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COLONIAL HOTEL GUEST VICTIM OF BOLD THIEF Oaring Robber, Frightened By Chicago Man Whom He Awakened, Makes Escape By Descending An Elevator Shaft. The attempt of a daring robber to operate In the Colonial hotel last night was the occasion of excitement on the part of guests, a number of whom were a rouged from sleep and greatly alarmed by the loud outcry made by a guest who wag a prospective victim of the" thief. C. E. Shaft of Chicago, who arrived at the hotel eary In the night, was assigned to room 613 on tho fifth floor and retired, leaving the key to bis door en the outside and the door unlocked.

At midnight he was awakened by some person who entered his room. He Immediately made an outcry and when the robber ran he followed, giving an alarm whlcb aroused hotel employes and a number of guests, Night Engineer Graves, who occupied room with other emp oy who bad not retired, said that he Imrae. dlately opened the door and saw ths fleeing robber who mads his escaps down a rear stairway and escaped by rear door. It is assumed, after leaping across an elevator shaft from the third floor or fourth, floor of ths hotel C. Evans, night clerk at the Colonial, said, fol.owing the attempted robbery, that the rear doors of ths hotel were locked and that it cannot be determined how the thief His escape was made by removing the' fastening from tho inside of a rear door.

Night Cir rk Evans said that If ths THREE ARE BRUTALLY MURDERED BY BANDIT IN LONELY FARM HOUSE Kansas City, Oct JO. Three people were murdered by sn unidentified robber flvs miles west of Kansss City, Kan, today who secured but 1500 sod a diamond ring for his crime. Alonso Van Royer. his wife snd Ms sister in law. Miss Rosa' Mc Mahon, were the victims.

The women were found dead In a kitchen of their home where they had been working. The police suspected the husband of the crime and begun searching for him. Fhortly after midnight tonight his yuvij net tuuim inrov uuniirea yarns from the house, covered with leaves. had been shot through the head. Mrs.

Van Royer was shot thro times and her sister six times. The $500 In NOTED ENGLISH SUFFRAGETTE COMES HERE TO WAGE. New York, Oct. 20. A quiet little proup of New York women, bearing unners labeled "Votes for Women," iUod on the White Star line pier to i lht and welcomed to America Mrs.

r.mmeline Oould Pankhurst, of Manchester, England, leader of the militant suffragettes of Greet Britain. In accordance with the rulings of trie customs authorities, less than twenty persons wers admitted on ths and the reception to the little cman who has served two terms of 1. r.irisonment for her activity in the was 'devoid of clamor and ked nothing of ths Sensational ANY EYES that need Glasses need GOOD ONES need them suited snd fitted to ths eyes In EVERY PARTICULAR otherwise P08ITIVE INJURY to those delicate organs may result It is very seldom that ws are celled on for the molded lenses carried In stock. By the trads these lenses are known as "Junk" they are responsible for a LOT OF EYE TROUBLE. Here every pair of lenses Is ground specially for he yes after Dr.

Donovan's critical examination. In this examination you ars receiving 15 YEARS INTENSE EXPERI MENCE not the blundering experiment of a notice and every patient Is allowed one year to test Kinase. I'erfect Crystalline Lenses as low SL00 Consultation Free by DR. W. F.

DONOVAN, Eyeslqht Speolrlist DONOVAN OPTICAL CO. vju.South Ht. Second Floor Open Runrfay I to 13. A I ITTLE Or ciC'JA' EUT IT PAYS TO WALK Now Ready WINGO SHOE CO. 'i Campbell 8t, bold operator was a guest, some person who had registered ths preceding evening, he would have no means of discovering the fact until today when ths various guests are aooounted for at ths hotel office.

An alarm wa turned in at police headquarters immediately after ths attempted robbery and Patrolmen Mitchell and Wilson responded. They mads an Investigation lasting an hour or more, duurlng which time they questioned the guest who was the victim of ths Intruder and employes who bad meager Information 'of ths attempted robbery, Ths investigation was unavailing In ths matter of throwing de finite light on the trsnsaction. Short represented that he lost nothing and believes that he discovered ths Intruder immediately after ha entered the room. An employs of Ths Republican convinced that be saw ths escaping robber as he ran from ths rear of tha hotel and across ths vacant space where formerl stood ths Baldwin theater. A man ran rapidly from the ruins of ths burned theater to St.

Louis street, and, turning west, disappeared in the vicinity of ths public square. The police proceed on the theory that I the thief was preparing to go through the hotel In a thorough manner and suggest that losses msy be discovered, although the one guest who gavs the slarm says that ha lost nothing. cash snd a diamond ring which bad been kept In the Van Royer residence were missing. Van Royer Is said to have been seen here with a stranger Tuesday. They were drinking.

The po Ice believe the man learned from Van Royer tbat hs had money at home and accompanying him to his residence committed me muraers. Sheriff A. Becker of Wyandotte, iksnwis. is nssaing a posss Id a search In for ths murderer Miss McMahon went tit sister's home Tuesday to remain over nigm, ana wnen sne aid not return to her parents' boms today a search was iiwuiuira ror ner. FIGHT FOR BALLOT methods for which Mrs.

Pankhurst has neen sponsor. Immediately she set foot on snore sne was whisked away by her admirers and supporters of ths cause In this country to suffagrstte nesaquarters here. Mrs. Pankhurst Is sjignt or stature and has a wealth of Drown hair, Just turning grey. am coming to America," sbs said, to the reporters, "to speak on the subject of equal rights for women, ana 10 study the situation In this country.

I think we are away ahead of you in wis matter." as she talked. Mrs. Pankhurst displayed little medulllon she wore and explained It Is a distinguishing mark worn by these English women who have been Imprisoned for ths csuse. "I great movements have been worked out by violence," she said. The American people secured their liberty by violence, so why not rush on the house of commons to obtain what ws regard as our rights? A ballot grant women win mates more Intelligent, less self concerned, and on ins wnoie much better citizens." ruont yoo think there would be corrupt women politicians and women Vard heelersT Mrs.

Pnnhurst was asxea. She laugher outright Then, after psuse saia: "Well, I don't think it could make polities any worse, at any rate. CHILD'S DEATH IS DUE TO DRINKING WHISKEY Danville, I1L, Oct 20. John Wesley Thompson, years old, died today as ths reauU of drinking two teaspoon futs of whisky, administered by his parents. Ths ctJId died In convulsions.

At a coroner's Inquest It developed the parents bed been In the hsblt of giving ths child whisky since bis birth. DIKES INSISTENT UPON Copenksgsn. Oct. te. The University of Copenhagen has declined to forego privilege to ths flrat examination of the North Pole records of Dr.

Cook. Ths su thorltles of ths unlvsraity eabled today to the National Oeographlo Society, at Washington, as follows: Horry. University not able to cmply with your request. Hector Thorp of the University of Co penhagen, cabled today to Dr. Cook the following message.

When will you be able to send tha orlg Inal observations and instruments 7 TBI SPRINGFIELD i DAH EEPTJBUCAN IN TRIAL MARRIAGE Annulment is Sought in Pittsbur by Bride of Childhood. Pittsburg, Oct SO. Justice Qreenbaum, in the supreme Court yesterday, granted the application of Anna J. Kruger for the reopening of her suit for ths annulment of her marriage to Henry Krueger en the ground that she wss under the ass of consent when they married on Apn. MM, and that she left her husband before she was eighteen, the legal age of consent Justice Oreenbaum dismissed the complaint last August, holding that as ths young woman had obtained the ecu of her parents to her marriage she was not entitled to sue for annulment In what decision he condemned what he called "trial marriages," where young men and girls married snd when they found they had made mistakes starts annulment suits.

Mrs. Kruegsr's application for ths reopening of the ease wss for the purpose of permitting her to establish the date of tn her age as ea at the trial having been unsatlsfai lulj WOULD SCALE HILL Cook Accegff Challenge of Prof. Dyche to Climb Mount McKinley. An Arbor, Oct SO. Dr.

Frederick A. Cook, the Arctio explorer who lectured here tonight before a large audience of students at the University of Michigan, said In an Interview that be was delighted to hear of ths offer made by Chancellor Strong of ths Kansas University to send Prof. Li. Dyche to scale Mount Mo Kinley. "This Is ths first I have heard of tha chancellor's telegram," said Cook.

"But when such an offer comes I shall accept It without a moment's hesitation. I would be greatly pleased to accept Prof. Dychs's services, whether It is to moke the expedition with him myself or to havs him go alone, Prof. Dyche la a man whom I should bs pleased to trust with any expedition." STOCKS DULL Contrary Movements Contiuue in Market on New York Change. New York, Oct 20.

There was a dull and hesitating tone In speculative Interests and stocks were unrelieved today. Prices did not movs long in any one direction and action was confused by contrary movements going on at the ssms time. The immediate condition of the local money market was not such as to force liquidation, In that banks wers not actually calling loans. Ths supplies of loanable funds were some what more liberal. The exchange at Chicago moved against New York sgaln and resump.

tlon of Interior demands tor currency was looked for. Ths msrket closed hear and tinceataln. Prices moved narrowly, hardening for a time and sagging again. Bonds were heavy. COLLEGIANS HEADY FOB CONTEST WITH NORMAL The' game to be played between Drury college and ths Fourth District normal will be played on the Normal field at i o'clock tomorrow afternoon.

The line up will be Drury Baldwln, right end; Andrew, right tackle; Gibson1, right guard; der Rountree or Knight, left guard; Wlckham. (cspt.) left tackle; Wagstaff, left end; Brocks, quarter; Mo. Connrll, left half; Bear, full back; roster, right half. The officials for ths gsme sre: Referee, Smith: umpire, Moore; dsld Judge, Prof. Thomas.

The gsms promises to be fast and snappy. The Normal claim that they will. Mat Drury while the local college Is squally ours of making at east two touchdowns on ths boys of ths state institution. The Drury team this year la one of the fast est In the state. The Normal has an exceptionally good team as was shown by the Normal High school gsme.

Walter Langston. a former star of the Drury team. Is the Normsl coach. LIEUT. PEART SUBMITS NORTH POLE EECOEDS Washington, Oct JO.

Commander Robert B. Peary'a observation records and proofs that hs reached ths North Pole April 180. ware submitted to the National Geographic society today snd wers referred by that body later to a committee on research with ths direction that the chairman appoint a sub committee of experts to examine the records imS report on them to the board. FOOTBALL. SCORE.

Wsco, Oct 20. Baylor Uni versity 12, Haskell Indians 0. Cleorge F. Butts of 7) Rast Dl street, who hss been time keeper for the Kansas division at Monett, under Manager Durns. has been transferred to Springfield.

VIEWS RANGH LIFE Taft Watches Round up and Sees Branding of i Gregory, Oct go. President Taft had a touch of ranch life today when he rode a cow pony to a roundup of 1,200 bead of cattle, In the Rla con section of his brother's ranch, saw two wild ateers cut out of the "bunch" and roped, witnessed the branding of some calves and saw half a hundred steers taking a spectacular dip In a disinfecting tank through which they had to swim for fifty feet or more. A rattlesnake with seventeen rattles nd a button was Jellied at the Rln 1 con Nnph tintiaA fthnrtlv hftfnrA th. president arrived there from his brother's farm house at Laqulnta. The president's horse "Sam" spied the dead snake Just as ths president was about to take his seat In the saddle to go to the round up and bucked viciously a number of times.

Tomorrow President Taft will visit the town of Taft named tor him. and where at the last election he received ths vote of every man over 21 years old. TO Zybsco Wins Clear Right to Wrestle Frank Gotch. Kansas City, Oct 20. In two straight falls Zybscko, champion wrsstler of Europe.

won tonight's match from Karl Alberg, French champion. In Convention Hall here, and according to the sporting public thereby earned the right to meet Prank Ootch, champion fthe world. Zybscko won the first fall with a head lock In eleven minutes and the second with barlock and crotch hold In five minutes and ten seoonds. Both bouts were fast snd rough but ths winner clearly outpointed his opponent Zybscko never was In serious dilnoully snd used a variety of holds tq keep Alberg In trouble. Both men weighed more than 150 pounds.

TO ASK FOR BIG MEETING Spokane, Oct. 9). Members of the local painters' union, assisted by delegates from other parts of ths north wets, including the provinces of BrltU Columbia and Alberta, will make sn effort at the International convention Journeyman painters at Cincinnati, beginning Deo. (, to isnd the next sessions for Spokane. The city's claims ss a convention clt will be presented by J.

B. Oberchaln D. Hunt," delegates from ths Spokane union, which, with its ISO members, Is conceded to be the second largest In the northwest. The delegates from Washington, Idaho, Oregon and British umbla. Will travel in a speclul ear, leaving hers on Dec.

1. Mr. Hunt, business agent of the union here, declares th conditions are better In Spokane than In any other city of the 11,000 class In t. I country. ENDS LIFE AFTER BEING HI PRESSED BY PDSSE Muskogee, Oct 20.

Driven to' bay by a posse of deputy sheriffs, Joe Drew, a negro, who. shot and killed his mother, Ellsa Drew, and a cousin, Jen nle Mcintosh, last right committed suicide by shooting himself while near Porter, today. Drew eluded the officers (or several hours after ths shooting. Hs built up a barricade of logs rfh'd fought the posse from behind them until bis ammunition was almost exhausted. He then mounted his log fortress and shot himself through the bead, BIG COOPERAGE PUNT IJttls Rock, Oct W.

R. Foley of Leslie, one of the managers of ths IL D. Williams Cooperage company which operate at Leslie, the largest cooperage plant of Its' Ind In the World, was In Little Rock last night en route home from Bt. Louis. Mr.

Foley states that his plant now has on payroll L500 men and that ths plant Is turning Out ahout 1,500 barrels and casks a day. Tha capacity of tho plant Is 1,000 barrels and casks per day. The plnnt operates Its own railroad and also Is one of the biggest customers of the new Missouri snd North Aransas road, operating Its own train over tiat line. The company's Individual line Is unusual In that It climbs 4W feet In two miles. The company Owns 110,000 acres of timber land.

Much of ths products, of the p.snt Is shipped to Kufope, Four hours were spent In going thxoug hthe plant lsst summer by the Little Itork Board of Trade excursion, Little want ads bring big' resul'j. MEET CHAMPION ARKANSAS INDUSTRY MINNESOTA IN HAS BIG FAMILY Rich Farmer Moving To California Has Twenty two Children. San Francisco, Cal, Oct. JO, California's population will be materially Increased when Ole BJarks, a well to do farmer of southwestern Minnesota, brings his family of forty to this state to work tor the development of the soil and their own profit. Not that the Minnesota farmer Is ths father of forty children.

Hs has been called father by only twenty two and there are only nlnetn living. Five of the girls, however, have since been married and one of the boys has found a wife of his choosing? In all the family now represents more than forty children. A year ago Ole BJarks purchased 1(0 acres near Llndsey, in Tulare county, to plant orange groves. He has Just returned to this city after a second visit to that county, having purchased 140 aores In the same locality for alfalfa. He Is about to return to his bid home to bring west every manwpm an child In the family group.

"I have had twenty two children." he said yesterday, "twelve girls and ten boys. Two girls and one boy are dead, to there remain but nineteen. "I was msrrled twice. By the first wife I had nine children. I remained single for two years and a half after herd enth, because I thought that I bad enough children, and most of them being very young, demanded my especial CRre.

"I married agnln, however, when I was forty five. My second wife was twenty years younger. In tyenty ons years we have had thirteen children. Only once were twins bom. The eldest child by the first wife Is thirty six years old.

The youngest child Is three months old. I Intond to return home at once and bring all my children with me and their children also. In all there will be more than forty In the company." OLD DZARK HOMESTEAD PASSES Tfi NEW HANDS Edward Cloud and family Unv. thm morrjJnjr for 8outhMt niiinh they will make their borne. Mr.

Cloud Is a orotner or w. B. Cloud, clerk of the county court, snd hss lived all hla Ufa In Greene county. He has sold bis form near Mentnp four miles southeaat of Oalloway. This farm has been tbs home of the Cloud family for nearly three quarters of a century.

It waa homeateaded by C. M. Cloud In the year IMS. C. M.

Cloud waa the flh. Edward and W. B. Cloud. He came to oreens county from Tennessee In 18S7, driving acros stlu mnntn with hi.

lly and household goods In wagons. He arrived In Springfield when there was only one grocery store In the town. Settling on the farm which was recently oia. ns uvea mere the rest of his llf. B07AL NEIGHBORS HAVE BIGHT ROYAL BANQUET Wild Cherrr Camry ftn Tinvht Neighbors of America, at Its regular meetlnc in a tin v.i.,..

and South streets last evening adopted eignt new members Into the mystrles of the order, There was a large crowd In attendance. Refreshments were served. All present had a good time and repaired to their homes at a late hour feeling slad tht thev Royal Neighbors. The Royal Nelgh Dnrs or America are the auxiliary to the Modern Woodmen of irnwlm unit have made a net gain of 41,000 men members since Jan. 1, and now have a membership of 215.107.

KILLED IN COLLI8I0N. Washington, Oct. 20. Mrs. Gardner Hubbard, mother of Mrs.

Alexander Graham Bell, was killed tonight when her automobile collided with a street car. THE WEATHER LOCAL FORECAST, Local forecast for Springfield knd vicinity today: Unsettled with showers; moderate temperature. Temperature at a. m. yeaterday was degrees; direction of wind, south) velocity, 12 miles per hour; ststs of weather, cloudy." At p.

m. the temperature was 68 degrees; direction of wind, southwest; velocity miles per hour; stats of weather, cloudy. Maximum temperature degrees; minimum, 61 degrees. The normal precipitation for the month was ISO Inches; since the first of the month, tO Inches. "GENERA LCONDITION8.

A moderate, barometric depression extends from the east central Rocky Mountain slops northward to Canada. The barometric preeeure Is high over tha Iske region snd on ths PseMc coast. Rain has fallen over Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma and along the lower Mississippi Temperaturs Is somewhat higher over ths central valley region, and the east Rocky Mountain slope. weather will continue unsettled over this vicinity, with possibly rain and moderste temperature. The highest temperature recorded during the pant thirty six hntirs wss 80 degrees st New Orlesns, and the lowest wss 30 degrees st Cslgsry, N.

W. T. The maximum In Springfield was (2 degrees, and the minimum was degrees. FREE! FREE! NO CHARGES! IF SATISFIED Pay What You Please Prof. Maxwell makes this fair offer to tho publio bo as to give the rich and poor, alike, a cbance to be benefited by his lervices, paj what you please if Batisfl Is This Not Fair? ACfiT READ CAREFULLY A BONA FIDE GUARANTEE I do hereby solemnly agree and guarantee to call you by NAME IN FULL; also friends, enemies, rivals whom and when you will marry; I give never fulling advice upon all mat.

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Special attention given to the developing of weak aad partly developed mediums. All business strictly confidential. Prof. Maxwell Is permanently located In his own home. 458 Market street, two doors south from Springfield hospital Psy whst you plesss, If cstisfisd.

Hours, 10 8. m. to 8:30 p. dull and Sundays. Lady in attendance, NEGRO GETS IN TROUBLE FOR UOINOlSTOL Cal Johnson, an old negro who lives at Florence and George streets was arrested last night try Patrolmen Mitchell and Swift for shooting Inside the city limits.

The police were called by Mr. Homer Patterson who lives within two doors of the old She stated that the man color had shot through her houss. Johnson told the police thnt he did not shoot at the house. Ho said he was merely unloading his revolver so he could clean It. He did not deny shooting.

An investigation of the house by the police failed to show any evidence that the house had been hit by a butiett. WANT APS TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. WANTED A COI.OKKU J1RL. general housework. K2 Jt BLACKSMITH WANTED AT POLK, Mo.

Bhop, tools and dwelling of three rooms, wel Int door, garden and stable. Rents for S3 per month; no other shop In village. For furthsr Information Inquire M. K. Foaser at Polk, Mo.

253 st WANTED A BICYCLE FOn SMALL Must be in good repair. Apply ft. South Jefferson. 851 Jt Little Ads bring results IHURSDAT. OStTOR SI, WW.

CLYDE MACK Cash Grocery BoonvlUe Phone 131? IS lbs Granulated Sugar 1 ,1 pkgl Rolled Outs 2i Ham 16Vc, 1 large Mackerl 1 lbs New Lima Beans 1 Gal. can syrup 30u I bars Flake White soap ttc bars Lenox or Swift's Prlds 25a 7 lbs New Rice 4 lbs N4W Raisins 2 So I gat 'gooo Oil lis AH other procerus In I lbs. Flake Hominy Navy Beans, per lb to cans String Beans Uo 2 cans Corn i 10c cans Milk 25c Cabbage, per lb 1 8 4c 1 dosen fia boxes Matches tic W. Webb 611 CliVc. LAND ST.

(In ths Wsst End.) Phone Mtk IS lbs Bugarfwithh 3 grocery order tl Best Breakfast Bacon, per lb Bwlft Premium Hams, per lb Potatoes, per bus, 86c 3 extra large Mackerel ...3 jo 1 lb Walter Bakers Chocolate I 10c pkg Cocoacut SVs lb Ginger Snaps 25c gal Best Oil 0c Gal. Gasoline 3 6c Boxes Matches Pair Canvas Gloves II Bars Swift Pride Eosp DC, COLONIAL HOTEL Absolutely Flreprf AMERICAN PLAN Rates $2.00 to $4.30 HUDSON SON. PROPRIETORS. CLINTON WILT ICE AND FUEL CO. Phont 253 Cor.

Campbell and Water SU. SIMON PURE SHOE REPAIRING A SPECIALTY Hand Sewed half solee and heels 11.00. Half soles 10c Ladles' Ittf 114 E. Commercial St DID YOU KNOW you could purohsss 18 lbs Sugar for $1.00 100 lbs High Patent $3 00 and other goods In proportion at Ths 8qusrs Deal Grocery. Q.

FRANK, Prop. Boonwllle and Lynn Sts. lJntch Collar Pin, ad A1J the Latest Designs in Metal A full lin of Ha.7i Watches. DAVIS tt HAWKINS 306 S. Campbell St.

NOW is the time to bare your piano looked after. J. ED. BLACK, 322 E. Commercial St.

Phona 2154. Opp the Diemy. MONEY TO I.OAM on imnrovprt rrmi erty In Springfield; long time, low rate of Interest; liberal prepayment privileges. Building loans a specialty ly midV prompt Ths Greens County Abstrset A Lesn Ca Merchants' National Bank BIdg. ETwvu 7c IWIf tHlyUsW.

LSI mwa i.u immid know aliootito woudufur kMARVELWhlrllng8prsy las uw Sr.7." OH ir01lTfH i iiL. ji ctomuscfj cannot fuuui tlm Olhnr ihnr, but mn tutnp for liwtrntM hook walfMl. It sn siisnt, is BJTV nil psu Umiftn tud dirtv ttoi 44tl i.siWt,ftKHioill. For sals by Blnton Bros. Mall or ders solicited.

CHICHESTER'S PILLS SOIDBYWIUGGISTSEVERHKLSS We psy Jo pound for god e'ssa r3s at ths P.spubllcsn effice. MUITps2sj syrmr A aw vsa 15.