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Show 1 I IN WAKE AIM THE RESCUING DEATH AND DEVASTATION HOMES WASHED TITANIC THE OF SURVIVORS Ask for this OF TORNADO Box BY TORRENT Forty-on- INHABITANTS OF TWO VILLAGES DRIVEN TO THE HILLS BY BREAKING OF DAM. Tr:" e Killed and More Than One Hundred Injured In Twenty Towns In Oklahoma. Oklahoma City, OUla. As detailea reports come In tho extent of devastation and loss of llt'o and property from Saturday's tornado increases. It is known that iwt-uttowns were struck by the storm, which awept northward through portions of southwestern and central Oklahoma; that two villages, Butler and Fobs, were litdead erally wiped out and forty-cnand more than 100 injured are accounted for. Other deaths are reported but cannot be verified because swollen streams prevent rescue parties from exploring whole sections. All central Oklahoma seems to be demoralized and It may be days before loss of life and properly is known. Western Oklahoma streams are out of their hanks. The Hock Mann bridge over the Cimarron river, thirty miles nouth of Knid, was wasricd out. Quick Work of Telephone Operator Prevents Heavy Less of Life When Wall of Water Rushes Down Fertile Valley. . -- IUf-- rf v xfr .fcj y i..i,iT- vi, : - '' vie Trou-betsko- y j j j j cct-sfu- m-e- J-J- j" , N. It's the ' t . - goodness of this root. beer as well salts tonic properties that make it so great a favorite. . Ifyoprcro Ortctfcriki0faUent. r Up'tappU4l,w will mall yofcpefc wV - r, py 4t . o g 7 n. or :;: Syracuse, N. Y. Warned by a telephone operator that the Minevillo dam hud broken. 500 persons residing In the valley of Mlllbrook, Ksxex county, fled to the hills and then witched the torrent wash their homes away. The breaking of the dam precipitated a lake two miles long, half a tulle wide and fifty feet deep upon the valley. Today it overs two villages. The flood swept with it two other dams and three power plants, causing over $100,000 damage. That no lives were lost is duo to the BOND ISSUE FOR RIO GRANDE. quick work of a telephone girl In the Tort Henry exchange, who notified the Stockholders Order Issue of $25,Of0,-000- , Jlllbrook valley folk to flee. Large Portion of Which Is . Tho Mincvllle dam was a new strucbe Used in Improvements. ture of concrete. It was sixty feet Denver. Seveniy-onhigh and 200 feet wide. per cent of the capital stock of the Denver & TAFT DENOUNCES ROOSEVELT. Itio Grande railroad was voted Saturat the special stockholders' meet day President Declares the Colonel Has lug to authorize the issue of $2r.tU(),-00Not Given Him a Square Deal. in bonds. Boston. President Taft donned his The bonds first will be offered to the road, who fighting elothos Thursday, abandoned the stockholders of his policy of silence under the at- have exclusive privileges to buy until tacks that Colonel Theodore Roose- June 1, when they will be placed on velt has made upon him find upon his the market for the public. Of the isMie, only $lu.oon.000 will be administration, and fur the first time since Mr. Roosevelt announced his sold at once, the proceeds of which candidacy, luu'i'died into a bitter de- will bo used In improvements on tho roa Toed In Colorado and I'tah and for nunciation of tl former president. From the tlnv Mr. Taft entered caring for the interest on the nd mad'S his first Massachusetts bonds of the Western Paspeech ut Springfield, shortly after cific, for which the Uio (irande U noon, until late at nielli, lie hammer- liable. ed away at Colonel Roosevelt. Tho Give Marconi Gold Tablet. president made, close to a dozen New York At the benefit performrest only a few words in length. In all he made It clear that he M ance for the families of the Titanic's unalterably opposed to Mr. Rioseve'l: musician!, there w'H be presented to that he saw disaster in a third term (lusliclmo Marconi a handsome gold in the White House for any man; and tablet designed by Prince Paul In commemoration of the that he did not believe Colonel noosevell had given him a "square, part played by the. wireless In the recuo of the survivors. On Its obdeal." verse side the tablet represents 'he POLITICAL DEBATE IN SENATE. Titanic heading toward an immense iceberg, on the side tif which Is the Senator Briotow Defends Colonel figure of a kneeling woman with her Roosevelt From Attack of John hisnd overtng her face In agony. On Sharp Williams. the reverse appears the head of Sig-no- r Washington. The first congrexHlon-a- l Marconi, heroically designed. political debate in the senate at Taft Eulogizes Grant. this eslon of congrees broke ThursTaft paid Phil idtlphla.-Presld-- nl day over Colonel Roosevelt's official correspondence about the Intcrnatlon- - honor Saturday night fur the second al Harvester company, when he wan time within a few hours to the mempresident In 1907. Senator Brislow of ory of the lllustriou family of Grant. Kansas was the principal speaker In In New York on Friday he attended j for Major KWnand memorial exercise support of Colonel poosevelt, Senator John Sharp Williams of Mis- eral Frederick Deut Grant and Satur- day night at a hatitjuet he eulogized j sissippi was the principal astailant. Mr. Williams characterized the for- the soldier's famous faihT, who was mer president as a "modern Caesar, twice president of the t'nited States j give willing to sels-.- power by any means." and to whom many historian wh!l Mr. Hrlstow defended ihe col- much of the credit of the north's sue; l conduct of the Civil war. onel as the modern tribune of the people, and warmly critlc!ed PresiFace Death Front Starvation. dent Taft's administration. Wa'shlngion. Another urgent appeal for aid for the sufferers from Minister Resigns. the famine and revolution In China Kl Paso. Texas. Braullo Hernanwas Issued by the American Red dez, thn rebel "minister" to Washing- Cross here More than Saturday. ton, who was amnted there on a the relief persons are in amto of smuggle connplracy charge cabled. Tho commlliee al Shanghai was who ami munition Into Mex!c3. famine, which is now at Its wot?!, brought back here Wedensday, wroln will continue. The fnes-ai- c e!imal-ea letter to General Pasqual Orozco to that 2')'KW will be tieed'-latwith the exprenslng disagreement trouthe the ;ffeter through carry ter's policies and relsned as "minis j ble. ter" and as a general. Civil War in Paraguay. McCab Under Fir. CI v. I Argentina Aytes. Washington. Charg"s that P' licit, .r war a'iin ha broken out lu l'a:a-vu.ijMcCabe of ihe department of pcrlm!-!urTebg-an- i from A'curinon and A. D. Mclvin of the barrau of !;itw that fcur goernm-;i- t animal Industry knowingly have per- Ih t,ardd the revolntior.lnt ho are milted meat packers to defraud the coi!;rtiari(i i by foimer Pteptdcnt Jan letter and at Villa lincaraa' ion. IT" mil' southpublic by ntillifjtr.g Tin fire returned tipirlt of the meat !nii e t'mn law fire east f A' ur. :o contained In a rcs i'uHon by Hepres,.:i-iatirwa sj eil by the revoliit,ouis' Nelson of Wisconsin, in'rodw.d that (lie warship we e cm-pel'eThursday, rndtitti for an in vesication. to retire in a damaged condition. . After Parisian Donate Eggs to Guild Tabernacle. Paris Large bodies of police on MagrnUi. Alberta - In crder to r Thursday scnnrerl the anarchist refulabel nade of the five near and arrested minor ge plae the hre Halnt destroyed members of the bandit gang whlrn reby fire here, member of the organicently terrorized Paria. zation will give toward the fond all the etc laid by their hen on succesBig Fire in Ceorgia. It Is thought that sufIn sive Sunday Columbus, Oa. Several block the principal residence aeeiton of ficient mrt;cy will I.e reaped by harColumbus were destroyed by fire vest time to rehnlH the structure. Thursday. The loss Is estimated at Ambastadar Enter on Duties. Jiore than $2.",0.0!0. Pari. Myion T. Hcrruk. the new Three Killed by Tcrnado. American ambassador, to France, o are Monday presented his creent'aH to Wichita, Kan. Three person dead at Ponca City, Okla., an the Pres'dent Falllere. The addresses of one of f'Mir tornado1 near the exchanged dwelt pirticularly 01 th! warmth of the friendship of the two Kansas Oklahoma line on Thursday. Speaker Clark III. Investigate Campaign Epene. r on Wahine-tfnThe commi'tee Clark, while. Washington. In hi office Thiirslay, suffered tin privileges and ebction ha reported attack ut lumbago and later went to favorably the resolution of Senator hi bome. Hi Illness I not aertoti. Cu!berm, p;orlding for an Invest of Virginia ai to the amount of money and Representative fiai'nder the cam wa designated speaker pro tempore. by whom contributed of and 1oi. paien For Bureau of National Parks. Ten Million Fire in Darrarcus. WafhlTgton The gmwt bill to haraat all national park and moiu C'cmstantinople. The rre meot tinder one "bureau of national quarter in I.amaru have been depark," has been reported favorably stroyed by fire. Kevetal persons were and the by the senate committee on public killed and many Injured estimated at 10,f'"n Wt. lands. damage T-"- Writ for Prmmiurn Pumlm. THE CHARIZ3 E. HIRES CO. 2B5 N. Broad St.. Philadelphia. Pa. wk The higher critlciBuis of the drama usually come from the gallery gods. Garfield Tea koepa tho llvor normal. Drluk before raliriuir. It's wonderful what large catalogues from small garden seeds will grow. Easily. Howell He has a prosperous look. Powell Yes, you could tell at a glance that he was a single man. Takes a Week. "I thought your daughter waa coming home from the bench this week." "We had to let her remain another week In order to finitih saying good-bto a young man." y IIKHK photograph of no 11 aboard the Carpsthla. U a of the collapsible Ilfeloau of the Titanic full of survivors about to be taken In the Dark. "Has that boy of yours who graduated from college last year found a Job that suits him yet ?" "Nope, lle'i still looking for one." "Where's he looking?" vWell, I don't Just know. He seems" to do moat of his looking nights." He of the afternoon. intently to the iiccoimtw of his conduct at the lifeboats as told by the stewards and seamen. Ilia eyes fairly beamed when Steward Crawford told how lamay had called for women to go In one of the bouts and had sale' to a woman who told bim bhe was only stewardess: th( a "You are a woman; take your place in the boat." of Ismay listened Intently, too, as Steward Bright testified that he had not left the ship until after all the arge lifeboats had gone and only one or two collapsible boats were, left on deck. jsteamers within a rudiu of fifty m'lc- After the session was over, the corr said that ridor In the senate building near the jof the Titanic, th oriii-eithl miHtake in fixing acurately III- committee room was crowded with liOKltlon of the doomed tthlp wn a fa- anxiou Kailors of tho Titanic who have tal one. With lef bergs and floailtig been at the call of the committee, at nee lice covering the northern fea, a ahlp the rescue ship Carpal hia brought them to New York. They were a nervous lot. Not being permitted to leave, MAJ. THOMAS RH0ADES they faced ihe prospect of a Saturday night and Sunday without funds. "If It is too late to get money for -- T., the snllormen," Mr. Ismay declared. " 1,11.11 ' I can see that It la advanced." Finally they were escorted to the capito) in a body and advanced witness fee money. ICE BARRIER PREVENTED RESCUE OF PASSENGERS testimony Cause of the Row. "Mrs. Brown had a dreadful quarrel with her husband last night?" "That so?" "Yes. She bid eight on a hand that was good for ten. not thinking Mr. Brown would overbid ber. but he did. It almost broke up the party." Captain of Steamer Mount Temple Tells Senate Committee Vain Effort to Reach the Doomed Ship. Washington. Failure to give her exact poHitlon, a greut Held of floating Ice that offered a frlwld burrler to hurrying to the thin, and the mlxtuke of her captain of rushing at top speed through an sa. combined to rend ten Titanic and her I. C'JO victim to their watery grave tn the north Atlantic, according to testimony on Saturday be'ore the senate Investigating cotnmiitee. Captain Jantet. II. Moore of the steamer Mount Temple, whlth wa hurried to the Titanic in rehKuise to wlrels calls for help, told of the great atretch of f.' Id Ice, which held him off. Within bis view from the bridge he dicerned. he aald. another Jtrange steamer, probal.ly a "tramp," and a schooner which was making her way out of the Ice. The llrbtn of this schooner, he Ihodglit. probably were those e n by the anxiou survivors of th Titanic and which they were frantically trying to reach. Captain Moore denounced a "most unwUe" the action of the Titanic com manr In r fhine al 21 knot through the mgiit wh'-- he had been advised of the proximity of lie. The Mount Tern. ilo' rorcmander icsMfled ihnt he had spfnt twenty-eveyear in ihe north AMantlc. Whenever ie was around, he said, be do.ihi.-- his watch and reduced speed, and If be happenei to gel raiiKht In an Ice park h's entic and drifted until he wa clear. The w.tneps also rmphaMe in bi declaration that the rwi,io.i ni out l.y the Titanic was wrong. Me tald the fhlp wa eight mile farf'er east wifd lhan it oixtator t;,riel This be declared, he proved by ob rvtinn taken the first thin on tte day ,''llo!rtg tb difistcr. Wl'h what vlrlual'y fleei i How Old Was He? In a country school the boys of a certain grade were devoted to their teacher, a young lady of many charms. One little fellow of rather uncertain age waa constantly proving hia devotion by little acts of kindness, which did not escape the notice of the teacher. Coming up to him one day she put an arm about his shoulders and said: 'I believe I will kiss you for being so good to me, but how old are you?" "Oh, thafa all right," he aald, "I no old enough to enjoy It." Mack's National Monthly. - Missing the Point. Representative Tt ticker of Colorado, apropos of a tariff argument about ugar, said to a Washington correspondent: "Oh, well, those men don't see my point. Tbey miss It as badly as the old lady missed ber son 'a. " 'Mother.' a young man said, looking up from the Bulletin, 'would yon believe that it takes 5.000 elephants a year to make our piano keys and billiard balls?' "'Make our piano keys and billiard balls!' cried the old lady. 'Well. I always understood elephants were Intelligent creatures, but I never knew before that they'd been trained to make piano keys and billiard balls." Bodies Seen on Iceberg. New York. Officers of the North German-Lloyliner Princess Irene, tell of a wireless message which they Intercepted on Wednesday In whih a hlp. Ihe name not learned, reported that In passing fifty miles from the acene of the Titanic disaster "he had sighted an Iceberg on which were the bodies of more than a dozen n en; all wore lifebelt and the bodies were httddled In group at the base of the Iceberg. It was the opinion of the '!'Pris of the ship that the men had c'.ti!iled on the mass of Ice and had froren to death as ihey were ept No attempt waa made to 'u bwer-ltake or? Ihe bodies. d ' - ' Ci J n mm I '.-.- AIJ -. ha . Major Rhoades la acting as military id to President Taft, temporarily filing the place left vacant by the death THE OLD PLEA Ha "Didn't Know It Was Loaded." Mourn for Astor. York. The executive committee of the American f'.oy Scout cd f Major Butt. l wit' h the late . Jacdi A '" waa aerHe.t of even the i.e of Ih" T'tan.e might Thursday to send out an order notl well le overlooked liir u "ii ub r !f ir? all troop of the American .' Col-ir-e- B-'- y J. Hrue Utnay. mPiOis of the Inter tinih cMwytflty. wa nl cr V- It ,- hi i, , d i,m 1 n j rei-l- o y - i; ' gut and idearm of officer with for thirty dijs In memory t jdira iiit n ' dcora'e their color, ol .ti I AMor j ISMAY BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE lu-ti- e j ari-.,i- i 1 te . . fA A fir!- l ' j - - e Bar-flits- . Fp-akc- ina-tio- !' n ' VV ' sJ I J i.MAT. managlrg director of the While Star line tat tbe end f tLe tabte with head on handl. belr.g ly lh senate Investigating committee at the Waldorf Astoria The committee, beaded b Senator William A Men Smith of Michigan. Is taking testimony cmcernlng toe Titanic disaster. JI'RI CK Ta't Estloglies Grant. Trance Establishes Protectorate. rhiladelph!a.- - Prrsid- - nt Taft paid UamViuillet, Frasce. At a n'.jnef honor Saturday night for the second I'ttiin Saturday fjeneral time within a few tours tt lis" memief tfil a the rei !e;, Pr ti' h ory of the i!!iitri'm famiiy ff fSrnt g'.vermr of Miroc:o. 1 M a - ot t5-h ri t' i It New Y'-'d the diion ih?.! ens n ft'n e memori! eer r for MiJ'if ",vri "lorfcco dfmatided t'.e !ui eral preieri'k Iwnt Crani and Sa'n-dof a pro f u i!oe zed nieht at a batt'jiie hWar en Qjeue. Make the s'l'dier'a fam u fa'hr. who arrtifid twice president of the I'nifer) pistes t fhanehal. RepiMiran and to whom many his'trlan give s';nphsl are attaching sil resi.in! .nuch of the credit f the north !iio s'iil wear q nn, "oTfibiy en:- coadact of the Civil war. l,ng off the object ionable appeadagej f Min Kills four. Four men weri killed by careiji ; the l;rsH ntine Wb-reaci.'-fescii-tl? iniprivtn f t t ore wn 1vid. e d tbe otoerr d'e'l wi'hin fi" tn inn e after leini t'ananea. I.wy d . " tk' n a-- - Cave-i- Mexit-o- ( 1 ut Shct by Hig'btnde'S. I ighbinders ( al five tri.ke Into a r'"orn here t,ff- - fotji ( h.nfs" were playing card, shot hree of th"m dead, wounded the four'h seriously and escaped. The coffee drinker seldom realizes that toffee contains the drug, caffeine, a severe poison to tbe heart and nerves, causing many forms of disease, noticeably dyspepsia. "I waa a lover of coffee and used It for many years, and did not realize the bad effects I waa suffering front Its use. (Tea is Just as Injurious a coffee because It, too, contain caffeine, the same drug found In coffee.) "At first 1 was troubled with indignation. 1 did not attribute the trouble to the ue of coffee, but thought It arose from other cause. With (hen attacks I had sick headache, nausea and vomiting. Finally my stomach was In such a condition I could acarco ly retain euy food. "I consulted a physlcl-in- ; wa told all my troubles came fro-r- t Indices- non, Dul was not In.j mod what cauped Ihe indrtestlon. I kept on with the coffee, enl kept on w h ih trou-ble- , loo, ar.d my case con:i;:i:e3 to grow worse from year to e..r until It developed Into chronic dlairbea, nausea and aevere attacks of vorritlng. I could keep nothing on my sicr.arb and became a mere shadow, reduced from K, to 12 pounds. "A specialist Informed me f had a of catarrh of the ery severe r.-- j stomach, which had got o bad be could do nothing for me, an 1 I became convinced my day were nun bered. "Then I chanced to see an article setting forth the good q.ia ltie of Fustum and explaining baw coffee .J r d people so I concluded to give I'o turn a trial, t soon saw the good eT t my headaches were less frenier,t, rmuaea and vomiting only came on t loisg Intervals and I was soon aclani,-- l man, feeling touch brft r. "Then I thought 1 could stand coffee gain, but ss noon as I tried I: my old trouble returned and I again turned to Fostnm. Would you believe It. I did this three time before I had sense enough to ,uit coffee for good and keep on with the Fosium. I am now a well man w ith no more headache, sick fomarh or vomiting, and have gained bark to HI Name given by Fotum Co.,pomd." Battle F.attle Creek, Mich. Look in pkg. for the famous little bsok, "The Road to Wellvllle." r.vee tw a mmm P9rm trtnm tltm Uttr1 1lwm. Tbe al-ta- - sV Tsyf Wt |