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The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1911-04-14
DIR. HYDE
Is GIVEN
new TRIhL

Kansas City, Mo-, April H.
DR.. B. C. Hyde, whose sensation.
al trial for the murder Of his
father-in- law Swope will be readi-
ly recalled by the reading public,
has been granted new trial by
the supreme court OF Missouri at
Jefferson City. DR.. Hyde has
been in Jail, having been sentenc-
ed to life Imprisonment. He will
be held.in custody without bail
until the new trial can be had.
His wife, who stood so firmly by
her husband during his former
trial, has lost not one bit of faith
in him. and is prepared to see
him through the ordeal of the
coming trial.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1911-04-14
UNCLE OF WALDO ROGERS 60NFESSES TOKDNAPPNG
Teddu Htrdid OF
RAGS SuiCld6

Parenthood raised to the fourth
power is the burden of Colonel
Roosevelt's utterance under the
head of Race Decadence" in
the current number of The Out
look.
Says the Colonel: II believe
in full equality of rights. If
women wish to vote, | favor it
(although do not think it any
thing like as important for them
or for the state as are many
other things that they can and
should do): but the extent of my
reverence for and belief in a
woman who does her duty,
measures also my contempt for
the woman who shirks her pri-
NAL and most essential duty.
The man who either is response
BILE for or acquiesces in sterility
in marriage is even more con-
temptible than the woman, but
he is the only person more con-
temptible. Exactly as the
of our regard for the
soldier who does his full duty in
battle is the measure of our
scorn for the coward who fees,
so the measure of our respect for
the true wife and mother is the
of our own scorn and
,ontemptuous adherence for
The wife who refuses to be a
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1911-04-14
Sheriff A6gGr takes Stdrbodrder

Sheriff Meyer is accustomed to
take in boarders at any time day
ornight, but the young man who
arrived at his place Sunday night
seeking food, lodging and raj
ment caused him no little anxiety
as he came without commitment
papers from any of the justices
of the county. The big-hearted
sheriff has decided that the young
fellow should be cared for, any
way, and has taken him in, re-
gardless of the absence of formal
papers. Mrs. Meyer is reported
as doing well, and the young
man IS satisfied with his new
home.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1911-04-14
BURGLARS Arc
BUSY hT
MOUNTAINAIR

Last Friday night burglars en-
tered Lorey Bros. meat market
and took about all the eatables
in sight, including a jar of pick
les. They consumed the pickles
on the spot and left the jar on
the ground out side the building.
They took about 80 or 40 pounds
of meat. They broke a paddock
on the outside and pried the knob
lock open with bar. The same
night some one broke a pane of
glass in the door of ]. H Rhoades
store and were probably frighten-
ed away by Mrs. Chas. L. Burt
who heard the noise and opened
the front door of the house,
which is diagonally across the
street from the Rhoades store.
The same night and probably the
sane men, tried to enter the
Hotel Mountainair through a
window Mr.. White, the pro-
prietor heard the noise and saw
the men but they got away be-
fore he could even get a good
view of them. Since the reign
of petty thieving began some of
the merchants have arranged to
have some one sleep on the pre-
misses. -Mountainair Messenger.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1911-04-14
Gallup Bank in Organized

Gallup, N. M. April g. Ap-
plication to organize the First
National Bank of Gallup has
been approved by the Comptrol-
er of the Currency and at a
stockholders meeting held on
the 31st day of March the fol-
lowing officers and directors
were elected:
w. H. Morris, the wealthiest
man in Mckinley county, heads
the bank as president; w. M.
McDermott, superintendent of
the Victor American Fuel COM
pany's mines at Gibson, vice
president; T. P. Tale, thepopu-
lar sheriff Of Mckinley county,
second vice president, and o. A.
Fisk, until recently president of
the Estancia Savings bank cash
ier
The directors include the Of
ficers and F. L.. Andrews, T. E.
Purdy, John Thatcher, j.
Carran and F. c. Swartz.
All of the above named gentle
men are we'll and favorable
known in Gallup, ard are very
strong infuentially as well as
financially.
The bank will he equipped
with the late model Eley-Norris
Double Compound Door Man
ganese Safe; double vault with
complete line of safety deposit
boxes and quarter-sawed oak
fixures.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1911-04-14
Child Identifies Photo of Arrested Suspect
Criminals Renanded to Penitentiary
for Safe Keeping

} Laying bare the full details of on
of the most daring and sensations
exploits in the criminal history O
New Mexico, Joe Virgins, an ex
convict, and John and Will Roger
uncles of little Waldo Rogers
who was stolen and ransomed fo
$12, 900 three weeks ago, made {
clean breast of the crime wher
placed under arrest in Las Vega,
this evening.
Wiggins was sent to the pc nj
tentiary for ninety-nine years for
murder and pardoned out a few
years ago by Governor Miguel A.
Otero. He acted as the principal
in the crime with the connivance
and assistance Of the Rogers boys
who procured the $4,000 from
the Las Vegas bankers in the
name of Judge Waldo, grand
father of the abducted boy.
The officers waited until the
trap was entirely perfect before
they sprung it and as a result
they have secured one of the
most remarkable confessions on
record. The men are all three
in Jail closely guarded and every
precaution will be taken for their
safe keeping.
Virgins was sent up for a
committed at San Marcial.
It was at his house that the boy
was held for the twenty-four
the house being only 250
yards from the place where the
boy was found when Will Rogers
went after him in the automobile
and turned over the ransom
All the prisoners were
subjected to a long sweating pro-
,ess tonight by Captain of the
Mounted Police Fred Fornoff and
,ther officers and bit by bit the
'ull story was wormed out of
hem. The arrest has caused |
he biggest sensation for years
n Las Vegas and from every side
he officers are being congratula-
ed on the outcome of their long
md patient investigation. .-Albu-
luerque Journal.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1911-04-14
EStdnCld PiOn66r
Grows S66d Corn

Joe Purcella was down from
Eastview the first of the week
with a load of home grown corn
he sold for seed. This was wei
matured corn, an the ears Of
good size. 1t was grown last
year without irrigation. Mr.,
Purcella never fails to produce
the goods and he says it is part
in the seed and the rest in the
knowing how. w.-Mountainair Mes.
senger.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1911-04-14
Pr6VdrlCatOr
AQdln BuSu

The Evening Prevaricator used
a column of it's space last even
ing in advertising the News, ac-
complishing little more than to
show it's ignorance of affairs in
Torrance county. 1t accuses the
News of having asked for pay
for work which it has done. What
an awful crime! Even after hav-
ing waited from 1905 until 1909,
four years for pay for the print
ing done during the first year Of
the county's existence. it is an
awful crime to compel the county
commissioners to pay for the
work.
The transcribing of the county
commissioners proceedings which
was necessary after the fire
which destroyed the courthouse
and records last July, should have
been done gratis according to
that famous authority. The law
provides a rate for transcribing
of county records, and at this
rate the transcribing of the com
missioners proceedings which the
editor of the News did for $3.50, 90
would have amounted to over
$1,000, for the work of transcrib-
ing alone. And is not the work
of saving the files not only of the
News, but of the various county
papers, worth something? These
files are our own private proper
ty. Running an up-to-date office
as we are, we have files not only |
of the News, but of every paper
in the county. Imagine
the Herald editor giving the use
Of his files gratis, when he is not
to even bid less than
legal rate for printing,
The News did not make a
price on tw enty-four books of |
tax receipts in 1910, nor any |
other year. Had the Prevarica-
tor taken the trouble to have in
vestigated the matter he would
have found that the prices were
made on different amounts of |
printing. How about the 500
Ietterheads and 800 envelopes
which the county treasurer or
dered from the same Albuquer-
que firm, the bill being paid at
the last meeting Of the county
board? This work ccst the coun-
y $3.50, when the bid of the
News was $4,OO on the same
work.
AS to what we have had to say |
If competence or incompetence
If the county commissioners in
he past the News readers know
better than does the Herald edi- |
.or. If he will take the trouble
to look the matter up, he will
not make the statements as he
has done. In regard to what
the commissioners said in our
office, we know better than does |
one VINO was not here.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1911-04-14
PI6ntu OF
Moisture

(By H. B. Hening. Albuquerque
N. ND
Reports of the United States
weather bureau at Santa Fe show
that the month of February just
closed had the heaviest precipi.
tation which has occurred in New
Mexico during that month fol-
forty years. Practically the
whole of the soon to-be state was
soaked by the downpour of snow
and rain, and with great snow
banks in the mountains and the
country thoroughly soaked, irri-
gators, stockmen and dry farm
ers are happy. The dry farmers,
however, are particularly jubil-
ant. and with good cause. The
past three years have been years
of unusal drouth in New Mexico.
The dry farmers have suffered
severely, and many homestead
ers, unfamiliar with dry farm
ing and but poorly established
on their lands, have been forced
to abandon them temporarily.
With the recent heavy rains,
however, the prospects for the
season are very bright.
Many homesteaders who have
been forced to seek a livelihood
Oft their claims are returning,
and the prospects now are that
she dry farming acreage in New
Mexico in actual cultivation will
De double this season. This in
,rease will be due not only to the f,
'avorable weather conditions,
'ut The fact that the great dry !
arming campaign of education
las had it's effect in the south
vest. Not only has the work of
Dry Farming Congress been felt, |
,ut the railroad systems have
,laced experts in the field charge
ID with the single duty of teach
ng the newly arrived home !
leaders and land buyers from |
he rain belt" how to dry farm,
What to dry farm. and when to
10 it. The campaign of education
) taking hold, and the industry
n New Mexico is upon a more
ubstantial basis than ever be-
ore in spite of the three years
f drouth.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1911-04-14
.K6nUOn EI6Ot6d
Senator from Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa, April 12-
William S. Kenyon, a progress
sive republican was today elect
ed United States Senator to sue
ceed the late Senator Dolliver,
The. election occurred on the 9th
ballot. The legislature, which
has been in deadlock all winter,
adjourned sine die.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1911-04-14

SuhiO iooo bi6uo ~ lO,e
o'clock with the arrest an
confession of Will Rogers, a
uncle of the child, and Jill
Virgins, an ex-convict. Th
prisoners were charged wit
breaking into and stealln
from g dwelling, there bein
10 law on the New Mexic
statutes against kidnapping
When arraigned., Rogers hesi
tated quite a bit and ther
pleaded Not Guilty. Wiggin
pleaded guilty to his arraign
ment. Justice D. w. Murra,
before whom the prisoner
were arraigned, remandet
them to the penitentiary a
Santa Fe for safe keeping.
Rogers made a writer
statement duplicating Wig
gins. Later a second state
ment was made in writing
sworn to before a notary pub
lie giving the details of the
abduction. Rogers said that
reading red backed novels
was the cause of his downfall.
On the way to the jails, Rogers
repeated several times the
statement that be must have
been crazy to have planned
and undertaken such a thing,
There being no law in New
Mexico making kidnapping
q crimethe charge against the
men is breaking into andstaal
ing from a private dwelling,
For this crime the maximum
penalty is twelve years i'm
prisonment in the territorial
penitentiary. 1t is said that
temporary insanity will be the
defense of the prisoners. Ro-
gers has as yet not secured
counsel.
The $4,000 ransom money
was found concealed in a Gre
vice in the Rogers home. At
first Will Roger placed the
in the automobile in
which he had ridden away
after having secured the ran.
som, but later secreted it in
the house of his brother-in-law
Captain Fred Fornoff of the
Mounted Police and Tim
O'Leary, of the Santa Fe Sc
cret service, divide the honors
Of raveling the mystery. Apo
Ionic Sc ma, a member :of the
Mounted Police rounded up|
Virgins, but it remained for
Captain Fornoff to close the
last break in the chain of evil |
dence. Securing a photograph
Of the man. he placed it before
The child, who at once recog
nized it as the man with whom
be had lived while away from
his mamma.
Relatives of Will Rogers are
almost heart broken over the
and disgrace of one
of their family, and sentiment
In Las Vegas against the man
is bitter. However, many look
at him us a wayward youth,
lured .astray by the hope of
the small fortune. Wiggins
was induced to join in the
crime by the promises of seve-
raj thousand dollars of the
booty, with which he intend
ed to make hisget-away.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-23
TRANSMISSION of Blood.

Washington, June 9.-Senator Luke
Lea, of Tennessee, and his young wife
are patients in Georgetown University
hospital to-day, the latter in a serious
condition from an operation performed
on Saturday, while the Senator is in a
weakened condition due to the trans
fusion OF blood from his veins to those
of his wife IN what is believed to be a
successful effort to save her life.
Following the operation Saturday Mrs.
Lea's strength rapidly declined and it
seemed for a time that she would be
able to live but few hours longer.
There had been much loss Of blood and
it was believed that only by TRANSMISSION
could strength be restored.
Senator Lea at once submitted to the
opening Of an artery in his arm and
the TRANSMISSION was successfully accom-
plished.
Senator Lea was able to walk about
the hospital to-day with assistance and
was rapidly gaining in strength. It is
said that nearly quart of blood was
transferred. Mrs. Lea is now thought
to be on the road to recovery.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-23

You win, /" said the editor. Louis
vile Post.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-23
TAFFErAs BAcK ANp COMING.

No one can doubt that taffeta will
come generally into favor by autumn,
for already it is greatly worn by women
whose clothes are sure to be copied.
Changeables and green-striped taffetas,
as well as ali green dresses Of this silk.
are decidedly modish. The taffeta is,
however, the soft, clinging weave, with
never Q hint Of stiffness or rustic in its
folds, and with it come the pinked
ruches and velvet ribbon trimmings
that always make their appearance sim
ultaneously Thin weaves OF cotton,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-23
Diamonds in Arkansas.

Little Rock, Ark, June 10. The
finding of an 1S-karat blue esteel diamond
on the Mauney diamond fields in Pike
County yesterday by John Key, day
laborer employed by M. M. Mauney, is
the chief subject Of conversation, and
the shipping of the stone to New York
to-day was attended by much excite
ment.
The stone was washed from ton Of
dirt just across the line from the big
Ozark Diamond Mine Company prop
erty. Key noted the crystal in the
wash, and the moment he got it in his
hand he realized the value Of his find.
He yelled the announcement to other
employees, and within few minutes
everyone in that section was on the
Mauney field examining and admiring
the stone.
Mr. Mauney was called and took pos
session OF the gem and, accompanied
by two guards, started for Kimberly,
where his office is located
The stone is said to be the largest as
we'll as the finest diamond ever found
on the American continent, and has
been shipped to New York for an expert
opinion as to its exact value. Here it
is thought to be worth between IS, 800
and $4,000. An examination Of the
stone has been followed by statement
that the gem is without flaw. 1t is in
the rough shape Of wedge. At the
vide end the stone is half an inch wide,
while at the other il tapers % half Of
70 inch.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-23
w. A. White.

The death angel came to earth on the
9TH OF June, 1911, and took away the
spirit Of w. A. White to home un-
tried by mortal man.
The father of the deceased, Mr.. Jerry
White, and wife moved from North
Carolina to Williamson County, Tenn.
in 1922, where w. A. White was born
October Z, 1924; then moved to Gibson
County, near Yorkyille, about 1880,
where he grew to manhood and married
Miss Eliza ]. Thomasson on February
%, 1S47. She died and left him with
ten children, among them being two
sets Of twins, John and Henry and
Emma and Ella. February IA, 1867,
he married Cynthia Tilghman. Ken
ton Herald.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-23
SLAYER Of Blaney Dead.

Arthur Sweeney, who killed /. Il.
Blaney, a printer, in Paris, Tenn, sew
eral months ago, and was awaiting trial
for the murder, is dead. Mr. Sweeney
attempted suicide few weeks ago by
taking dose Of morphine, but was un-
successful on that occasion. His recent
death resulted from a complication Of
diseases. Sweeney was a young man
belonging TO prominent family, and
killed Blaney, another highly connected
young man, over remark alleged 10
have been made by Blaney about sis
ter Of Sweeney. The case looked very
bad for Sweeney, who was at liberty
under heavy bonds, and it is supposed
that he at least feared prison sem
tence when he attempted 10 take bis
own life He leaves family.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-23
EARLY SUMMER FRoCKs.

A New BIouse-CoIor Combina-
lions Original Summer Cloak.
AZ June weddings, where everyone
dons her newest and prettiest frock to
do honor to the occasion, one sees smart
toilets that foreshadow next season Is
get-ups, and are, therefore, worthy of
study
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-23

Call $50 for coal q any kind.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-23
me HAT

The hats worn with these are Of wide
garden shapes Of taffeta to match, the
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-23
MOTHER Dies EN ROUTE.

1t was several minutes before enough
people reached the scene Of the fatality
to lift the automobile from the doctor
and the almost lifeless form of Mrs.
Allen. She died before they reached
town with her.
Mrs. Allen was beautiful young
matron and one of Rutherford's leaders
in society. She was a daughter of G. G..
Thomas, retired farmer and merchant
Of this county.
Funeral arrangements were deferred
until the arrival OF her brother, Hon.
Cullen Thomas, of Austin, Texas.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-23
School Building.

The school board met Tuesday after
noon and let the contract for the inn
proyements on the Obion High School
building to contractor w. III. SpradIin,
Of Fulton, KY, for the sum Of $6, 275.
The contract calls for the building to be
made two stories high and will be mod
ern in every respect and when COM
pleted will be one Of the incest school
buildings in this county. The build
ing is to be completed and turned over
to the board by September the first. =
Obion Enterprise.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-23
Whiskey or Beer Habit.

ORRINE is the standard remedy and
is everywhere recognized as the most
successful and reliable home treatment
for the drink habit. 1t is highly
praised by thousands Of women, be-
cause it has restored their loved ones to
lives Of sobriety and usefulness, and
the weekly wages which we're at one
time spent for drink" are now used
to purchase the necessaries and many
comforts for the home. Any wife or
mother who wants to save her husband
or son from drink" will be glad to
know that she can purchase ORRINE
at our store, and il no benefit is obtained
after a trial the money will berefunded.
Ask for a free booklet telling all about
divers Red Cross Drug
Store.
~ ~ = 20 f !. -.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-23

Rutherford, June II. = Or. J. w.
Allen, oneof the best known physicians
Of Gibson County, started out east Of
town yesterday IN his automobile to see
a patient. carrying bis wife and two
babies with him. On the Rutherford
levee, few hundred yards outside the
corporation, the car turned turtle, pin
ming Dr. Allen, wife and the oldest child
underneath, but throwing the infant
several feet from the machine.
Mrs. Allen was killed almost instantly
and the doctor was hurt very seriously,
but it is hoped not fatally.
The little fve-year-oId girl, with an
ugly cash across the back of her neck,
crawled through hole made in the top
of the car and took her three-months-
old baby in her arms, carrying her up a
twelve-foot, almost perpendicular en-
bankment and distance Of three hun
dred yards back to town, where she fell
exhausted in the gutter in front of the
house Of Mack O'Dauiel Mr.. O'Daniel
rushed out to the little heroine, who,
with tears flowing down her little cheeks
and blood dripping from her shoulders,
said that the automobile had turned
over and was on her papa and mamma,
and then, in a pitiful tone, said: "Oh, I
am so tired
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-23
The Poet Won.
Lucy CARTER.

i understand Kipling is paid dol
lar a word for his poetry" said the
soulful poet to the hard-headed editor
Now you don't pay me any such price
for my poetry"
II can hardly afford to pay you a
dollar q word for your poetry" the
editor said; but I will pay you dol
lar a line for short poem.
The poet departed to return next day
with the following effusion
John
yearns.
Jane
Turns;
Eyes
Meet;
Love
Sweet;
Jane
stops;
John
Pops.
Both
Wed;
Nough
Said.
John
Mad
Jane
sad
Both
Fight.
Sad
Sight
Whole
Week
Won't
Speak.
Re
Course
Divorce.
lyon win. " said the editor. .--Iouis-
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-23

with elaborate garnishments Of taffeta,
are among the prettiest Of the dresses
at weddings and lawn affairs. Outdoor
meets, horse shows, dog shows, garden
parties, etc, lend quite an English air
to the suburban places and make great
demands for wraps and throw-oyers that
protect dainty gown and lend a needed
bit Of warm without detracting from
style or becomingness.
A NOVEL COAT.
A coat for warm days, to 60 with lin
gerie gowns, is made Of all-over eyelet
embroidery on white linen, with loose
lining of white satin and big collar and
cuffs OF black and white striped silk, or
II is made with colored lining, and the
striped cuffs and collar repeat the color.
Eyelet embroidery on muslin of quite
ordinary quality becomes transformed
when dipped in solution of weak tea
or coffee, and takes on the fashionable
ecru tint that is faddish for many uses.
Lingerie frocks made of it are unlined
and worn over slip Of muslin or mes
saline. These are finished with five
inch hens OF colored taffeta, and this is
often headed with an outstanding frill
Of tea-tinted lace. The Empire bodices
are gathered into plated girdle of the
silk, often having long sash end fall
ing down just at the left of the center
front. The cuffs and collar are Of
taffeta, or stitched bands Of
the silk can be used for the neck and
collar finishes il preferred
THE HAT.
The hats worn with these are Of wide
garden shapes Of taffeta to match, the