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Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-08-25
STILL SEARCHING FOR SLAYER

Telluride, Colo. Aug. 25.-Despite
the fact that the discovery yesterday
Of the purse and watch belonging to
Mrs. Lee Borg tends to eliminate the
robbery theory in accounting for the
woman's death, authorities here to-
day continued their search for two
suspicious characters seen in the
vicinity on the day of Mrs. Borg's
disappearance. Since the discovery
of the money there are some here
who believe the woman's death was
suicidal. However, the authorities
are not acting on that theory and it
is believed they are still endeavoring
to effect the arrest of Isaac Matson,
said to have been former sweetheart
of Mrs. Borg's, who left Telluride the
of her disappearance.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-08-25
6ATTLEsHlP COMPLETE.

Philadelphia, Aug 25.-The giant
battleship Utah will be turned over to
the government at the League Island
navy yard tomorrow by her builders
the New York Shipbuilding company
OF Camden. The Utah and her sis.
ter ship, the Florida, now nearing
completion at the Brooklyn navy yard
are the latest and mightiest fighting
units in the United States navy and
one or the other will supersede the
Connecticut as the flagship of the
Atlantic fleet.
The Utah was built and equipped
in record time and when turned over
to the government tomorrow will
have taken only little over eighteen
months to be made ready for active
service. 1t is expected a speed of %
knots will be made by the vessel,
propelled by the enormous turbine en-
gines of the Parsons type. She is
the first of the large battleships to
use these turbines.
When completely manned the Utah
will carry 1000 officers and men, and
will have the largest steaming radius
OF any vessel at present in commits
sion because of the unique feature of
the oil tanks constructed along the
bottom of the ship, which will carry
a large quantity Of fuel oil to be used
under the specially arranged boilers.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-08-25
RECORDS BROKEN IN
ELGIN ROAD RACES
TWO ACCIDENTS MAR BIG AUTO
SPEED CONTEST, THOUGH
NEITHER is FATAL.

Elgin, ILL.,, Aug. 25.-Two accidents
marred the automobile road races
here today, F. E. Radena, mechini-
clan for John Raimey, driver of a
Cino machine, sustained a broken
ankle when the car burst tire and
dashed into a tree. Raimey was IN
hurt.
A half hour later Fred Robbilliard's
Staver-Chicago threw tire and the
car smashed into telegraph pole
which was cut in two. oBth the pilot
and his assistant escaped injury.
Eighteen cars started in three
events of the second annual Elgin
road races at IL o'clock today. The
sun was out, the track fast and thou.
sands of spectators were on hand to
witness the breaking of records.
Donald Herr, at the wheel Of q
National, was first away and the
other cars of the Illinois cup and the
Kane county cup contest followed
him at intervals of 80 seconds. Tha
small cars in the Aurora Cup, two
Abbott-Detroits and Ford, were
sent away at minute intervals.
In the big car contest for the Illi-
nois cup the leaders reeled off the
first 33 miles at about 66 miles an
hour. At fifty miles the two Ma
tionals led the Velie pair, but Herr
was leading Merz by about eight
miles.
Summary: Kane County cup, 1694F
miles, trophy valued at $1,000; $500
in cash and $500 worth of equipment
to the winner. First, Hugh Hughes.
Mercer, time 2:37.21; second, w. I.
Barnes Jr., Mercer, 2:39.55; third,
w. H. Pearce, Colby, 2:46.11; win
ner's average speed, per hour, IS 4
miles.
Illinois cup 2O3.95 miles, trophy
valued at $1,000; $4OO in cash and
$3.50 worth of equipment. First, Dom
all Herr, National, 9:O5.35; second,
Charles Merz, National, 3:O6.O4; third,
Rupert Keeffkins, velie. tagged at
ITO miles. Winners average, per
hour 65.6 miles.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-08-25
EAGLES WIND UP BUSINESS

San Francisco, Aug. 25.-Delegates
to the grand aerie, Fraternal Order
of Eagles, held two sessions today
and cleared up the business of the
meeting of 1911. The majority of
the visitors start for their homes to-
night or tomorrow morning. Special
reports of committee constituted the
greater part of today's business. One
decision of the grand aerie that is
considered of great Importance is that
permitting the organization of more
than one aerie in cities of 250,000
inhabitants or more, without the con-
sent of the aerie already in existence.
Also it was decided that an aerie may
be organized in a city of $500 or
more inhabitants.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-08-25
VETERANS AMONG The KILLED
COACHES LEFT THE RAILS AND
ROLLED DOWN Co. FOOT EN-
BANKMENT INTO CREEK.
Defective RAIL WAS CAUSE
WHEN PIECE OF STEEL SNAPPED
CARS BUcKLED AND PLUNGED
TO DESTRUCTION.

Manchester, N. Y, Aug. 25.-Twen
ty-five persons were killed and about
sixty hurt, when passenger train No.
4 on the Lehigh Valley railroad
left the track here early this after
noon.
Two coaches rolled down an en-
bankment sixty feet in height and
it was in these cars that the greatest
mortality occurred.
The wreck was due to a defective
rail. The engine and two forward
coaches passed over the bad spot,
which was about 100 feet east of the
station, without accident, but when
the diner struck the defective rail,
it snapped and the last two
coaches were thrown from the track
and rolled down the embankment.
Several persons in the dining car
were killed but the largest number
of dead were in the last two coaches.
A number of veterans returning
from the Grand Army encampment
at Rochester were on the train.
Special trains bearing nurses and
doctors were rushed Sere from Ge-
neva, which is nearby, and from
Rochester and Canandaigua, as soon
as word could be dispatched to those
places.
At 2:45 o'clock twenty-five bodies
had been taken from the wreck.
Other mangled bodies were in plain
sight, pinioned under the debris. Most
of the victims were old men and wo-
men.
The train was forty minutes late
and was running fast, hauled by two
powerful engines, in an effort to
make up lost time.
The train does not stop in Manches-
ter. Two hundred feet east of the
station, after the engines and two
coaches had passed, the train buckled
and lurched into a creek alongside
the track.
The third and fourth cars plunged
over the sideless bridge to the creek
btd seventy feet below. The third
car struck flat on it's side in the
water while the fourth landed on its
front end The remaining five cars
left the rails but did not go off the
bridge. The concussion threw the
passengers from their seats and
scores received slight injuries. The
cars in the creek were crowded and
it was in these that the casualties oc-
Cured
The train was in charge of Con-
ductor ]. B. Hillock of Geneva N. Y,
and Engineer Fred Callen of Buffalo.
None of the train crew was injured.
The train consisted of two engines
and ten cars.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-08-25
WANTED TO ATTEND
FUNERAL OF VICTIMS
WILLIAM LEE, ACCUSED OF A
TRIPLE TRAGEDY AT BOOM
VILE, IND, KEPT IN CELL.

BoonvilIe. Ind, Aug. 25.=Charged
with the murder of his father, mother
and brother, whose bodies We're found
in their burning home yesterday, and
knowing that threats had been made
to lynch him, William Lee early to-
day asked Sheriff Scales to be per-
mitted to attend the funeral of his
family this afternoon. His request
was refused. He paced his cell most
of the night but talked little to his
guards.
He was stripped late last night and
on his body were found many bruises
According to the theory of the sher
iff the bruises were from blows
struck by some one. Lee said the
bruises came from his having fallen
in getting out of a buggy Wednesday
night, when he called on his fiance,
Miss Nina Taylor, to whom he was
to have been married last night at
her fathers home near Newburg.
Blood streaked and partly burned
underclothes of a man, positively iden-
titled before Coroner Early's inquest
today as belonging to William Lee,
were found in a search of the bedding
at the Lee home this morning and
furnish what the authorities believe
is strong link in the evidence con-
Meeting Lee with the murder and
partial burning of his father and
mother and his younger brother yes
terday.
Lee shows no signs of breaking
down and battles the attempts of the
authorities to cause him to contra
dict his stories.
Miss Nina Taylor to whom Lee was
to have been married last evening,
declares her desire to see him pun
ished if he is guilty.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-08-25
TO TRAVERSE COUNTRY
WITH TEAM OF deer
SAN FRANCISCO MAN WILL AT
TEMPT a, RECoRDLBREAk-
ING FEAT.

San Francisco, Aug. 25.-Two
American white tailed deer, driven
by Frank Clemens and attached to a
light wagon, will start from this city
in day or so for New York City.
Clemens has trained the deer for a
year and they appear we'll broken.
The harness is similar to that used
on horses and the animals obey in
docile manner the drivers com.
mands. Clemens believes he will
make the trip in three months. His
ultimate destination is Europe. The
deer were captured when quite young
near Sand Point, Idaho, Clemens
home.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-08-25
ATWOOD TRIUMPHS IN
LONG DISTANCE flight
DARING AVIATOR COMPLETES ST.
LoUIs-To-NEW YORK AERIAL
JOURNEY

New York, Aug. 25.-Harry N. At
wood, the American aviator, ended
his long record-brealxing aeroplane
flight from st. Louis, when he landed
at Governors Island at 2:3S o'clock
this afternoon. Atwood flew to the
city from Nyack, a distance of about
30 miles, in As minutes. He followed
the Hudson rivers course, flying
most of the time so to 100 feet above
the surface of the water.
Thousands of people flocked to the
roof Of high buildings and cheered
the aviator as he flew down the river
The whistles of steamships and all
manner of water craft Joined in a
noisy welcome.
Atwood had planned to land at
Sheepshead Bay and he may fly there
later but officially his trip ended at
Governors Island.
Atwood started on his flight from
Nyack at 1:54 p. m. From the spot
to which his biplane had been NOV
ing during the morning he rose head
ing north, circled once over the river
and flew off at high speed. AS the
mechanics were tuning up the engine
before his start the aviator had to
leap for safety from flames which
broke out in his gasoline dripping
pan. He smothered the fire with his
coat, assisted by his manager.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-08-25
LANeEoRp WHIPS ROSS

New York, Aug 25.-Sam Langford
the Boston heavyweight, knocked out
Tony Ross of Pittsburg in the sixth
round of their scheduled ten7round
bout at the National Sporting club
here last night. Langford hit up a
terrific pace at the tap of the first
gong, and despite the fact that Ross
had an advantage of some 35 pounds
in weight, gave the latter severe
beating. In the fifth round only Ross
showed any advantage. Through
the other rounds Langford hammer
er Ross numerically and in the fourth
was robbed of knockout by the bell
after Ross had taken the count of
nine.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-08-25
STRONG EVIDENCE
AGAINST BEATTIE
CONVINCING PROOF THAT AccUs.
ED YOUNG MAN MURDERED
HIS WIFE

Chesterfield Court House, Va, Aug
25.-The defense in the Beattie mur
der trial met with two setbacks at the
opening of court here today. Judge
Walter A. Watson quickly overruled
a motion to exclude the Dear Kid
letters which were written by Beattie
to Beulah Binford and introduced yes.
terday and followed this by denying
q motion which questioned the word
ing of the indictment as to the wound
being in the face" instead of the
skull or brain of the victim as shown
by the autopsy.
George farrell, called to the stand,
related the prisoners story of the
roadway encounter and testified that
Beattie said his wife's assailant ran
into the woods. Major James D. Pat
ton of Richmond, who went to the
scene on the day following the murder,
with bloodhounds, testified that the
dogs failed to take any scent of the
alleged bearded highwayman.
N. w. Snydor of Richmond, who
took second set of bloodhounds to
the scene, followed Major Patton on
the stand.
did you find any foot prints in the
ditch along the road?"
Eyes, sir, they were there and pret-
ty close to the west side of a stump"
Cross-examined by the defense,
Snydor said he had examined the
stump and tracks but the tracks might
have been made by some of those
who inspected the surroundings.
Mandy Alexander, an old negroes,
was then called to testify as to find
ing Of the gun. The gun was handed
to her and she identified it. She re.
lated how she had met T. P. Petit
grew, white farmer, and had told
him of her finding. Cross-examina-
ton failed to shake her story.
It became known today that Beat
ties lawyers had received a letter
from J. S. Minor of Louisville, Ky,
who says that two men whom he jer-
haps could produce, told him they
were walking along the Midlothian
turnpike on the night of July 1S, when
they saw man with a gun accost
an automobile. Such testimony would
tend to support Beattie's story of the
bearded highwayman but from what
could be learned here today the de-
fense places little faith in the story.
R. L.. Snyder, a dairyman, testified
that just before sunset on July 1S he
saw young man "about Beattie's
size" alight from an automobile at
the roadside. The prosecution con-
tends this was Beattie placing the
gun. The witness declined to swear
that Beattie was the man.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-08-25
The EARLIEST POSSIBLE DATE
1T WILL INSURE PARTICIPATION
OF SENATORS IN NEXT sEs-
SION OF CONGRESS
Las VEGAS GETS CONVENTION
PRoHIBITIONlSTS WILL HOLD
THEIR STATE MEETING
HERE SEPTEMBER 1920

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\ Santa Fe, N. NJ, Aug. 25.-Al- \
4 though the official letter of \
4 President Taft has not yet been \
T. received, it was announced, af- \
\ ter conference today of Cover \
+ nor Mills and other officials with \
+ Chairman H. o. Bursum, of the \
\ republican state central commit \
4 tee, National Committeeman Sol \
\ omon Luna and other republican \
4 leaders, that the state election \
T. will be called for November z, y
+ very near the earliest possible \
4 date at which it can be held, so 4
4 as to assure that New Mexico's \
4 two senators and one represen- 4
4 tative can take part in the tariff 4
4 legislation of congress at its 4 i
= coming session. y
= The Womans Christian Tenn =
: perance Union. also today an =
; nounced its convention to meet y
at Las Vegas September 1921. y !,
1t expects to take vigorous part y q
in the campaign in which. the = ,
prohibition question is to play a =
: prominent part. =
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Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-08-25

600 and 700 men employed in the Har-
riman system shops in this city will
vote tonight on the strike question.
According to Ernest L. Reguin, presi-
dent of the shop employees federation
Of the Hartman lines, the sentiment
of the local shopmen is strongly in
favor of striking in the event of the
refusal of recognition. None of the
men employed in the local shops have
been laid off but daily hours have
been reduced to eight and the wages
reduced accordingly. A five-day
week has been inaugurated.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-08-25
HUSBAND CHARGES
wife WITH 'BIGAMY
RICH CONTRACTOR HAS WAR
RANT ISSUED FOR WOMAN
WHO DECEIVED HIM.

Denver, Aug. 25.-Extradition pa
pers issued in Texas for Mrs. G. w.
Howle of Anson, Tex, charged with
bigamy, were honored here yesterday
and Sheriff T. F. Mcclure of Jones
county, Texas. is on his way to the
Howle ranch in the southern part OF
this state, to arrest the woman. The
charges, it is said, were brought by
Howle, who is declared to be a
wealthy contractor many years the
senior of the woman, whom he is
said to have married after week
courtship. The ranch where Mrs.
Howle is living is said to be the
property of Howle
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-08-25

Omaha, Neb., Aug. 25.-Julius
Kruttschnitt, vice president and di-
rector of maintenance and operation
of the Hartman railway system, was
in Omaha an hour and half this
morning, going west at $3.50 o'clock
on the Union Pacific fast mail
During his stay here he conferred
with A. L. Mohlerfi vice president and
general manager of the Union Pa
cific, for an hour.
In an interview Mr.. Kruttschnitt
d clared that the matter of strike
on the Hartman system was up to
the men and that the roads had never
refused to ocnfer with the employees.
$50 far as we are concerned" said
he I'VE are having no trouble with
our men. We are paying the best
wages of any road in the country and
Notwithstanding that business has
been bad for months we have been
carryingon our payrolls large num-
ber of people not needed. We have
always treated our men with fair
ness and at the present time are
paying out annually between 100000
and 100000 to superannuated en-
ployes."
Mr.. Kruttschnitt refused to discuss
the question of recognizing the fed
Grated labor organization. He would
not express an opinion as to whether
or not the present retrenchment
movement on the Hartman system
has reached its limit. 1t all depends
on business, he asserted.
Before leaving for San Francisco
Mr. Kruttschnitt said he would meet
the labor leaders at any western
point which might be convenient
kilograms from local unions in
Texas and points west of the Mississ.
ippi river. requesting authority to
strike, were. received by President
Kline today, and in every instance he
wired that no action would be taken
until at least one more conference
had been held with the officials of
the Hartman lines.
The conference may be held in San
Francisco next Wednesday.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-08-25
EDITOR GIVEN FREEDOM

Guadalajara, Mex, Aug. 25.-Enrique
Villasenor, editor of El Cato the local
newspaper in which an insulting
acrostic directed to Americans recent
ly appeared, has been given his un-
conditional liberty after six days i'm
prisonment charged with an offense
against public morals, according to
the last edition of the El Cato. Villa
senor says in his paper that the case
against him was dropped because of
lack of grounds for prosecution. Con-
sui Magill has reported the matter
to the state department at Washing
ton.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-08-25
JERSEY REPUBLICANS FOR TAFT


Hackinsack, N. j., Aug. 25.-Warm
praise of President Taft is the fea-
ture of the platform adopted by the
northern New Jersey republicans in
convention at Hackencask. The in
dorsement of the president is as fol-
lows:
I'VE unqualifidely pledge our sup
port to President Taft We approve
his great work in furtherance of uni
versal peace, his courageous advocacy
of the reciprocity treaty with Canada
his economical administration of the
postal service, his brave message
against the re sall of judges and his
effort to take the tariff con-
troversy out of politics"
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-08-25
RAIL SERVICE AGAIN NORMAL.

Ell Paso, Tex, Aug. 25.-For the
first time since the Mexican revolu-
tion, property along the right of way
of the Mexican National railway has
been restored to normal conditions.
Permanent bridges have replaced the
many temporary structures in use
since the line was first cut on Janu-
ary 30, last.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-08-25
BURNED TO Death
Under MOTOR CAR
PiTTSBURG COMMISSION MER.
CHANT PINNED UNDER OVER
TURNED MACHINE

Pittsburg, SAa.e 25.-wilIiam L.
Barron. a wealthy commission mer-
chant, was killed and Harry Clark
was seriously injured, when the auto
mobile in which they were riding,
went over an embankment near
Glenfield early today. Both were
pinned under the car, but Clark sue.
ceeded in freeing himself. Before he
could summon help the gasoline tank
exploded and Barron was burned to
death.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-08-25
UNKNOWN RACE DISCOVERED

New York, Aug. 25.-A race of peo-
pie who had never before beheld a
white man or an Indian has been
discovered in the Arctic regions of
British Columbia by Vilhjamar Stef-
ansson, leader of the American Mu-
seum's scientific expedition, which
left here in April, 1908, according to
a letter received from him today.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-08-25
KILLED BENEATH TRAIN

Laramie. Wyo., Aug. 25.-An un-
known man fell from moving train
west of here this morning and was
instantly killed. He and his partner,
who left here afoot early in the day,
attempted to board the train. The
coroner has gone to the scene.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-08-25
HAS TREATED them FAIRLY
DESPITE DEPRESSION, ROADS
HAVE PAID EMPLOYEES BEST
WAGES IN COUNTRY.
AGED WORKMEN CARED FOR
BETWEEN 100000 AND 100000
PAID OUT ANNUALLY TO THEM
AS PENSIONS.
4 \ + y 4 4 4 y \ \ \ \
\ MEN READY TO WALK OUT

\ MEN READY TO WALK OUT 4
: San Francisco, Aug. 25.-
\ President E. L. Reguin, of the \
= Federation of Shop Employees of \
= the Hartman lines, said today \
I that he had wired the President !
\ of the international unions that !
\ there was no need of further de- \
4 lay in calling a strike if recog- \
\ milton of the federation was re- \
\ fused. He implied that the men \
y were ready to walk out, wheth- \
4 er or not their act received the \
y sanction of the internationals. 4
\ Such approval would simply \
\ mean that the men would be en- \
y titled to additional strike bene- 4
y fits \
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-08-25
CONFERENCE IS SOUGHT

\ Chicago, Aug. 25.-J. w. Kline
= international president of the =
= Blacksmith's Union. was busy =
4 today communicating with Off \
r GERS of the unions in different \
= parts Of the country arranging =
= for a conference with Vice :
y President julius Kruttschnitt of \
y the Hartman lines, to be held
\ in western city next week, at !
\ which further efforts will be !
\ made to adjust the labor dis
4 putes which threaten a strike of
y $4,000 employees of the Union and
= Southern Pacific railroads and
Z subsidiary lines.
\ y \ \ 4 y i I
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-08-25
shopmen Favor Strike.

San Francisco, Aug. 25.-Between