The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-29
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WESTERN NEWS.
President Roosevelt today pardoned
Albert l.. Worrell, who was sent to the
federal prison at Leavenworth for life
from Ardmore, Oklahoma, nine years
ago, charged with an assault upon a
little girl. Pardon Attorney Finch OF
the Department of Justice. after an In
vestigation, reported he was satisfied
that Worrell was innocent.
The executive committee of the
Western Passenger Association has
recommended the abolition of the
double contract form of ticket now
used in connection with excursion bust
ness. 1t also has recommended the
abolition of the office of joint agent
except at few of the larger cities.
such as Chicago. st. Louis, Kansas
City. Omaha and st. Paul.
George NJ. barley, the veteran west
ern pastor. writing from Delta, Colo
RADIO, to the Denver Republican says:
In your paper April 22nd | read. with
great interest. an article about MI.
Frank A. Wadleigh's visit to Fort Gar
land. Old Fort Massachusetts was
built in 1852 Ia log forD and dis
mantled in 1858. / dined with the OF
ficers in Fort Garland in July. 1876,
and received this information from one
of the officers.
The general conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church will convene AT
Baltimore May 9Th. For one month
the rulers of this large denomination
will debate new laws and new officers,
the convention being scheduled to
close the first week of June. 1t is esti-
mated the convention will attract to
Baltimore at least 10000 visitors, that
being the number drawn to Los An
geles during the last general confer
ence four years ago.
The Pacific & Southeastern Railway
Company. capitalized at 15,OOO,OO0.
has filed articles of Incorporation. The
company will have its terminus at
Tacoma and extend across the state
of Washington. Ultimately the line
will form part of trans-continental
SYSTEM Branches will be built to Spo-
kane, Seattle, Portland and British
Columbia. The promoters of the road
are the members of the Pacific I'm
provement Company of California and
include General T. Fl. Hubbard and
George NJ. Crocker of New York, A. d.
Shepard and C. A. Lathrop of Cali
fornia.
The annual election of officers of
the Rocky Mountain association of the
Amateur Athletic union of the United
States was held April 2ith at the Den
yer Athletic club, when the board of
governors met and named the men who
will conduct the affairs of this world
wide amateur athletic organization in
this section of the country the coming
year 1t was announced that the state
college championship meet at Colorado
college field at Colorado Springs Sat
urday, May 18th, will be sanctioned
affair. All men competing will be reg
istered and all records made will be
recognized as official the world over.
Albert Wilson, attorney for H. H.
Tucker, Jr., secre airy of the Uncle
Sam Oil Company. now on trial at To-
peka on a charge of using the mails
to- defraud. declared In his opening
speech for the defense that the Stand
ard Oil Company was the instigator
and controlling influence behind the
troubles of the Uncle Sam company.
Mr.. Wilson stated that MIR. Tucker
had retained control of the voting
power of the Uncle Sam company in
order to prevent the Standard Oil Com
pany from gobbling the stock in the
open market and in that way putting
this competing company out of bust
ness. The Uncle Sam company is now
in the hands of receiver.
The General Acoustic Company of
New York, through its Colorado repre-
sentative. p. E. Chamberlain, is nego-
tiating with the Colorado Telephone
Company and the Denver auditorium
committee to install its new invention.
the ACQUISITION" in the hall for the
Democratic convention in July. This
is one of the most wonderful modifica-
lions of the telephone ever invented,
and its uses are many. Delicate trans
mitters will be placed at intervals
throughout the hall so that no seat will
be more than seventy-five or 100 feet
from one of them. Overlooking the
convention is a switchboard. When
anyone rises to speak all other instru-
ments will be cut out so that only the
remarks of the speaker are trans
mitted.
At the Baltimore general conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church at
Baltimore May 9th there will be 1914
ministerial delegates, although now
the representation in the conference
is only one delegate for every forty
five active Methodist ministers. The
lay delegates being equal in number
to the ministerial. the total number of
delegates participating in the approach.
ing conference will approximate 800.
These delegates will come from nearly
every part of the globe: India, China,
Korea, and the Malay peninsula, in
Asia; Liberia and Southeastern Africa,
Germany, Italy, Switzerland. Sweden.
Norway. Finland, Denmark and Bull
garia, in Europe; Hawaii, the Philip
pines. South America and Mexico will
contribute to the religious army.
GENERAL NEWS.