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>i!E OFTEN PRAYED TO DIE Jut Friend Comes to Rescue With Some Sound Advice,which was Followed with Gratifying Results. Nettleton, Ark.?"My troubles date back five years," says Mrs. Mary i Bentley. of this town. "I was first J taken with awful pains in my right I side, headache, and backache. The j ?ain from my side seemed to move ! Jown my right limb, and settled in i the right knee. Then it would move back, and once a month I would al most die witt pain. I was told I had tumor, and would have to undergo an operation at once. It Just seemed I Could not submit to it I often prayed to die. It seemed that nothing would give me the de sired relief, until finally, I was advised by a friend to try Cardui, and it is undoubtedly curing me. I have only used three and a half bottles, and it (s a pleasure to tell of the beneficial results. ' I shall ever spread the good tidingB of what Cardui has done for me, and will do for other suffering ladies, If they will only try it" You can depend on Cardui, because Cardui is a gentle, harmless, vegetable tonic, that can do you nothing but good. Prepared from herbal ingredients, Cardui has a specific effect on the wom anly constitution and puts strength where it is most needed. Try Cardui.?Adv. WASTED MONEY ON POSTAGE Angered Constituent Might Have Spared Representative Reproaches Contained in Long Letter. Representative Denis O'Leary 01 New York receive^ a letter a time ago from a constituent who expressed an earnest aesire ivr mi assunuicui of garden seeds. O'Leary sent them but there must have been a slip-up or the part of Mr. Burleson's post office department, for a few weeks late) O'Leary received another note fron the man deploring the fact that the seeds had never reached him. ' I "Why ain't I just as much eptitled to seeds cts anybody else?" the writei demanded. "Two of my neighbor* sent for seeds the same time as I did and one of them has had his in the ground now for six weeks already His plants is beginning to show above ground. Is it I'm not just as good as my neighbors?" And so on for a cou pie of pages. Then at the bottom ol the letter was this brief postscript: "Them dam seeds has just arrived." painfuu eczema on hands Bienville, La.?"I was troubled with eczema in my hands for several years The skin would break and look like * Via/? Koan nnt o IrnifA- flnrl mv M C uau vvvu vuv hands were 'so sore I could hardly 1)ear to put them In water and could hardly use 'them. When I used them the blood would run out. They would heal a little and then they would get worse than ever again. They were very painful. The eczema got to breaking out on my arms in pimples which Itched and burned very badly. "I used different remedies, also used all kinds of facial creams and on my hands and arms and I did not get any relief until I used Cutlcura Soap and Ointment I cured my hands and eczema with Cuticura Soap and Ointment." (Signed) Miss Fannie Mostiller, Oct. 6, 1912. Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold throughout the world. Sample of each free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston."?Adv. Pointing the Way. Rosemary?Mrs. Shimmerpate says she fears the world will some day And out they have a family skeleton. Thornton?If she wishes to keep it a secret why doesn't she wear thickei clothes??Youngstown Telegram. No. SIX-SIXTY-SIX This is a prescription prepared es pecially for Malaria or Chills and Fever. Five or six doses will break any case, and if taken then as a tonic the fever will not return. 25c.?Adv. His Business. "That man is a denizen of the un derworld." "I'm sure he doesn't look like such a character." "His character's got nothing to do with it. He's a miner." Golden Rule In Business. You get your money's worth every time. Hanford's Balsam is guaran teed to cure ailments and injuries thai can be reached by external application or your money will be refunded by the dealer. Getting a bottle now is like Jtaking out insurance. Adv. Glad Tidings. He?My dear little wifie, I have just paid off the last cent on the mortgage on our home. She?Oh, I'm so glad! Now you can put on another and we can buy an au tomobile. For bunions use Hanford's Balsam. Apply it thoroughly for several nights and rub in well. Adv. Tooting. Cholly?"There's a girl who wouldn'l marry the best man living." Reggie? "How do you know?" Cholly?"I asked her myself." Constipation causes and seriously aggra vates many diseases. It is thoroughly cured by Dr. Pierce's Pellets. Tiny sugar-coated granules. Adv. Her Way. "How does she manage to keep hei complexion so fresh?" "She keeps it in airtight jars." For thrush use Hanford's Balsam Get it into the bottom of the affected part. Adv. Knowledge often consists of a lot o> miscellany that is not worth knowing SWIFTEST ir. The Cruiser Chester, fastest of Vera Cruz. I I 8RQTHERTELLS ABOUT FLETCHER Career of the Rear Admiral Whc Took Vera Cruz. YEARNED FOR SEA WHEN BOY Forced to Remain at an Executive Desk During the Spanish War, He Became an Expert on Ordnance. Chicago.?While Admiral Fletcher, who captured the city of Vera Cruz Tuesday, has never resided in Chi cago, he has been! a frequent visitor here at the home of his brother, Thom as J. Fletcher. 5237 Cornell avenue. The latter is treasurer of the Co-op erative League of Chicago. J. Fletch er, a son of the Chicago Fletcher, is a lieutenant on Admiral Fletcher's flag Bhlp. "We F'etchers do not come of a sea faring breed," said the civilian Fletch er at his home. "On the contrary, we are Iowa men and we should by all rights have lived and died landlub bers. My brother is an admiral now because our representative in con gress in Marshalltown, Iowa, decided he would fill a vacancy at Annapolis by holding a competitive examination. "'Tom,' said my brother when he saw tne notice or me euuuuauuu, 'I'm going to be a sailor. That's the life for me. I never thought of it be fore, but I see now that I was meant to be a hero of the deep.'" Leads in Examination. He entered the examination, just as he said he would, and took first place over 25 other boys. That was in 1870 and he has been in the navy service since. According to the Chicago Fletcher, it was one of the bitterest disappoint ments of the admiral's career when he was compelled to remain at an exec utive desk in Washington during the Spanish war. But the admiral, as the result of that experience, became an expert on ordnance. "Secretary Long promised him that if he would remain as assistant chief of the ordnance department until he could get things in order, he could have anything he wished. But be fore his work was done there the war was over. You see, the country was totally unprepared for war and the ordnance department was placed un der a terrific strain." Invents Recoil Apparatus. Admiral Fletcher had been in the service but a short time when he in vented a recoil apparatus for quick brers, which has been in use ever since. He also improved the Farcot breech mechanism, thereby insuring the success of the system. Whereas to open the breech of the big guns it had been necessary before to depend upon power from the engine-room, the admiral's improvement made it possible to move the huge blocks with one hand. As commander of the torpedo boat Cushing the ad miral. then Lieutenant Commander Fletcher, conducted an Investigation of the behavior of torpo^oes and dis covered many errors in range and in almost every instance the correctness of his deductions was proved. He is regarded as one of the first ordnance experts of the navy. Born in Oskaloosa. "Admiral Fletcher," said his kins man in Chicago, "was born in Oska loosa, Nov. 23, 1855. He was only fifteen years old when he took the examination and entered Annapolis. "My brother was graduated In June, 1875, one of the honor men of his class. He served as a midshipman foi one year and then was promoted tc the rank of an ensign. On April 1 1882, he became a junior lieutenant MEXICAN WARSHIPS FEEBLE. The formidableness of the Americar fleet of American naval vessels com pared with those of Mexico now ir Mexican waters is strikingly brough1 out in statistics ma<le public by th( navy department. There are at present t\veniy-fiv< ships of me T'nited States navy scat tered along the Mexican coasts, s majority of which ar?> of the lates fighting type. Opposed to these an eleven Mexican naval vessels, four o AMERICAN CRUISER, THI its class in the American navy, took pai and at the outbreak of the Spanish war was a lieutenant and had at tracted attention by his knowledge of ordnance. "After the war he was relieved of desk work at Washington and ordered to sea. In March, 1904, he was pro moted to the rank of commander after having served as commanding officer , of the gunboats Kanawaha and Eagle. Soon after this promotion he was made inspector of ordnance In charge of the torpedo station at Newport, where he served until March 15, 1905. "When he again went to sea 'ft was as chief of staff of the Asiatic fleet, which position he gave up to take , command of the cruiser Raleigh. After txv/i mora roaro at ho won nrflprfid to the naval war college at Newport, and later he became a member of the special ordnance board. "In 1908 he was made a captain and ' given command of the battleship Ver mont. After leaving the Vermont he became an aid on the staff of Secre tary of the Navy George von L. Meyer. It was during this service in October, 1911, that he achieved flag rank." May Succeed Badger. Admiral Fletcher Is regarded as a probable successor of Rear Admiral Badger as commander in chief of the At.lant.lft fleet, a nromotion that will carry with it the honor of command ing the great United States fleet that will be the first to pass through the Panama canal when the waterway is opened to the ships of the world in 1915. It was immediately following the assassination of President Madero that Admiral Fletcher was ordered to k Mexican waters. Enters Harbor in "Norther." It will be recalled that Admiral Fletcher in his first cablegram record ing the seizing of the custom-house at Vera Cruz said that he commenced operations in the face of an approach ing "norther." The following extract from a navy text-book on navigation may explain why Admiral Fletcher acted without undue delay in carrying out President Wilson's orders: "To attempt to run into the harbor (Vera Cruz) in a 'norther' is extreme ! ly perilous, for it blows more power i fully within than without the shoals. ; No confidence can be placed in an \ chors and no assistance can be given j from the shore in case of accident." Admiral Fletcher when not at sea resides at 1441 Massachusetts avenue | Washington. He married Miss Susan ! Hunt Stetson in 1895. He is a mem ber of the Chev^ Chase and the Army and Navy clubs in Washington. How Seizure Order Was Given. Washington.?The story of how | President Wilson ordered the custom | house at Vera Cruz to be seized has i been revealed. The president had gone to bed Mon j day night after having read his mes- I | sage to congress. The senate was de-; | bating the joint resolution to approve I the use of the army and navy, and the president had determined to withhold action until the resolution passed, al though feeling that in an emergency the executive had ample authority to act. At 4 o'clock Tuesday morning Sec retary Bryan received a cablegram from Consul Canada telling of the ap proach of a German vessel with a tremendous cargo of ammunition for j Huerta. A number of locomotives and many | cars were in readiness to rush the arms to Mexico City. Mr. Bryan telephoned Secretary Tu multy. who decided to awaken the i ! president. He telephoned the White 1 House. The servants were timid, but ! Tumulty insisted. Finally the presi-1 dent came to the telephone, and while I Secretary Tumulty was explaining the ! situation Secretary Daniels called up j i and was put on the bp me line. He, too, had a dispatch about the j , ammunition. Rear Admiral Fletcher i had sent a wireless that 15,000,000 j rounds of ammunition and 2">0 ma- j > chine guns wou!d be landed from the ! , German vessel by noon that day. The president listened in silence. ' I which are characterized as of "no [ fighting value." i | Eighteen of the American naval ves sels are on the Atlantic coast and i seven on the Pacific. They include t nine battleships, five cruisers, three ! gunboats, three fuel ships, two trans ports, one supply ship, one hospital i ship, and one mine depot ship. Mexico has five vessels on the At i lar.tic coast and six on the Pacific, t Of those on the Atlantic two pre gun * ; boats, one a transport, one a trr.?ning f j ship, and the other is characterized E CHESTER :t in the shelling and capture of "What shall we do?" asked Secre tary Daniels. "Tell Fletcher to seize the custom house," replied the president without hesitation. "Good night," said the secretary. The telephone conference ended'and in a fe\tf mjnutes wireless dispatches were on -their way to Rear Admiral Fletcher. He received the message at 10 a. m., and an hour later American marines had landed and taken posses sion of the custom house. No War Tax for Six Months. Washington. ? The government's finances are considered to be in ex cellent condition. The treasury offi cials informed the house leaders that there will be no occasion for six months, at least, to worry about rais ing a war revenue. Chairman Underwood of the ways and means committee said: "No plans are being considered for raising a war fund. I have consulted with the secretary of war and the sec retary of the navy and they both as sure me that the current appropria tions for the army and navy will be sufficient for the present needs. Sec retary Daniels told me that it would cost no more to maintain the navy and the marine corps in Mexican wa ters than in the waters of the United States. "If we are forced into a prolonged war with Mexico, which I do not be lieve will happen, we can easily ar range to raise the revenue necessary to finance It by the same measures as were taken during the Spanlsh-Amer Ican war. The extraordinary taxes then imposed increased the revenues of the government approximately $100,000,000 a year, and the same taxes applied today would yield even a larger return." There was talk of a new issue of $200,000,000 of bonds out of the au thorized issue of $240,000,000 Panama canal bonds, which are still In the treasury, but Secretary McAdoo au thorized the statement that no such action was planned. The bonds are available at any time and can be is sued at the pleasure of the president, without any further action by con gress. It was pointed out that President Wilson has authority under a section of the Payne-Aldrich act of 1909, which has not been repealed by the Underwood tariff act, to raise $450, 000,000 from bond Issues, if necessary, to defray the expenses of war. Un der section 39 of the Payne-Aldrich act. the secretary of the treasury can use $250,000,000 of the bonds "to re coup the treasury for moneys used in the building of the Panama canal," which have never been issued. Wilson Could Raise $200,000,000. Under section 40, also, the secre tary can issue 3 per cent bonds up to $200,000,000, it being specified that he may take such action if he deems it necessary. The section of the law per mitting the secretary of the treasury to raise *zuu,uuu,uvij ior emergencies, reads as follows: "That section 32 of the act providing ways and means to meet war expendi tures, approved June 31, 1898 (the so called Spanish war stamp act), be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: "That the secretary of the treasury Is authorized to borrow from ti&e to time at a rate of interest not exceed ing 3 per centum per annum, Buch sum or sumB as. in his judgment, mav be necessary to meet public expendi tures, and to issue therefor certifi cates of indebtedness in such form as he may prescribe and in denomina tions of $50 or multiples thereof, and each certificate shall be payable with the Interest accrued thereon at such time, not exceeding one year from the date of issue, as the secretary of the treasury may prescribe; provided, that the sum of such certificates out standing shall at no time exceed $200. 000,000 and the provisions of existing law respecting counterfeiting and oth er fraudulent practises are hereby ex tended to the bonds and certificates of indebtedness authorized by this act." as a "liulk of no fighting value." Those on the Pacific coast consist of two gunboats, a transport and three "hulks of no fighting value." Accidents Will Happen. Visitor?I want to see the automo bile editor. Office Hoy?He's tired. Visitor?What's he been doing ex tra? Office Hoy?He ran over a galley and the managing editor's been crank him up. STORY OF THE CAP1 Description of Battle That First Mexi Vera Cruz, April 25.?American sail ors and marines have again proved their valor in the face of a foreign foe, and have, at the same time, given the natives of this town a new idea of ihe courtesy of American troops. While the battle that resulted in the taking of Vera Cruz was not a severe one as battles of the past have been counted it was of a character to test the courage of men who were called upon to face the steel-jacketed bullets of foemen hidden behind walls and on housetops, and before it was over 12 American sailor i had paid for the vic tory with tbeir lives and another 30 were seriously wounded. While the Mexicans suffered more severely,, the number of their casual Hem hnn not heen ascertained, but the | beat estimates obtained by Capt. Wil liam R. Rush of the battleship Florida indicate that in the engagements of Tuesday and Wednesday their dead amounted to about 150. No person knows how many Mexicans fell wounded, as a large part of them were taken away and hidden by friends. Dead Lay In Streets. In the streets about the plaza Thurs day lay fifteen or twenty bodies, a majority of them attired In citizens' clothing. Some of the men evidently bad been dead since me engagement, of Tuesday, and the tropical heat made their immediate disposal im perative. One of the first orders given after the town had been captured was to bury the Mexican dead in a trench at the sea end of the streets leading from the plaza. When the city was taken the order was given to advance carefully and search every building for men bearing arms. Scores of prisoners were taken, most of them protesting volubly, many hysterically, that they were not guilty of any unfriendliness whatsoever toward the Americans. Expected to Be Executed. Accustomed as the Mexicans are to thalr own contending forceB shooting | Immediately all prisoners taken, the captured men could not but believe that they would receive no less dras tic treatment at the hands of the Americans. The guns foutid In houses were thrown by the marines and bluejack ets from the upper balconies of the houses to the pavement below. The most spirited action of Wednes day was the taking of the naval acad emy. Aside from that fight there was no definite organized opposition en countered by the Americans. Americans Under Hot Fire. A hot fire was poured Into the ad vancing Americans from the naval col lege, which for a time held them back, but a few well-directed shots from the cruisers Chester, San Francisco and Prairie tore gaping holes In the stone wfells and silenced the rifle fire of the Mexicans inside. The bluejackets then were enabled to proceed with the task they had in hand. A squad of soldiers, despite the shelling It had received Tuesday, con tinued to give considerable trouble to the Americans from the Benito Juarez tower. After they had bteen silenced -? * iU? 4+ n,nn ana removea iruw mo wiyoi n **m discovered that the soldiers had con tinued fighting for lack of ability to do anything else. The shells from the warBhlps Tuesday had torn away the etairway in the tower and the men had been compelled to remain in It Mexicans Evacuate Hotel. It was not until late Tuesday that | the last of General Maas' men on top | of the hotel received written orders ' from outside the city to evacuate their I position. The order was obeyed by a I portion of the 100 men who were oc : cupying the roof and vantage points in the Interior, but a small portion of I the band determined to disobey the j orders of their superiors and fight to I the last. These men, however, surren ' dered Wednesday morning. A lieu j tenant who was in command of the j Mexicans was led out a prisoner, and | although he had fought desperately, ; he trembled and turned pale in the j belief that he would be summarily executed. None of the American women were mistreated by the Mexicans during their occupation of the building. A few of the women assisted the Mexi cans in caring for their wounded. Old Tower Held. In the fighting in the center of the inner harbor, San Juan de Ulua, an ancient stone fortress, flew the Mexi- < can flag throughout the attack. The commandant and 60 armed men and 300 workmen in the navy yard peered from the embrasures at the Prairi6. lying 500 yards away, and the other ships shelling the naval academy. In , the dungeons remained 500 prisoners, the echoes of the guns on the ships ( GENERAL DIAZ WILL NOT RE1 Monte Carlo.?Gen. Porflrio Diaz, ex i president of Mexico, when asked if, i In view of the rapid developments of ] the Mexican situation, he would not I reconsider his determination to say I nothing, again refused absolutely to make any statement on Mexican af l fairs or his own intentions. He ex | cJsed himself from speaking on t'-ie ! ! ground that he had definitely given i j up active politics. I ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED F War of the Revolution (1775-17S3) War of 1812 (1812-1815) Creek Indian War (1813-1814) Seminole War (1835-1842) Creek Indian War (1836-1837) War With Mexico (1836-1843) Civil War (1861-1865) Spanish-American War (1898-1899) Philippine Insurrection (1899-1902) URE OF VERA CRUZ Resulted in Capture of can Port. reaching them through a 18-foot stone wall. Captain Stickney ot the Prairie went through the fortress several days ago and found some heavy guns, five tor pedoes and a torpedo tube in a corru gated-iron shed outside the wall of the fortress.. When the landing of the Americans was ordered Captain Stick ney sent word to the commandant of San Juan de Ulua that he would blow him to pieces with the Prairie's guns if he opened fire against the Ameri cans, but that otherwise he would not be disturbed. The commandajit re plied that he would answer with his cannons if fired on, but that he would not commence hostilities. When the engagement ashore began the com mandant hoisted a brilliant new Mex> lean flag, which flew all day long. Americans in Possession. At ten o'clock Wednesday morning the Americans were in undisputed possession of^all the city except the southwest quarter, in which the bar racks are situated, and a few outlying districts. At noon they had taken the barracks. When the city prison, which faces the main plaza of the city, was captured. Lieutenant Com mander Buchanan of the Florida made an inspection tour tnrouga u. There was great surprise among the Mexicans who had gathered there that the prisoners were not released. They had been accustomed to seeing the victor' always release prisoners and then impress them into his army. Chief of Police Antonio Villa Vlcen cio was taken prisoner by the Ameri cans shortly after they had occupied the main plaza of the city. ,It was suggested to him that he continue in his official capacity to direct the city's protective system. He took th? mat ter under advisement Had the frightened mayor made up his mind to accede to Admiral Fletch er's suggestion,, wuich was made through Consul Canada, the Mexicans might have been spared the humilia tion of being forced from their posi tions, and undoubtedly a number ot lives would not have been sacrificed. Coincident with the orders for the pflnflmi arivanre of the Americans, an aged white-haired Mexican, carrying the white flag of truce, cime down a street from the center of the city. He carried a letter to the chief of police, the only authority he hoped to reach, and desired Consul Canada to read it Old Man Makes Appeal. It was an urgent appeal to the chief j of police to call off the snipers and prevent the bombardment he believed would follow if they continued their execution. Even before the messenger had climbed the stairs into the con-, sul's office, Captain Rush was in formed of the contents of the note he bore and immediately sounded "Cease firing" and "Halt." But it was too late. The action had been begun all along the line and it was not considered wise to attempt further measures to stop it. The com manders ordered their men forward at the double quick, which they carried out with a vigor that, afterward gave them the city. Blood-bespattered sidewalks, broken windows and bullet-scarred walls gave the plaza a fearful aspect. Within the Diligencla hotel there were 40 Ameri cans, most of them women, who had been there since the commencement WAofniflAo TlTTion tho ennnre i \JL UUOUilllOO. IIUUU I.UV ? ? ?? taken they were Immediately notified that they might go' to other places if they so desired, but that they prob ably would incur no further danger by remaining in the hotel. , POLICE CHIEF DEFENDS FLAG Orders Arrest of Anyone Making At tack on Stars and Stripes. New Orleans.?Superintendent of Police Reynolds has ordered the ar rest of any person making "disparag ing remarks about the army and navy and the American flag on the streets of this city." The order was issued | when the superintendent was advised j that four soldiers in uniform had foro ibly dispersed a quintet of street ora^ I tors, who were haranguing a crowd i and charging that the army and navy are subsidized. Missionaries Cause Alarm. New York. April 24.?At the several church mission headquarters in New York word from 50 American mission aries, en route from Mexico City to Vera Cruz, was anxiously awaited. The Methodist Episcopal board of for eign missions received a cablegram stating that all its missionaries in the cities of Pachuca, Puebla and Guanajuato were safe. News of the safety of the ten Epis copal missionaries in Mexico under Bishop Henry D. Aves was also re ceived. "URN TO MEXICO, IS BELIEF Members of his party expressed the t 3pinion that General Diaz would not return to Mexico. He will probably leave Monte Carlo at an early date for Vichy to take the cure. Seek to Stop Swearing. Cleveland, 0.?The police have en listed in the "don't swear" movement, ind have been instructed to detain of fenders and give them a scolding. STATES IN PREVIOUS WARS. ?Volunteers? tegulars. Militia. Navy. Total. .130,711 164,080 10,000 309,791 . 85.000 471,622 20,000 576,622 600 13,181 13,781 . 11,169 29,953 41,112 935 12.483 13,418 . 30.954 73,776 7,500 112,230 | .125,587 2,543,754 105.963 2,778,344 . 57,239 223,235 31,959 312,523 . 76,416 50,052 13,570 140,038 WOMAN COULD NOT SIT OP Now Does Her Own Work, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta ble Compound Helped Her* ????? / r-j , Ironfcon, Ohio.?4' I am enjoying tet ter health now than I have for twelve years. When I be gan to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta ble Compound I could not sit op. 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