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Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-01
court AFFIRMS VERDICT in
FAMOUS mariana SENA CASE

brother of Jose D. Sena, member OF
the governors staff, mayor of Santa
Fe and clerk of the territorial SUI
preme court
Other decisions rendered were those
of the Territory VS.. Emilio Valles,
convicted in Socorro county of the
larceny of mule, in which the YER
dict of the lower court was affirmed,
and Donaciano Gallegos VS.. Former
Sheriff E. M. Sandoval of Bernalillo
county, in which judgment was rem
dered against the latter for $500, for
wrongful seizure of goods on an exc
cution in favor of M. Mandell, of AL
buquerque.
The supreme court reversed two
cases, namely. that of the United
States VS.. Jesus Medina, convicted of
violating the internal revenue laws,
and the Territory VS.. Hattie Crary, OF
Albuquerque, for condemnation OF
lands for the New Mexico university.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-01
RoBBER SECURED PALTRY
$500, SAYS ADAMS EXPRESS

Pittsburg, Sept. In a statement
issued here today by the agent of the
Adams Express company, it is claimed
the loss to the company the result of
the train holdup at Lewistown yester-
day, will not exceed $780, Despite
the fact that active search has been
made for the robber, he has so far
evaded capture. The railroad com
pany has made every effort to arrest
the desperate robber and has enlisted
the aid of several private detective
agencies.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-01
OKLAHOMA SHERIFF SHOT
WHILE ASLEEP IN BED

Holly, Okla, Sept. LA complete
mystery surrounds the death of ]. w
Sims, sheriff of Harmon county, who
was found dead in bed yesterday
from a revolver wound. Mrs. Sims
who was sleeping with her husband
could throw no light on the shooting
The coroner's jury returned verdict
that the sheriff was killed by un
known persons. The authorities, how
ever, declare sensational arrest will
soon be made.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-01

ablaze. Four strong streams were
used. but were useless. the brick
walls of the two lower stories protect.
ing the flames, making a furnace that
soon consumed them as well as the
third story.
Workmen had Just removed their
tools from the place a few hours be-
fore, after remodeling the build.
ing. Three thousand five hundred
dollars worth of furniture and a
new boiler were on the institute
grounds waiting to be installed.
The regents met with Superintend.
ent j. w. Wilson today and as re.
suit of the conference it was decided
to have Architect l. H. Rapp Of Trim
idad, Colo. come to Roswell and draw
plans for a new building. The con
tract will be let within week and
1T is expected that the building will
be completed before December. Tenn
Iporary class rooms are being built
in the gymnasium to take the place
of the academy hall.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-01
LAWYER WINS OUT IN
COSTA RIGA ELECTION

New York. Sept. 1.--Word received
from ]. j. Uullot. consul general in
New York, from President Gonzales
viques of Costa Rica. says returns
from the election yesterday show the
election of DR.. Ricardo Jimenez as
the next president of Costa Rica. Com.
plete order prevails throughout the
republic. DR.. Jimenez is a lawyer
and former Costa Rican minister to
the United States and Mexico.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-01
cAMFiELD ARRIVES TO CLOSE
DEAL WITH GRANT BOARD

D. A. Camfield. the Greeley. Colo,
irrigation king and capitalist, reached
Las Vegas this afternoon and at the
time The Optic had gone to press
was in conference with the grant
board, closing up the details of~the
reservoir project. While no announce
ment Eould he made this afternoon
of the outcome of today's meeting
full particulars will be given tomor.
rows and it is cot too much to say
that by that time The Optic will be
able to give the people of this city
and county some joyful news in re-
! to this important project.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-01
SWEDISH STRIKERS MAY BE
TURNED OUT OF HOME

Stockholm, Sept. LA number OF
men on strike in Stockholm, have re-
ceiyed notice to leave their homes by
October 1, unless they return to
work. In the meantime the unions
have issued proclamation declaring
that no strikers are to pay rentals
due in October. The strike leaders
maintain 1t will be impossible to turn
thousands Of families into the street.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-01

concerned about his whereabouts, and
search was begnp to find him
However, this was de>oid OF resalts.
His Mind Blank
All that Martinez can remember OF
his wanderings Of the past several
months is that one day he boarded a
train and got on at a station he
thought was Wagon Mound, but which
was Springer. He wandered about
for some time. finally getting into a
remote part Of Mora county. where he
was taken in charge by band Of
horse thieves and cattle rustlers.
These rustlers kept Martinez an un-
willing prisoner and used him as a
tool while pursuing their work Of
stealing horses and cattle. They
would station Martinez to watch
their horses, while they would sneak
up on some rancher's place, steal sew
eral horses or cattle and drive them
on.
How He Was Located.
1t was while Martinez was with this
gang that he was finally located.
About a week ago. officers in Taos
county ran down this gang Of thieves
and arrested two of them and also
Martinez, who was with the band,
But the arrest of these men. Including
Martinez, proved a God-send to the
man, for when it was
learned who he was and that he was
not responsible mentally. he was at
once released, turned over to friends
and taken to his home in Wagon |
Mound. 1t was quickly proved that
he was not thief, but simply the
victim of circumstances over which |
be had no control.
Martinez, previous to losing his
mind, was considered very bright |
man, he being graduate of the
of Michigan at Ann Arbor,
a member of the New Mexico bar. a
prominent sheep owner and interest |
ed in education matters in his
home county and town. There is hope
held out for his recovery by physic-
ians who have examined him.
Mrs. Harriet B. Martinez, wife of
the demented man. accompanied him
to this city and returns tonight to her
home in Wagon Mound Mrs. Marti-
nez is assisfar OF Mrs. Grace 3. Hall,
one of the grade teachers in the local
schools.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-01
BOY SHOOTS BROTHER
WHILE PLAYING COWBOY

St. Louis, Sept. 1.-Willie King,
aged 8, shot and killed his brother,
Francis, aged 10, in their bedroom
early this morning. The boys are
sons Of police sergeant, and were
playing cowboy" at the time of the
shooting.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-01
NORTH POLE
HAS BEEN
FOgyB
DR.. cooK.h AMERICAN Ex-
pLovsSA AccoMPLIsHEs
THE IMPOSSIBLE
DISCOVFR MADE IN 1908.
HERO OF ARCTIC ExPEDITIoNI
NOW ON HIS WAY TO
DENMARK
DISCOVFR MADE IN 1908
has PROOF OF SUCCESS
DISPATCH RECEIVED FROM
GREENLAND OFFICIAL CON-
FIRMS HIS STORY

Copenhagen. Denmark, Sept. 1.--Dr
Cook, an American explorer, reached
the north pole April 21. 1908. accord
ing to a telegram just received at
the Colonial office here. The dis
patch from DIR. Cook was received
from Lerwick, Shetland Islands.
DR.. Cook is on board the Danish
steamer, Hens Egede, which passed
Lerwick at noon today en- route to
Denmark. The telegram, announc-
ing DR.. Cooks achievement, was
sent by a Greenland official on board
the steamer and reads as follows:
Text Of Message
I'VE have on board an American
traveller. DIR. Cook. who reached the
north pole April II, 1908 pr. Cook
arrived at Upernivik, (the northern
mosteDanish settlement in Greenland
on an island off the west coast} in
May, 1909, from Cape York Tin the
northwest part of Greenland, on Baf-
fin Bay. The Esquimaux of Cape
York confirm DR.. Cooks story of his
journey"
cratified With News.
Washington, Sept. 1.-Officials OF
the National Geographic society in
this city are greatly elated over the
news reporting the success of DR..
Cook. Some time ago it was feared
Cook had been lost on his daring
trip. Friends gave up hope of ever
hearing from him again. In fact, a
relief expedition had been fitted out
and sent into the frozen north in
hope of finding the explorer.
DR.. Cooks expedition was arranged
in rather a secretive manner. Very
little publicity was given his plans.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-01

March IL. 1908. when he was near
Cape Thomas Hubbard. He then re
ported his health excellent and that
he had picked up large party of Es
Quiuaux of superior intelligence. and
tbe prospects for success we're bright,
He intended to push on to the north
ern point of Greenland and from there
start for the pole in the winter of
1908.
Born in New York
DR.. Cook was born at Calicon depot.
Sullivan county. n. Y. In 1865. He
was married in Brooklyn in 1909 to
Miss Mary Hunt. His wife
shares the belief Of the Arctic club
that her husband has achieved the
goal of the north pole
R. T. Davidson, of Brooklyn. a per
sonal friend of DR.. Cook, received a
cablegram from him today. saying he
was well and his expedition had been
q success.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-01
A Veteran Explorer.

For years Dr. Cook has given atten-
ton to arctic exploration and in 1891
2 was the chief surgeon of the Peary
expedition. He started on his pres
ent expedition in the summer of 1907
sailing from North Sydney c. B. b.
his party being reinforced with
sledges, dogs and arctic equipment at
Etah, Greenland, from whence he
sailed March 3, 1908.
Made Dash in Winter
Cooks plan was to set aside all
traditions by making a dash to the
pole during the winter months, when
the elements were considered least ad-
vantageous. Nothing was heard from
him for the last eighteen months
The last news received bore date OF
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-01
FRENCH ARMY CAPTAINS FIGHT
BLOODY DUELS WITH SWORDS

Paris. Sept captain Gerard and
Captain Ange. of the French army and
members OF the royalty. fought
bloody duel with swords this morning
to settle an "affair OF honor" The
scene Of the duel was IN q remote see
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-01

ten near Champ DeMars, in large
pit, the relic Of an ancient explosion.
The contest was vaged for half an
hour and came to an end only when
each man had been perhaps fatally
wounded. An investigation as r.
suit Of the duel Is believed certain.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-01
= = = = :
= PARLIAMENT BUILDING !
= IN TORONTO BURNING !

= Toronto, Sept. 1.-The Par :
= lament building is on fire. The :
= roof Of the west wing has fall ;
= en- in and the library is now ,
: in flames. The entire con- :
= tents. consisting of upwards Of :
= 100000 books. will be destroyed. :
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-01
: > : = = = =
= TORNADO DEvAsTATEs
= SMALL TEXAS TOWN

: Jacksonville. Tex. Sept. L. =
= DiaIville. a small town on the =
! Cotton Belt railroad, eight miles =
from here, was devastated by a !
tornado last night. Several Of =
= the inhabitants were injured. 4
= y 4 \ \ y y y y = = = \ \
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-01

Huntington. Pa. Sept. la work
train, northbound. ran into a double
header freight, southbound. between
Riddlesburg and Saxton, on the Hunt
ington and Broad top railroad today.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-01
fO[R TRAINMEN KILLED IN
WRECK in PENNSYLVANIA

-Four men were killed. an engineer.
conductor. fireman and brakeman.
Two others were seriously scalded.
Twenty cars and two engines were
completely wrecked
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
Is SHAKESPEARE DEAD2
BOX OFFICE REPLIES mo"

We again ask this threadbare but
ever recurring question, not in the
sense lent 1t by Mark Twain, but be-
cause of the brilliant success recently
achieved by the Sothern- MarloWe
company at the Academy of Music.
Their engagement began when the ma
jor portion of New York theaters bad
shut up shop for the season, and while
the weather during the three weeks
given over to the performance OF
Shakespearean works was more pro-
pitious than that of the last few days,
nevertheless it could be hardly called
favorable in the managerial sense. The
results must have been gratifying;
over $45 900 was taken in at the box
office. Does Shakespeare pay when
properly presented?
Previous to the advent of Miss Mar
lowe and Mr.. Sothern the Academy
had been occupied for six weeks by Mr..
Robert Mantell, who appeared in the
plays of the bard although without
the pecuniary profits of the later
comers. The company of the veteran
actor was said to have been not on
the high level demanded by Shake
speare 1t is gratifying, all the same,
to record the fact that Shakespeare Is
heard at least two months every year
in our own town, so avid of musical
comedy. Mr.. Sothern and Miss Mar
lowe were WISE III SUI lpuilNliio tA'Siit
selves with competent players No
one grudges them their triumphs, ar
tistic and financial The personal
charm of Miss Marlowe, her exquisite
diction and voice, above all her sound
training in Shakespearan roles, largely
account for the enormous audiences at
the Academy. Miss Marlowe is one
OF the few surviving actresses on the
English or American stage who know
how to speak blank verse. Mr.. Soth-
ern, actuated, as ever, by the loftiest
artistic ideals, has been rewarded al
ter his long and hard seasons work
The devotion and enthusiasm of the
audience recalled the palmy days of
Wagner. Nor were these audiences en-
tirely recruited from the east side;
students and amateurs of the drama
came from all parts of the city. The
question, Is Shakespeare Dead in New
York? may be answered with Wig
orous negative.-New York Sun.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
A LONDON VIEW oF FITCH

Discussing Clyde Fitch's "The Wom-
an in the Case" a London critic says;
Mr.. Fitch seldom fails to please as
a playwright, though occasionally he
may dlsappoint one as a dramatist
His readiness and resource in stage
craft are certainly undeniable, al
though perhaps fiuency in his case does
not invariably carry finish and subtle
ty. In the new piece at the Garrick-
which, by the way, seems to be doing
very well-the authors good qualities
and his-less good ones-are alike fairly
illustrated-rthe former, I am pleased to
say, in a direction in which most writ
ers for the theater, as we get them,
leave room for wishing that they
would-if they could-do better. In
short, Mr.. Fitch's hero and heroine are
actually in love with one another, and,
although they happen to be man and
wife-which, as plays and novels go,
may be a drawback-the love scenes
nave been frankly tackled and natural
ly treated. Apart from this rare at
traction, for which personally I would
concede a great deal, The Woman in
the Case can scarcely be described as
very pleasant in idea or cheerful in its
development, in which, from first to
last, melodrama overlaps comedy, and
a plot which might be of Gaboriau or
Boisgobey is touched with the local
color made familiar on this side by
that capable American detective tale
teller. Anna K. Green"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
PITFALLS AND PLUMS
IN LOT OF STOCK ACTOR

When one comes to think of 1t, what
an amazing thing it is that such ex-
ceIlent performances are given by the
average stock company says George
G. jerks in the July Theatre Maga-
zine. In many cases, the actors never
know what the dramatist is trying to
do until after the first two or three
presentations, and may not understand
the play thoroughly until near the end
of the week.
OF course, one of the reasons for this
is that stock actors are usually people
of experience, who play all winter in
important productions at much higher
salaries than they get in summer
stock" as the technical jargon goes.
Another reason-and no doubt the prin-
cipal one-ls that the stage manager
of a stock company is of necessity a
man of marked ability in his vocation.
When he gets hold of a new play
as he does occasionally. because fa-
vorite method of trying OUT a new
work is to do it in stock for a week,
to see how the public win receive it,
he brides himself on making a strk-
ing production at small cost. He sell
som gets new scenery, but he can do
things with what he has on hand that
only downright genius could render
possible.
1t is generally understood that work.
ing in a stock company is not easy.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
AMES FAVoRS BOARD
OF cENsoRs FOR DRAMA

Winthrop Ames, director of the New
theater in New York city. favors the
idea of a dramatic censorship in the
ory, but doubts the practicablllty OF
any system yet tried, especially the
British method and the unlesallzed at
tempts of some American mayors TO
bar plays of whose merits or dement's
they have neither the artistic nor pos
sibly the moral qualifications to judge
Mr. Ames continues:
"In forbidding the production of a
play one would have to be very sure
that the evil intention was in the mind
of the playwright and not of the read
err For this reason several men would
have to pass judgment, les-, through
some quirk in the mind of one of them,
an intelligent and sincere piece of
work might be lost to the world. Moth
ing that is really salacious ever lives,
no matter with how much genius 1t Is
written The plays of the Restoration
are dead because they were put togeth-
er for a salcious purpose. Shakes
peare's plays contain many situations
and lines intolerable to modern taste,
but live forever because there was no
evil intention. This is the eternal dis
tinetion that has to be borne in mind.
''It seems to me that in the case of
plays written with honest intent we
should drop the classification decent
and indecent and adopt rather Mr..
Shaw's division of pleasant and 'un-
pleasant Nobody wants anything in
decent on the stage, but through reck-
less use the word has come to be ap-
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
THE PICTURE HAIR

"The Fantastic Feminine" is the title
of an article amusingly written by Mrs.
Wilson woodrow in the August Ameri-
can Magazine. The following paragraph
from the article will appeal strongly to
the masculine heart:
Several years ago there was so loud
an outcry against the picture hat that
it. has become the universal custom for
a woman to remove her hat, If she
happens to be wearing one, as soon
as she enters the theater. That would
naturally seem to solve the question
Of seeing over or around the lady in
front of you at the play; but there
are more ways than one of beating the
devil around the stump, and the play
goer has come sadly to realize that
the picture hat offered no greater OBJ
stacle to his vision than the picture
hair; and whereas one might, in the
good old days, courteously request 2
woman to remove her hat, one may not,
with propriety, ask lady to remove
her hair"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
AMATEUR PIRATES PE5TER
IMPREsARlo HENRY MILLER

Because Evalena Thomas, who is the
director Of the expression depart
ment" of the State Normal school at
Ellensburg, Wash, just west of Spo-
kane, thought it would be perfectly
lovely if all the girls in the class should
get together preliminary to the grad
uating exercises on June and present
Charles Ram Kennedy's "The Servant
in the House." Henry Miller, the own
er of that play, has been annoyed.
When informed by his advance agent
of what Evalena had done, Mr.. Miller
instructed his representative to prose-
cute. Accordingly, although Evalena
was not taken to the Ellensburg bas-
tile, she still was given an opportunity
to depict the varying emotions, Re
pentance, "Remorse," Anguish" "
Grief" etc, outlined in her Delsarte
system of expression. However, it is
assumed that Mr.. Miller was nice about
it, for the case appears to have been
settled amicably.- Mirror.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
Dancairo .............................M Fraseona
Morales OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Frascona
Saturday evening, "Rlgoletto"
G. Merola is conductor.
MILLER's FUTURE PLANS

1t is probable that Henry Miller will
not appear on the American stage next
year. Mr.. Miller sails for London in
two weeks to superintend arrangements
for the production Of "The Servant in
the House in the English capital, and
later will present himself in The Great
Divide" If English audiences like
William Vaughn Moody's play as we'll
as their American cousins do Mr.. Miller
will remain in London during the
greater part of the season and then
make a tour of the provinces. Making
London his temporary headquarters.
Mr.. Miller will arrange by cable the
final details for productions in New
York and Chicago this season of new
plays by Paul Armstrong, William
Vaughn Moody, Charles Ram Kennedy
and Percy Mackaye. Mr.. Miller will
also present Mater" and "The Faith
Healer In Chicago 1.-THE Family"
which scored heavily in Chicago, will
be offered in New York during Sep
tember. The latter play is by Robert
H. Davis,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
MOST PLAYS ARE PADDED

A play is rarely introduced that
would not be improved, from a dra-
matte and artistic standpoint, if it were
shortened from third to a half. Many
dramas that have succeeded would be
better condensed to one act For in
stance, THE Wolf" by Eugene Wall
ter would be much stronger in this
tabloid form. 1.-The Fighting Chance" ,"
by w. j. Hurlburt, in which Blanche
Bates is starring, bears all the ear
marks of having been a one-act play
stretched into three. 1t has material
for about three-quarters of an hour
at the most of exciting drama. Not
even the wonderful skill of David Bel
asco nor the acting of Blanche Bates
and John Cope can relieve the tedium
of the whole first act and most of the
second.-Hartley Davis in August
EYerybOdy's.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01

Considering that the actor is dressing
and undressing twice day in the
theater, and playing a more or less
long part, while learning another one
for the following week, and that there
are rehearsals every morning, except
Monday, with all day on Sunday very
often, 1t does look like hard work. But
If you were to ask our little ingenue
what she thinks about it, she would
probably tell you that 1t is a pleasant
way to put in the summer.
And then-there is the salary. We
must not overlook the fact that a
salary in summer is convenience
none too general in the theatrical pro-
fession
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
THE SAME OLD DRAMA

We copy from theatrical program
the announcement that the drama to
be performed is "a complete out-and-
OUTER replete with prime chaunts and
kiddy catches" A humorous line IN
another program reads, Does your
mother know you're out?" and there is
promise of no end of fun in the title to
a farce, IT'S all very well, Mr.. Fergu-
son, but you can't sleep here" These
excerpts might suggest an essay on the
decay of the drama, but the first pro-
gram was printed in 1925 and the second
in 1888. We find them served UP now
by a writer for The Dickensian.-Chi'
cago Record Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
NEWS AND VIEWS OF THE DRAMA WORLD

piled where unpleasant is really what
is meant.
isn't it a splendid tribute to the
American stage that mothers have so
freely consented to their daughters go
ing to theaters without inquiry as to
which theater it might be? l don't
think we will ever have the distinction
that exists in Paris, where young
women never step inside certain the
aters"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
NEW MILWAUKEE, THEATER

John w. Considine is head of a sym
dicate which will build new theater
at Grand avenue and West Water
street, Milwaukee, which will book
more pretentious attractions as well as
the vaudeville bills of the Considine-
Sullivan circuit
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
FRANK MILLS ENGAGED

Henry B. Harris announces the en-
gagement of Frank Mills for one Of
the principal parts in James Bernard
Fagan's play, THE Earth" which will
serve as a starring vehicle for Edmund
Breese. John B. Maher, for seven
years character comedian at the Alca-
zar, San Francisco, has been engaged
for the same production.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
sHusERTs GET THEATER

After being known as the Bijou for
nearly thirty years and establishing the
highest record for popular priced busi-
ness in the world, the theater in Pitts
burg bearing that name will hereafter
be called the Lyceum. The Shuberts
begin the bookings of the house in
September.