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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-07-07
Former Slave erubs.akes Prospeetors

Cripple Creek.-A slave in Virginia
before the war. Nancy Carter. aged
seventy-five. and a well known charac-
ter here in the early days, has grub
staked two prospectors out of savings
accumulated by years of cooking.
washing and other mental work. The
men have gone TO Park county and are
expected to locate claims near Alma.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-07-07
FOREIGN.

]. Pierpont Morgan presented EN-.
peror William of Germany with let
ter written by Martin Luther in 1921
to Emperor Charles V, for which the
American paid s25.500 His maiest
conferred the Grand Cross of the Or
der of the Red Eagle on Morgan.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-07-07
STEEL COMBINE
REPORT MADE
NO REcoMMENoATioN ARE
MADE BY THE COM
MiTTEE.
MUCH WATER" FOUND
CAPITALIZATION sf4o2 900 600.
WHILE PROPERTY is WORTH
ONLY s6s2.ooo. 900.


u,A. ----.
"S''''s 'Oii' ne report rom the
bureau OF corporations on the United
states steel corporation recently sub
mitted to President Taft, has been
made public.
Signed by Herbert Knox Smith,
commissioner of corporations. the re-
port makes no recommendations and
is almost wholly narrative in form.
Mr.. Smith declares that restriction
OF competition was prime object OF
the organizers of the Steel corpora.
ton. or so-calIed trust"
Capitalized at sl,4O-. 600. 900. the
corporation, he asserts, had tangible
property worth only $685., 900. 900. BY
a constant reinyestment OF earnings,
however. the report points ont. much
OF the water" in the company has
been eliminated.
The Steel corporation now owns IS
per cent of the lake ores. having re
Gently concentrated its efforts to Sc
curing these properties. The report
SAYS:
Indeed. insofar as the Steel eorpor.
atoms position in the entire iron and
steel Industries is of monopolistic
character. it is chiefly through its
control of ore holdings and the trans.
portation OF ore"
Discussing how The impending
struggle of the giants" was averted.
almost over night, by the formation
OF the great combination, taking in
$50 subsidiary COMMANDED controlling
90 per cent of the total crude and fin
ished steel production of the country.
the report says:
Until 1898 the bulk of the business
was distributed among n very consid-
cradle number OF concerns. There was
sharp competition modified by fire..
luent pools OF greater or less dura.
lion and effectiveness"
Then came an era Of great combina-
lions, the report continues. with capt.
,alizations ranging from 10000, 900 to
100000. 900. mergers OF many smaller
companies, which instead Of eliminat.
ing competition threatened to begin
price cutting on a larger scale than
ever before.
In iSss-lsOO there were three great
,omuauiss-ths CarnegIe comnanv
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z Men HOLD up Train.

Erie. Pa.-Twelve masked men held
up and robbed fast passenger on the
Philadelphia & Erie railroad and es-
capped. The mail and express cars were
rifled and three Of the train crew were
shot. How much money obtained was
not learned.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-07-07

years ! was almost
helpless. Kidney Sc
cretions scalded ter
ribly and obliged me
to arise ten to twelve
times a night. My
left limb became SO
stiff and sore / could
hardly walk - just
hobbled around with
"a cane. I had almost
every complaint that
diseased kidneys pro-
duCp and noan's Kid
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-07-07
STATE NEWS
OF INTEREST TO
ALL COLORADO
Pc OPlE
western Newspaper Union News serv1ee
Henwood Case Comes to End

Denver.-The jury in the case Of
Frank II. Henwood, being tried on
charge of killing Geo. E. Copeland,
returned verdict of murder in the
second degree. Judgment will be re-
served in order to give defendant
time to file motion for new trial.
Henwood will be tried also for killing
Won Phul.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-07-07

Rome.-Returns for the five days
ending June 20 show that there are
ninety-seven cases OF cholera in Ma
pies.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-07-07

v e &c Ia D 10 COm-
pound and Sanative
Wash have done mo.
/ live on a farm and
have worked very
hard. I am forty
Eve years old, and
am the mother Of
thirteen children.
Many people think
it strange that l am
not broken wn
with hard work and
the care of NV fam
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-07-07
OWES $
HER
HEALTH
To Lydia e. Pinkham' 8
Vegetable Compound

Scottville, Mich.-"I want to tell
YOU how much good Lydia E. Pinkham's
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-07-07
FEELS LIKE A BOY.
Since Doan's Kidney Pills Cured Rln
Of Terrible Kidney Trouble.

Sheldon Smith, Prop Arlington
House, Woodland. Cal, says: Three
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-07-07

ney Pills removed them all. At the age
OF IS feel like boy and enjoy health
and comfort. Can anyone wonder at
my gratitude?
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by druggists and general
storekeepers everywhere. Price soc.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. n. Y.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-07-07

The Same, but Different.
When Il comes to the task of tax
ing up the parlor carpet. do you run
away from the job7"
No, beat it."
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-07-07

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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-07-07

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ernzmental. eozHs2,
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p.assa- Czn';splll e.
tip over. viii act so.i
|or snlure snythsnE
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|sv-. ofsii dsai'rs o.
sen; prepaid e. =
| HARoID sonth
$50 y. ksie Ave.
! ErsskiIz. u 1.
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TELLS How TRUSTS
KILLED RIVALS
Broker Gives His Version of the
Absorption of Independent
Refineries.

WASHINGTON, ID. c. Special
Davis ). Stctson. broker OF Phila-
delphia. one of the witnesses be-
fore the Sugar Trust inVestisat ing
committee. told of negotiations he had
carried on between the Segal Sugar
Company and the American Sugar
Refining Company.
StetSon said that he carried on
negotiations for the American COM
pany in 1896 for a Camden sugar
plant. and in 1908 tried to sell the
Segal plant to the American COM
pany. He was TO get commissions
trom both concerns for these deals.
Mr.. StetsOn said he received let
ter from w. Il. Thomas. Of the Ameri-
can Sugar Refining Company. i'm 1896
nm which Thomas asked him to ascer-
tain something about the Segal plant
at Camden. y. j. StetSon said. he
looked into the plant.
I had a brokers' idea that the
American company wanted the plant"
said StetSon.
30 you think YOU had anything to
do with the sale of the plant to the
American Company" asked Represen.
tative Madison.
Il think l had a great deal to do
with it, said Stetson, explaining that
he received no commission from either
side The witness volunteered that he
really was representing the American
concern on request of his cousin
Washington b. Thomas. but that me
had innocently aided Segal Ito dump
the Camden plant on the American"
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GREGORY COMING
BACK WITH SLEUTH

DENVER, COL Special. Louis l..
Gregory. the absconding railway
cashier, arrested here last week on
lantic Coast Line Railroad. will leave
for Virginia Sunday in the custody
OF Detective Mcmahon, of the Rich
mond detective bureau.
The Richmond detective has been
In Denver several days, and had in
tended TO begin the return trip short
~ after Gregory was turned over to
him, but some little delay was expert
enced in having the eXtradition pa
Ders validated.
Practically everything Is now in
readiness, however, for the long Jour
ney. and unless unforeseen accidents
occur Gregory should be in Richmond
within the next eight or ten days
The return trip from Denver will
take longer than usual, for the rea-
son that Captain Mcmahon and his
prisoner will travel only during the
daytime. In recovering fugitives
badly wanted two detectives are
usually sent-one TO guard the pris-
oner during the day; the other to
keep watch at night. In this way
the Officers and their man can tray el
continuously day and night.
Captain Mcmahon will travel about
twelve hours out of the twcnty-four.
He will stop over every night. put
Gregory in jail and himself repair
to a hotel.
From Denver the detective and his
prisoner will go to Chicago. from
there TO Cincinnati and thence di-
rectly to Richmond over the main line
or the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
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Cupid Uses a ladder

Last Saturday night Mr.. Porter Ar
mold, with the assistance of a couple
or gentlemen friends, went to the
home of Mr.. Wesley Cheek. near
Body Camp, and stole his daughter.
Miss Matte Jane. out of the window.
Ihey drove Immediately to Bedford
City, where they took the 3 O'Clock
A. M. train for Bristol. All arrange
ments had been cleverly planned be-
forehand. They carried a ladder with
them, which was wrapped with sacks.
lett the carriage some distance away
and walked down to the house with
out shoes. Miss Cheek had the floor
covered with quilts and the dogs fas-
tened up in the kitchen. The bows
fired a gun when near to warn her
to be ready and not a sound was
made except the dropping of her suit
case which, however did not wake
anyone. Didn't anyone, even her sis
ter In the same room, know she was
gone until next morning, when there
was an exciting time i'm the old home.
Their many friends wish the happy
couple long and prosperous voyage
over the sea OF matrimony-Bedford
Bulletin.
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Americans Cannot Leave England.
Coronation Troops Are Also
Unable to Leave.

LIVERPOOL Special Hundreds
of American tourists who had plan
ned TO sail from this port for home
were maroOned in England by
the shipping strike. The Cunard
liner Carmania, the Arabic and the
Empress Of Britain, all due to sail AT
noon. the Carmania and Arabic for
the United States, and the Empress Of
Britain for Canada. were unable to
leave their piers at the schedule time
set because of the lack Of crews.
Among those booked to sail on the
Empress of Britain was Sir Wilfred
Laurier, Premier of Canada who de-
sires to hurry back TO Ottawa to force
the reciprocity fight to a finish.
Many Americans who had come for
the coronation had their passage
booked on the Arabic and Carmania.
Warned by the mysterious fires
upon the Arabic yesterday the White
Star is maintaining strict vigilance.
and extra police are patrolling the
harbor front
The strikers are decidedly fnirnical
to the White Star Line for declaring
a lockout.
The Canadian and Bermudian con-
ungents OF troops, which took part in
the coronation, are In Liverpool. I'M
able to leave for their destinations be-
cause Of the strike
The liner Suevec, bound for Can
ada, was also unable to sail today.
Tug Men Strike.
The strike spread TO tugboat work
ers today, causing one Of the hardest
blows to the Ship Owners Federation
since the trouble arose.
Twenty-three steamers including
the Lusitania, are affected, as the
tugs are used in warping the vessels
that touch this port in and out of
their berths.
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MAKE PREP ARATION
FOR ENCAMPMENT
CONTRACTS AWARDED FOR GILL
PEPPER BUILDINGS FOR SUMMER
ENCAMPEENT.
RIG MON VA-Snac

r c H NJ o. D, VA.-Special-
Contracts for the construction of the
buildings at Culpeper for the use of
the Virginia troops for the encamp-
ment during July and August have
been awarded to @. A. Walter There
are to be screened dining rooms and
kitchens for the officers and men, bath
houses and showers, and in addition
there are to be stables for the officers
horses The streets are to he lighted
with electricity and there are to be
telephones in the several officers quar-
ters. For the benefit of the men there
VIII be reading room, a writing room
and a recrea ton room, where games
VIII De ready for the men at all times
Rigid camp regulations win obtain
during the time from the arrival to the
departure or the men. The brigade
officers will go into camp July 10th.
and the First Regiment will reach the
camp at noon on July 23d remaining
a week. The Second Regiment comes
July goth, and the Fourth August 9Th
orders were issued detailing COM
panies G, Of Warrenton, and ID, of Front
Royal, to attend the maneuvers at
July 21st, at which time
governor Mann and his staff will meet
PRESIDENT Taft on that famous battle
field, when the fftieth anniversary of
the battle viii be observed.
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QUASH INDICTMENTS
AGAINST BANKERS
Both Sides Want Old Indictments
Dropped, But for Different
Reasons.
PETERSBURG.

PETERSBURG, VA Special
Judge Mullen. in the Hastings Court,
this morning, has taken under advise
ment the motion of Commemorative
Attorney Mann to nolle PROSE- old in
dlctments against Davis and Bishop
IN the AppomattoX Trust Company
cases, declaring them out of the way
ana leaving for trial indictments
brought at this term of the court.
colonel James Mann, of counsel
Tor the defense, opposed the motion
and presented a contemplation ask
ing that the old indictments be dis
missed, pleading the statute of Hmi
tati0n.
colonel Mann said that under the
law the accused is entitled to dis
missal on any indictment for felony
going over four terms without a trial
except IN cases of indictment for in
sanity or where witnesses in the
case are detained for reason.
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P[UCKY CREW
Baked BANDITS

ERIE, PA Special.-Desperate ef.
forts to trace the six masked bandit,
VINO neld up express train No. Al or
the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad a,
Ftve-Mile Curve about s:se O'Clock
Friday night have thus far failed. AL
night long a posse was searching for
traces OF them. The bandits are be-
ueNeu 10 be foreigners and are thought
10 nave hidden themselves in one OF
the foreign settlements
n special train with several hum
dred armed men made the trim as
soon as possible to the scene, but when
they arrived there was no trace of the
bandits.
As soon as the shooting began II.
ID. Hart, express messenger. and G II
Block, mail clerk, rushed to the end
OF the car and locked the doors. Some
OF the robbers went TO the front end
OF the mail car and began breaking
the glass, and then fired through the
opening.
Hart, placing under his coat some
small registered packages and $4,000
IN currency, started for the rear door.
oelieVing that he might be able to GET
away IN that direction and save the
VaIuables. When he opened the rear
door he found Conductor Roney. who
had secured a revolver in the smoking
car hghting with two of the BANDITS.
lie jumped from car, and picking nm
rocks, stood by the conductor 1ntiI
the robbers had emptied their cham
bers or their revolvers at them.
Just after he had thrown the first
rock he felt singing pain in his
rlsht leg, near his body, but ne was
so excited that he did not realize that
he was shot, and with the plucky con-
ductor continued the UNEQUAL battle
until the bandits ran into the darkness.
Harris wound is an ugly one 1t is
tnought the bullet passed entirely
fn- NNNH9
no indication that il had lodged in the
leg. c. II. Block. the mail clerk. to
remain guard over the mail in the
car and was hit in the right leg by
a robber firing through a window Of
the car.
When the train arrived here he was
taken to hospital, where it was de-
clded not to probe for the bullet
which lodged in the leg. Charles Re.
mis-, brakeman, and G. f. Brubaker.
passagemaster on the train, went
through the fusillade without being
injured. -'9
The engine cab and either end Of
the mail car were literally riddled
with holes made by the bullets of the
bandits. '''S
Bandits Were After S45. goo.
The bandits that held up the Phil
adelphia and Erie train last night at
tlVe-Mlle Curve were after $4,000
the property Of the Pennsylvania Rail
road that was in the express car. 1t.
was because of the presence of this
money. belonging to the company. thar
members Of the crew put up such y
game night against the robbers and
were able to beat them back.
Yesterday was known as cIean-un
Gay on the division, meaning that the
monies OF the company deposited in
various banks along the road was
drawn out and put on this train. to
pe brought to this city and deposited
in the Marine National Bank here
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FAMOUS FLYERS AFTER
SPEED RECORDS MONDAY

CLIFTON FORGE, VA.-Special.-At
hour practice spins this morning fur
nlshed thrilling Introduction to this
afternoons program in the two days
automobile races over the Brighton
Beach course.
over eighty cars were entered in
the sport carnival, which was ushered
in by the speed kings of America and
Europe this morning.
The drivers were barred off at
o clock and the final track prepara-
TONS made for the safety of the mo-
florists.
among the famous drivers who
take part are Ralph De Palma. Tetz-
Ian, Knipper, Patscheike, Disbrow,
CODE, Beardsley. Fay Sheetz and
others.
The chief race on the card is the
rree-for-all at 3 o'clock, the favorite
being the 2OO-horse power Benz.
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THESE GET LICENSE
TO PRACTICE LAW
OUrOFCLASS OF iOt YOUNG LAW
NEISS ONLY 60 MAKE RE
CURED TEST.

ROANOKE, VA Special. The State
Board of Examiners. who pass on the
qualifications Of applicants for license
20 practice law, have completed the
work and made public its report. Out
of class of 1O1 applicants only
sixty-nine were given the required
certificate. as follows:
Hartwell Stansbury Adkins. Lexin-
ton.
Richard Allen Ammons. Richmond.
V. L. Arnold. Waverly.
William Frank Blantoh, Miami,
Fla.
Band J. Stewart. Washington. ID. g.
Willing Bowie. Mica.
Jesse Louis Eroudy. Norfolk.
John Frioli Brown. Lexington.
w. DuVau Brown. Arlington.
Walter Roscoe Burnett, Roanoke.
L. = Burton, Stuart.
Lyle Repiton Buskie, University of
Virginia.
John Lyle Campbell. Jr., Lexington.
Roy T. Carter, Orange.
William Forman Clark. Lexington.
Oswald Lee Cole Richmond.
Frederick G.. DuVall. Norfolk.
William Leonard Freeland, Roa-
noke.
Roland Garrett, Richmond.
Raymond Willis Gill. Petersburg.
burg.
Charles s. Grant University of vir-
ginia.
Page Keen Grabely. Rocky Mount.
N. c.
Herbert Bailey Gregory. Roanoke.
d A. Harrison, Jr., Disputanta.
John X. Hutton, Roanoke.
John l. Ingram. Richmond.
!. Il. Irving, HOwardsVille.
News.
Alfred J. Kish, Richmond.
george thurman knote, Lexington.
James G. Martin. Jr., Norfolk.
Irving May, Richmond.
Cary o. Mills, Fredericksburg.
William +. Moffett, Washington.
gohn Grouse Moomaw, Cloverdale.
Daniel Walker Mcneil, Lexington
Merle Francis Nellist. Chula
Joseph Courtney Nunnally. Rich
mond.
Joseph Nicholson, Richmond.
r. j. b. Page. Norfolk
Vincent L. Parker, Portsmouth.
Lewis Smith Pendleton, Cuckoo.
II. W. Phipps, University OF Vir-
Roy H. Pickford. University Of vir-
ginia.
Leonard Furster Pierson. Univer-
sity OF Virginia.
NJ X. Putnam, Griffith
Cleaton Edward Rabey. Deenes.
Henry Smith Reid. Oriskany
John S Rixey, Charlottesville
wooster Dudley Rucker, Lexington
r. r. Run. Lexington.
Robert Achilles Russell, RustburE
J. r. Saunders Suffolk
Samuel Bernard Schein. Lynchburg
Carl Q. Schmidt, Wheeling, w. Va
William A. Schmidt Yasoo CITY.
Miss.
s. w. Shelton, Rockville.
l. j. Smith, Los Angeles, Cal.
James A Sommerville. Newport
News.
John H. Tabb, Yanoni.
walton r. l. Taylor, Norfolk.
douglas Goode Tinsley, Winston
Salem, N. G.
10. Robert TomlinsOn. Richmond.
Thomas ]. Watson, Danviile.
James Houston Willis. Lexington
1oke-
Robert Archer Wilson. Norfolk.
l.. w. Wood, Charlottesville.
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want him put under double lock. Get

want him put under double lock Get
thatT"
Yes" replied Gibson.
What's Stirring?" superintendent
White asked.
"A message says that I'm wanted
in Steubenville, O.. and YOU are TO
hold me for the police when L finish
my term here. That's straight"
White tainted. When he recovered
he asked Gibson why he didn't walk
out To freedom while il was so easy
Gibson said the superintendent and
his wife were SO kind to him that
he feared his escape would jeOpardize
their positions.
Gibson was sentenced here for a
small theft from a store.
Gibson viii remain a trusty until
StcUbcnville officers arrive.
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His WIirSf

The German proprietor of a Brook
lyn delicatessen store has got far
enough along to pun in English. A
writer in the New York Sun reports
the fact.
Hanging in the window Of the little
shop is this advertisement:
The Best You Can Do Is Buy Our
Wurst. COMPANION.
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lloyd w. King. % present Senator
tpm this district. lie has served in
House OF deles ties in the past.
SpeSSard was member OF the
- House and was pne OF the COM
nttee whose report pn the State eX-
RuuiturSS saused Staewide comment
Snm prs sent appearances neither one
OF them VIII have Republican OPPOSE
TIL, although the Sc atorial district
is sbatable ground.
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SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS
OF LOST STEAMSHIP

CHRISTIANA. Special-Two ships
were dispatched today from Hammer
TEST TO search for survivors of the
Norwegian steamship Eclipse, which
went down off the coast OF Iceland
with fifty-six persons on board. It is
believed that all were lost
First news of the disaster was
brought from Rolfsoehaven, but de-
tails are lacking
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LONDON, July &c. E. Putnam.
an American Rhodes scholar at OK
ford, won the hammer throwing. with
distance of 147 feet ard - inches
in the Amateur Athletic Association :
annual championship held at Siam
ford Bridge today
Several of the members of the OK
ford-Cambridge athletic team. which
viii compete with Yale and Harvard
this month, entered the contests in
the championship today.
+. l.. (TeN) Ramsdell. the former
university of Pennsylvania star, won
the 100-yard foot race.
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FRRY CAR JUMRSD
TRACK. HURTING Is

NV Y0RK.-Specia1s- Fifteen per-
sons were injured today and dozens
wen thrown into a palic when a
Thiry-fourth Street ferry acr Jumped
the Fecks at Twenty-thirt Street and
Seco1t Avenue and craSled into a
westb'und car OF the same line, de-
railink IL and knocking the car part
ly from the trucks.
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One result /
history In thiI
opening OF It'd
covery. not vd
tererting. tina
who fought n
number thosel
There are fv
.Confederates /
the Blue. TIL
OF the House
the Union ART
only one Conf
eral Gordon.
Offset by Gem
for those VIII
contra, three
wear the med
field, Senators
and Represent
gressionai rep
armies be the
the warmer ah
the North. but
ex-Confederate
political leade
jority OF the 1
the capital car
too late to ia
after IL was o.
shows a preft
and in the n
the veterans n
cany cOnspicu{
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SENATOR RHINEHART.
DELEGATE SPESSARD

NEW YORK. Specialists miles an
a meeting of the Democratic Execu-
tive Committee, held Saturday, for
both the legislative and senatorial dis
tricts. w. A. Rhinehart, of Covington,
was declared the nominee for Senator,
while n. f.. Spessard. of Craig county,
was named as the candidate for the
House. Mr.. Rhinehart. IL elected, as
seems probable now. will succeed Mr..