to the president’s personal ap
peal for prompt consideration of the
repeal bill as a means of supporting
his administration's foreign policy.
Two votes demonstrated the presi
dent's commanding influence with his
party in congress. On the first test,
a motion to end debate and preclude
amendment on the rule carried by a
vote of 207 to 176; the rule itself was
adopted 200 to 172.
Nothing to compare with the scene
had occurred in the house since the
famous Cannon rules fight four years
ago. In vain Representative Under
wood took the floor and urged his col
leagues to vote against the rule. The
rank and file Democrats, after listen
ing to three hours of passionate ar
gument, swung into the president’s
column, 199 of them voting to prevent
the amendment of the special rule,
while but 55 followed the leaders in
joining with the minority in opposi
tion.
ANDREWS MAKES REPORT
France, Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria
to Build Pavilions.
Washington.—Col. Walter P. An
drews, who returned from a tour of
the Mediterranean countries as com
missioner general of the United States
to the Mediterranean and Balkan
states, invited the members of the
Georgia delegation to congress to a
dinner at the New Willard hotel.
Colonel Andrews has made his re
port to Secretary Bryan and is enthu
stsastic about the trip of the special
commission.
France, Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria
agreed to build pavilions at the Pan
ama-Pacific exposition. Roumania,
■Servia, Portugal and Spain had plready
decided not to participate, but agreed
to reopen the subject.
Over 25,000 Indians 111 With Plague.
Washington. — Health conditions
among the Indians are described as
deplorable by Indian Commissioner
Cato Sells, in his annual report. Ap
proximately 25,000 Indians are suffer
ing from tuberculosis, he says, while
available hospital facilities for all will
not exceed 300 beds. During the past
fiscal year 1,905 Indians died from tu
berculosis. The Indian death rate was
32.25 per thousand, against 16.00 per
thousand for the entire registered
area of the United States. More than
60,000 cases of trachoma are shown
to exist among the government’s
wards. The report says there are
8.000 Indian families without homes,
many of whom live under revolting
conditions. Need of increased appro
priations to provide the Indians more
sanitary homes, better school facilities,
medical attention and measures to pre
vent disease is emphasized.
Steamer Hits Rock; 18 Drowned.
London. —Eighteen of the crew of the
crew of the French steamer St. Paul
were drowned. The steamer struck
a rock and sank while entering the
port of Brisbane. Australia, according
to a Lloyd dispatch. The St. Paul
was on the way from Noumea to Syd
ney. She was a new 200-foot vessel,
built in 1912, commanded by Captain
Coree and owned by the Oceanic Nav
igation company of Bordeaux.
Owen Urges Repeal of Exemption.
Washington.—While the opposing
factions in the house were lining up
for the opening of the fight over the
administration bill to repeal the tolls
exemption clacse of the Panama canal
act, Senator Owen supported Presi
dent Wilson’s attitude in urging the
repeal. He took the position that the
exemption was in violation of the Hay-
Pauncefote treaty. Senator Owen re
ferred to the senate roll calls to em
phasize President Wilson’s contention
that the exemption was passed by *.
coalition of the two old parties.
MISS LUCY BURNS
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Miss Burns, Vassar graduate with a
long record of post-graduate work In
political economy at the universities
of Yale, Berlin and Bohn, is now the
acting head of the Women's Congres
sional Union at Washington.
INSURGENTS MAKE ATTACK
FEDERALS DRIVEN BACK WHEN
MAKING ATTEMPT TO ES
CAPE FROM CITY.
Huerta Troops Concentrated in West
ern Part of Torreon to Resist
Combined Attack.
Juarez, Mexico.—A message from
Gomez Palacio, signed by General Vil
la, said that he had concentrated his
forces to force his way into Torreon,
there to join General Herrera and to
take supreme command. Officials
here declared that the federals al
ready had tried to escape from the city,
but were driven back and were in no
condition to withstand such an at
tack as that of which Villa gave no
tice in this telegram.
A telegram received from General
Villa says that practically ail of Tor
reon, including the entire business
section, is in the hands of the rebels.
General Herrera, at the head of 4,009
men, is said to have entered the city
from the east instead of the north, as
at first reported, and is said to have
fought his way through the streets to
the bull-ring on the northern edge of
the city.
A second telegram from Villa
amended the first to show that the
federals were concentrated in their last
defenses in the western portion of the
city. Rebel officials here say that if
the federals do not hold their position
there, they inevitably must be cap
tured.
The same telegram says that fed
eral Generals Pena, Reyna and Anaya
have been killed and General Ocaranza
seriously wounded.
BANK HOLDUP IN ATLANTA
Bandit Steals Buggy and Eludes Big
Mob After a Wild Chase.
Atlanta. —Foiled in a wild attempt
to loot the safety vaults of the Atlanta
State Savings Bank, a negro institu
tion, in Auburn avenue, which con
tained upwards of $2,599 in gold and
silver, a white would-be bandit, blud
geoned a negro clerk, fled into Hous
ton street, seized a horse’aiid buggy,
raced through the downtown streets,
pursued by police officers and a howl
ing mob, fired some five shots at his
pursuers and finally eluded searchers
in the block bounded by Harris and
Cain streets.
A short time later a man claiming
to be an actor, and giving his name as
Edward Rhynata of Denver, Colo., was
arrested by Call Officer James Palmer,
in a room at Cain and Williams streets.
The suspect was taken to the banking
rooms. He was identified by six ne
groes as the man seen earlier in the
day at the Odd Fellows’ building, in
which the bank is located.
Knell Sounded for Convict Goods.
Washington.—After a vigorous parti
san contest, the house passed a bill
to bar foreign convict-made or pauper
made goods from competition with the
products of American free labor. The
measure, which now goes to the sen
ate, follows a bill recently passed by
the house forbidding the shipment of
convict-made goods in interstate com
merce into states which prohibit the
sale of such products in the open mar
ket. The importation of foreign con
vict-made goods has been prohibited
under the tariff laws since 1890.
HOW TO CURE ECZEMA, ITCH
AND ALL SKIN DISEASES
Don’t suffer any longer with eczema
or any other skin trouble. Just apply
Hancock’s Sulphur Compound to the
parts affected and it will stop the itch
ing at once and cure the trouble per
manently. Many sufferers from skin
troubles have written us that the Sul
phur Compound cured them after
everything else failed. Mrs. Evelyn
Garst, of Salem, Va., writes: “Three
years ago I bad a rough place on my
cheek. It would burn and itch. I was
fearful it might be of cancerous na
ture. I used different preparations,
but nothing helped it. One bottle of
Hancock's Sulphur Compound cured
me completely." To beautify the com
plexion, remove blackheads and
pimples use Hancocks’s Sulphur Oint
ment. For sale by all dealers.—Adv.
Had Sense of Gratitude.
An old man walked two miles
through the snow in New York city
in order to carry an egg to the head
quarters of one of the charitable or
ganizations. The society had given
him a vacation in the country and a
farmer had given him two pullets on
leaving, so he had promised the first
egg to the people who had been kind
to him.
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that It
Bears the y/ ^777777^
Signature of
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria
Strange Attempt.
"How on earth can they split hairs
over that case?”
“Sure enough, when it’s all bald
facts.”
Hurt Him.
Bill—How did her singing strike
you?
Jill —Oh, as usual, I was the inno
cent bystander.
Smart Rabbit.
A rabbit —a Winsted (Conn.) rab
bit —cleverly eluded capture by a dog
one day when he rolled down a hill
side inside of a huge ball of snow,
thus throwing the dog off the scent.
Not Likely.
"Do you think it is really true that
man married Maud thinking she had
money?” _
“Well, you don't suppose he took
her at her face value, do you?”
The Language.
“English is very queer sometimes."
“How do you mean?”
“We go for people to make them
stop, and put stops on organs to
make them go."
Primitive Farming Implements.
In central Russia rye is cut with
sickles; other cereal crops, as a rule,
with scythes. Flails are used through
out the country, except in the south,
where threshing is done by means ot
stones dragged by horses, etc.
CLEVER WIFE
Knew How to Keep Peace in Family.
It is quite significant, the number of
persons who get well of alarming
heart trouble when they let up on cof
fee and use Postum as the beverage at
meals.
There is nothing surprising about it,
however, because the harmful alkaloid
-—caffeine —in coffee is not present in
Postum, which is made of clean, hard
wheat.
"Two years ago I was having so
much trouble with my heart,” writes
a lady in Washington, "that at times
I felt quite alarmed. My husband took
me to a specialist to have my heart
examined.
"The doctor said he could find no
organic trouble but said my heart was
Irritable from something I had been,
accustomed to, and asked me to try
and remember what disagreed with
me.
“I remembered that coffee always
soured on my stomach and caused me
trouble from palpitation of the heart
So I stopped coffee and began to use
Postum. I have had no further
trouble since.
"A neighbor of ours, an old man,
was so irritable from drinking coffee
that his wife wanted him to drink
Postum. This made him very angry,
but his wife secured some Postum and
made it carefully according to direc
tions.
“He drank the Postum and did not
know the difference, and is still using
it to his lasting benefit. He tells his
wife that the 'coffee' is better than It
used to be, so she smiles with him and
keeps peace in the family by serving
Postum instead of coffee.”
Name given by the Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
Postum now comes In two forms:
Regular Postum — must be well
boiled. 15c and 25c packages.
Instant Postum—is a soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
in a cup of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes a delicious beverage
Instantly. 30c and 50c tins.
The cost per cup of both kinds Is
about the same.
“There’s a Reason” for Postum.
—sold by Grocers.