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Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-08-09
RICE IS NOT INJURED
BY SECOND EscAPADE

San Bernardino, Calf, Aug. Ed
ward Rice, the New Mexico fugitive.
who escaped from the county hospital
here last Wednesday shows little evid-
ence of having been injured by his
sensational stunt, his wound having
troubled him but little since, and when
dressed today by DR.. d. 9. Strong, it
was found to be in good condition, and
showing evidence Of healing. 1t is the
doctors belief that the prisoner will
eventually recover. Rice insists that
he is wanted for the Las Vegas crime
of stealing and forging time checks
only He will be tried in this county
for shooting an Indian trailer through
the arm at Needles. after he had made
his escape from Sheriff Romero of
Las Vegas.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-08-09
ITS DEFECTS POINTED OUT
CHAIRMAN INslNcER TELLS WHY
LAHoRs ARE LESS SUCCESS
Full
LIVELY ROW IS EXPECTED
CLASH BETWEEN NATIONAL AND
PRIVATE ENTERPRISE AD-
HERENTs CERTAIN

Spokane, Wash, Aug. 9.-That the
time between each convention of the
National Irrigation congress is prac-
tically wasted, because of the lack OF
business-like plans Of procedure, was
declared by R. Insinger, chairman of
the board of control. at the opening
of the meeting of the seventeenth
congress this morning
He said the possibilities for ad-
vancing irrigation are badly crippled
by lack of method and lack of CO
operation between the executive
heads and the board Of control. This
statement is the forerunner OF a
change In the constitution of the con-
gress which will give it the latitude
desired.
Governor Hay. Of Washington, vel
coined the delegates. He was fol-
lowed by President George 3. Bars
tow, of Texas. The Spokane chorus
of ESQ voices sang the Irrigation Ode.
Clash Is Certain.
The pending clash between the ma
tlonal resource policies of the Roose-
velt administration so-called and pri-
va4e enterprises was forecasted, when
Mayor N. S. Pratt. of Spokane, charg-
ed that private capital was being used
to impede the work of the govern
ment. This question bids fair to be-
come predominating factor of the
present congress. Interest is center
ed on the utterances expected from
Clifford Pinchot and Secretary Balm
ger. who are expected to attack the
demand that all POSSIBLE lands be
thrown open for entry.
Nearly three thousand delegates
are attending the congress, every
state and territory being represented,
as well as foreign countries.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-08-09

Not a little excitement was caused
IN the city Saturday evening, when
it became noised about that an at
tempt Had been made to block the
passage of the auto stage carrying
the United States mail between this
city and Santa Rosa.
G. J. Fredericks, proprietor of the
stage line. was seen by an Optic rep
resentative soon after he arrived in
theacity, and he confirmed the report.
according to Mr.. Fredericks, who
drives the automobile which makes
three trips a week between the two
points, he was halted near Casaus, a
small settlement in Guadalupe coun-
ty, near the crossing of the Pecos
river, on the return trip Saturday
afternoon by fence which had been
constructed across the road since he
had passed in the morning. A man
stationed at the point where the
fence had been built; which was on
the Romero ranch, informed him that
he could not go through. However,
Mr.. Fredericks could not turn back,
having the U. S. mail in his posses
sion, SO he defied interference. cut
the fence and came on to this city.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-08-09
THESE READ IN Open COURT
AUTHOR ARRAiGNs HER SONS
CLASSMATES IN BITTEREsT
POSSIBLE TERMS
MAKES SPECIFIC CHARGE
DECLARES THAT LIEUTENANT
ADAMS FIRED SHOT THAT
CAUSED BOYS DEATH

Annapolis, Md, Aug. s.-Over the
urgent protests of Mrs. Sutton's coun-
sci, her letters to the navy depart
ment, after the death of her son, Lieu
tenant James N. Sutton, were read in
open court this morning.
These letters give a detailed ac-
count of what she thought happened on
the night of her sons death and de-
scribed the wounds on his head and
face. said to have been inflicted by
the naval officers implicated.
Mrs. Sutton referred frequently to
the officers connected with the affair
as wild beasts" "low brutesg and
"cads."
One letter describes the receipt of
the news of her sons death by her
and states she felt that her son wAs
with her and that he described the
manner of hts death. which, she says.
was due to shot fired by Lieutenant
Adams.
One of these letters reads:
These brutes who killed him (Sut-
toni are alive and seemingly doing
well, while my boy is dead, stamped
with the stigma of suicide. l believe
that Lieut.. Utley engineered that
fight and that it was all planned. At
one o'clock Sunday morning my boy
was beaten to death. That shot was
fired to hide the crime. His forehead
was crushed, his nose broken. lips
cut and cash made in his skull half
an inch long. Just think of what my
poor boy suffered, beaten to death by
those wild beasts"
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-08-09
WOMAN FALLS THROUGH
DEFECTIVE CROSS WALK

Last evening about 9 o'clock, an ell
derly lady whose name The Optic was
unable to learn, fell through the board
crossing at the corner of Grand ave
nue. and Main street, receiving very
painful and probably serious injuries.
The board crossing at this point is in
deplorable condition, two of the
planks being out of the crossing. The
fall from the surface of the planks to
the ground below is about two feet
and people passing along there in the
dark are unaware of the fate that
awaits them until they have fallen in
to the hole and skinned and bruised
themselves considerably. The city will
be fortunate if a damage suit does not
arise over last evenings accident.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-08-09
ROAD TO RoMERovILLE
is ALMOST iMPAssARLE

Complaint is being justly and indig-
nantly made that the road in the vic
unity of Romerovilie is in an almost
impossible condition and should re-
ceive the attention of the county board
There is one place in this road where
horses sink down to their knees in
crossing it and it is hub deep to any
wagon or other vehicle being pulled
across it, even with only light load
A twenty-four foot culvert, now
building in proximity to the ranch of
David Jones on the Mora road. will be
completed in the course of two or
three days.
Road Supervisor Juan F. Kavanaugh
of the first district is also grading over
two culverts and several bad places
on the Hot Springs boulevard which
had been neglected b those in power.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-08-09

Mrs. Gertrudis Esquibel, an aged
Mexican woman, was found dead Sat
urday night about 10 o'clock in front
of the residence of Col. w. H. Seewald
on Fifth street, just opposite Hilliste
park. The body was discovered by
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Goldstein as they
were going home and the fact was
Immediately reported to police head
quarters.
Night Officer Ed. C. Ward and Night
Watchman Con Dennis were summon
ed to the scene, Dennis remaining with
the body until Ward had summoned
chief of Police Ben Coles, who came
few minutes later, with City Physi-
clan c. C. Gordon.
Upon examination it was found that
the deceased had met sudden death by
a fatal hemorrhage, causing strangula-
tion, as there were no marks or bruis-
es on the body or other evidence Of
violence When found the woman lay
in such a position as would indicate
that she had made an attempt to reach
the fence for support but fell before
reaching it. There was no attempt
made at robbery as the groceries she
was taking home, together with a
small purse containing s2.25, lay near
the place where she had fallen.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-08-09
AUTO CARRYING u. 5. MAIL
MEETS WITH interference

He said that he, was threatened with
arrest if he cut the fence, but he
had to do it in order to get through.
Upon arrival here Fredericl1s con-
suited the U. S. district attorney, but
the outcome of his visit to this of
ficial is not known. He went out on
his regular trip this morning ira
versing the same road, and was pre-
pared for trouble, it is said, as he be-
lieved another attempt made by him
to cut the fence would meet with
physical resistance
According to Fredericks it is possi-
BILE the road he has been traversing
is a private road, but if this be truey
it has been used for years as apublic
road and was used by the old horse
stage, which his auto line succeeded.
It leads to the only safe crossing on
the Pecos river and hence is the
most Travelled road.
While he does not care to get into
litigation, at the same time If an
amicable arrangement cannot be made
for the use Of this road by him, with
the owners of the land through which
It passes. then Fredericks win carry
he matter into the courts.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-08-09

The latest developments in the case
Of C. c. Collins. the Pueblo, Colo,
street car hold-up, awaiting sentence
there for highway robbery, and who
is suspected OF being the murderer of
James Baker, the Las Vegas restaur-
ant employe, are that he win not be
returned to this city to face muir
der charge.
The sheriff's office received a tel
egram today from the Pueblo authori-
ties, to the effect that they would
have to hold Collins there, and telling
Under Sheriff stapp to see letter mail
ed today. This letter, 1t is presumed.
viii give particulars as to why Col
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-08-09
WOMAN EXPIRES SUDDENLY
OF HEMORRHAGE ON Street

The body of Mrs. Esquibel was first
taken to the morgue of ]. C. johnson
& Son, where an inquest was held yes
terday morning, the verdict of the COR
oner's jury being as follows:
Verdict Of Coroner's Jury
We. the undersigned, justice of the
peace, and jury who sat upon the in
quest held this Sth day of August, A.
D., 1909, of the body of Mrs. Gertrudis
Esquibel found in Precinct No 20, San
Miguel county, New Mexico, find that
the deceased came to her death by rea-
son of hemorrhage of the lungs,
causing strangulation. assss
D. R. MURRAY, justice of the. peace.
Jury. ]. Scott Duncan, jr.. Chas. AKel-
ly, Geo. E. Morrison, Juan Ortegas Es-
taquio Romero, G. McClanahans 4af
Mrs. Esquibel was about fnrty-five
years of age and was we'll known in
East Las Vegas, having been employed
in the household of many Las Vegans
in years past as a domestic. She was
widow her husband, Flores Esqui-
bel. having died in Albuquerque about
two years ago. She is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. Benedito Peralta.
After the inquest the body was re-
moved to the home of the daughter on
the West side, where the funeral was
held this morning
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-08-09
FILE BANKRUPTCY SCHEDULE
NEARLY ALL THE CLAIMS OF
CREDITORS ARE SAID TO BE
UNSECURED
WHOLESALE LOT OF BONDS
THESE ARE DISTRIBUTED AMONG
VARIOUS ENTERPRISES OF
FAILED FIRM

New York. Aug. Sc. D. Shepard
& Co, bankers and brokers, of 81 Mas
sau street, have filed their schedules
in bankruptcy showing liabilities of
the firm $9,75S,34S and nominal assets
$S,411.4 1.427
OF these liabilities $9,673,637 are un-
secured. the greater part being on con-
struction account for several railroads,
water works and fuel company; $S4,-
421 are secured, and $3.50 wages. The
assets consist of cash on hand $9.21S,
cash in bank $4.264, real estate $685.
ESQ. notes $34,S45, office furniture ST.
$50, construction outfit of Nevada Con
struction company In New Mexico,
Kansas and Oklahoma $50.000 bonds
5 s0s6,6o0 and stocks s15.50o (of which
s book value is s16.02s 1850; horses.
mules. &C, at Carisbrooke, Yankee
and Ration. New Mexico There are
outstanding accounts of $S,O79 which
are of no value.
The real estate consists of and 8
Calhoun avenue, LAG and 14S Fisher
avenue, White Plains, N. Y, $4,000,
mortgaged for $19,50O and standing in
the name of e. B. Lane; lots in Yon-
kers 100000, no mortgage; lots at Ra-
ton $3.50, and 100 acres of land in Col
fax county, New Mexico. $4,000. no
mortgage.
Bonds and Stocks
Among the bonds are 1920, 900 San
ia. Liberal and Englewood Railroad
company, estimated value $4,332,0 900;
$5,5OO,OOO Canadian River Railroad
company, estimated value $3,3O0,090;
$47S,0OO Yankee Fuel company, estimat-
ed value $2SS,SOO; $4,000 Santa Fe.
Ration and Des Moines Railroad COM
pany, estimated value $47,500; $4,000
Ration Water Works company of New
York, estimated value $4,000, and
$4,000 School District No. II, esti-
mated value $4,000
Among the shares of stocks are 54.--
992 Canadian River Railroad company
$5,499, 200; 27,412 Yankee Fuel COM
pany. $2,73s,9SO 6S.OO1A Santa Fe,
Liberal and Englewood Railroad com
pany, $6,S0O,15O 1850 Santa Fe, Ration
and Des Moines Railroad company,
$765, 900; 2,4O115 Santa Fe. Ration and
Eastern Railroad company, $240,075;
2.400 Ration Water Works company,
$24O,OOO (all these are par value and
no estimated value is given); 145 Col
fax County Coal and Coke company,
estimated value $145OO, and 10 Ma
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-08-09
BATTLEsHiPs TO SHOOT
AT TORPEDO BOATS

Old Point Comfort, Va, Aug. o.
The giant battleships of the North At
lantic feet will use two torpedo boats,
the Nicholson and the O'Brien. as tar
gets in their deep sea drills this week.
The torpedo boats will be carried 80
miles to sea on barges where they will
be launched and used as targets by
the big guns of the battleships.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-08-09
SWEDISH STRIKE STILL
SPREADS; SITUATION SERIOUS

Stockholm, Aug. 9.-The second
week of the Swedish labor troubles
opened with the strikers augmented by
recruits from other trades. A general
strike of the railroad men is threaten
ed for August IL. The Farmers as
sociation has appealed to all citizens
to help save the cereal crop which is
unharvested ON account of the strike
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-08-09
OLD VETERANS GATHER
AT SALT LAKE CITY

Salt Lake City, Aug. 9.-Veterans of
the G. A. R. took possession of the
city today Most of the day was spent
in renewing. old acquaintance and in
canvassing for votes for new officers.
It is hard struggle for the 1910 en-
campment. It Is estimated $4,000 Wis
itors will arrive by Wednesday morn
ing.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-08-09
MURDER SUSPECT COLLINS
MAY GET LIFE SENTENCE

Inns is not to be surrendered to the
local authorities.
While the evidence against Collins
here is strong, at the same time it is
of a purely circumstantial character.
The only thing thus far that can be
proved against the highwayman is
that he was in this city the night the
crime was committed, and was one of
three men who visited the Meridian
restaurant On Railroad avenue several
times preceding the shooting of
Baker. While the officers are rea-
sonably certain that Collins is the
man who killed Baker. to prove that
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Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-08-09
tional Bank Of New Mexico. estimated
value $1,000.
Unsecured Creditors

tlonal Bank OF New Mexico. estimated
value $1,000.
Unsecured Creditors
Among the secured creditors are
Ball & Wicker. $4,000: Seven oaks
company. $Ss s,S75;. Cornelius D. scully,
Pittsburg, ss.1Sl; DR.. Lewis Brinton.
Philadelphia, $4,000; J. B. F1ebig. Can
dor. New York, $4,000. and Arthur w.
LINCOLN. unknown. The principal un-
secured creditors are the Santa,Fe. Ra-
ton and Des Moines Railroad company,
100000; Santa Fe, Ration and Eastern
Railroad company, $4,000; Santa Fe,
Liberal and Englewood Railroad com
pany. $5.O00,000; Canadian River Rail-
road company. ss.sOO,OOO; Yankee Fuel
company of Colorado, $S74,S27; Ration
Water Works company of New York,
$4,000, all on construction account;
Frank e. Jennison. $135.999, in ex-
change for his interest in the firm of
3. d. Shepard & Co.; Northeastern
Coal company, $4,000; Sarah S. Hous-
ton. Conshohocken. Pa, 1871. There
are fifty other creditors whose claims
are less than $1,000 each.
Assets of Shepard
p. d. Shepard has individual liabili-
ties $1,000 loan on life insurance po-
licy, and assets s6.516, consisting of a
note of Henry A. Ensign, $4,000;
shares of stock. $3.50; carriage $50;
cash in bank, SIG watch and stickpin,
800; for which exemption is claimed.
His life is insured for $22,500.
Henry A. Ensign has individual Ii.
abilities $4,6S7 and assets $4,000, con-
sisting of an automobile at Ration, $4.-
900; watch, $40 and pins $40 OF his
liabilities s1,4OO is for statuary and
$2.450 for pictures to four creditors in
London, one in Liverpool and one in
Detroit, Mich.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-08-09
THOUSANDS ARE ON HAND
GREAT THRoNc ATTENDS coUER
D. ALENE RESERVATION
LOTTERY
GIRL PICKS OUT NUMBERS
FIRST CLAIM vERiTABLE FOR
TUNE. BEING VALUED AT
$4,000

Couer d Alene, Ida. Aug. o.
Swarming around the great net cover
ed cage, in which the drawings were
made, thousands of men and women
waited anxiously to learn the result of
the lottery drawings today. Helen
Hamilton, IL years old, niece of the
mayor of Couer d. Alene, was blind
folded and carefully approached the
great mass of envelopes, all alike, and
picked out the first choice. After the
envelope had been examined to see
that the regulations had been COM
piled with. the result was announced
to the crowd. .
The Lucky Ones
Isidore selig. OF Myrtle Creek, Ore.
drew the first number; John He'd
mark. of Spokane, the second; Chas.
G. CornweII. of Spokane the third, and
Heran Neubauer, of South Tacoma,
the fourth.
Fifteen hundred applications will be
drawn today and the same number to-
morrow. Before all the fifteen hun
dred had been drawn today the little
girl was almost exhausted and was
relieved by Harriet Post, of Spokane.
and Christine Donlan, of Missoula.
Some quarter sections to be drawn
are valued at from $4,000 to $4,000
each.
One Chance In 400
There is only one chance in 400 of
securing land in the Couer d Alene
reservation. The 10000 applications
for lands in the reservation were
spread on canvas sheet and thor
oughly mixed with potato shovel.
After the drawing, all the applica-
tions will be opened and sent to
Washington for comparison. Any
winner found to have placed dupli-
cate application in the list win be
disqualified.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-05
LAW OF GRAVITY VIOLATED

WATER seeks its level" is an expression
~ heard SO frequently as to be almost trite
and yet the law has its exceptions. There are
conditions under which water actually flows
upward and rises above its source. If glass
tube be dipped into water, the column inside
will be above the level of the surrounding sur
face. Moreover, if tube of half the diameter
be substituted, the column doubles its height
The water creeps along the inside of the tube
owing to the adhesion, and forms cup shaped
depression at the top.
An explanation is not difficult. 1t be
proved mathematically that if the diameter of
a circle be diminished one-half, the circumfer-
ence is also reduced to that extent, while the
area is one-fourth of its former value The cir
conference of the column of water being re
duced one-half, its contact with the glass, and
hence the adhesive force, is also diminished
that extent while the cross section, and hence
the weight, is decreased to a fourth of what it
was before. Therefore, the second column can
be twice the height of the first without exceed
ing the lifting power.
Remarkable as the underlying principles of
this phenomenon undoubtedly are, Nature
made use of them long before man made their
discovery. Every tree and flower adds its tes-
timony. The core of tree or plant, instead of
being single open channel consists of a
spongelike substance containing many minia-
ture tunnels, through which the sap and
moisture collected by the roots flow upward in
small rivulets, rising higher and higher, in
sheer defiance of the great law of gravity
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-05
Do You Know?
Perhaps You Do
Perhaps You Don't

FEW people are familiar with the fact that
the sacred beetle of the old Egyptians was
nothing more or less than our tumblebug. 1t
was no doubt the arduous labors of the insect
that won their admiration. Eggs are laid only
one at a time. and as one is laid the
scarab9us makes its way to the droppings of
some herb eating animal takes away small
mass, and places the single egg in the center.
Later It forms with 1t spherical ball the size of
which IS often larger than its own body When
the ball IS finished the insect takes it with its
two crooked hind feet and, pushing 1t back
ward, rolls it in every direction.
BY dint OF much labor and perseverance the
ball becomes smooth and rounded and tolerably
hard. Sometimes, however, if the place is hilly
the ball gets away and rolls into the tall grass
and IS lost. In this event the insect searches
diligently IN every nook and corner and if no
success crowns its efforts another egg is laid and
the process repeated. The ball, when quite
smooth and IN what the scarabaus considers
proper condition, is placed in a hole previously
dug by the insect, and the work IS finished as
far as 1t IS concerned
1t was because of these remarkable labors
that 1t became the sacred scarab9us and SYM
Dol of fecundty among the Egyptians. and its
image lives to-day in thousands of sculptured
rocks from the mouth of the Nile to hundreds
of miles inland. Its labors also reminded the
ancient Egyptians Of the labors of their gods,
isis and Osiris. Therefore, it IS seen every
where on the bottom ornaments of their tenn
pies, having the earth ball, which Is the emblem
of the globe, placed between its legs.
The images of these beetles carved in
precious stones, are often found in the sar-
cophagi, and sometimes even dried remains of
the insects themselves 1t is only right to say
however, that the Egyptian variety is claimed
to make its earth balls from the mud of the
Nile. In almost every conceivable place in
ancient Egypt this sacred beetle was displayed
There stone in the British Museum
from three to four feet long, and they have
been found carved in marble, agate, garnet
and gold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-05
"ANOTHER'S SHOES"

THE expression. stepping into another's
shoes. " like many another common phrase.
had its origin in an ancient custom.
The old Morse law required that person to
be adopted must step into previously pre-
pared shoe. This shoe was made from the skin
taken from the right hind leg of three win
tiers old bull"
The skin was f1ayed from above the hook
and out of this the shoe was made. The person
to be adopted stepped into this shoe, taking
into his arms, one at a time it is presumed, the
younger sons of the man making the adoption
If there were also sons who were of age, they
stepped into the shoe afterward, by this sign
showing their consent to the adoption.
A man in this way could adopt an illegitimate
son, making him his lawful heir but in that
case the father was obliged to step into the shoe
first. If there were any full grown sons, they
stepped into the shoe afterward; if there were
no full grown sons, then the next of kin did the
stepping. and, without his consent, by the way,
this special adoption could not be made
Witnesses to the ceremony in the use of the
shoe were required to establish its legality.
1t will be seen that this was considered an
important ceremony, and, since SO much " shoe
stepping" was done, it is not strange that the
expression as now used passed into common
speech.