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The Elbert County tribune., 1911-10-20
DRY FARMING CONGRESS.
million Dollars to Be Given This As-
rieuIturaI Society.


Colorado Springs.-One million dol
lars is to be subscribed and placed in
n fund to endow the International Dry
Farming Congress as an agricultural
society. to carry on experiment. re-
search and publication. The matter
took definite shape here at banquet
given at the Antlers hotel. attended
by the members Of the official board
of governors and foreign delegates
present at the sixth congress. Presi-
dent Worst presided and the gathering
fndorsed an amendment to the consti-
tuition presented to the congress by
Secretary Burns, which will permit of
the new government. The sessions OF
the congress were well attended and
full of interest. Speeches on hundreds
of topics OF special interest to farm
ers and others were delivered by ex.
perts from all over the world. men
who have made farming their life
study. In connection with the. dry
farming congress- several other con
ventions were held simultaneously
chief of which Is the first Internation
al Congress- of Farm Women. the pur
pose OF which organization is the i'm
provement Of home life on the farm.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-10-20
SPORT.

Miss Margaret Curtis Of Boston de-
feated Miss Dorothy Campbell. the
American, British and Canadian cham
pion. 4 up and to play in the semi
final round OF the women's national
golf championship at Short Hills, N. ].
The Agricultural College Of Utah
swamped Colorado Aggies by score
of 81 to O. The game was one-sided
from the start, the visitors never be-
ing dangerous. They made their dis
tance only once during the contest.
Ad Wolgast, lightweight champion
of the world and Matt Wells. light
weight champion of England, are fin
ally matched. They win fight ten
rounds at the Madison Athletic club
in New York, November Srd, for a
purse of $4,000. The men are to
weight in at 1873 pounds.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-10-20
prowers County Wants Money.

Lamar.-The district court at Den
yer will inquire into the House Bill
No. 200 fiasco. Attorneys represent
ing State Auditor Leddy and the
county commissioners of Prowers
county will appear before Judge Rid
die and another interesting chapter
may be added to the already enter
tanning history. of the last General As
sembly's financial muddle. The Prov
ers county authorities seek to compel
by mandumus the payment of $2,500-
their portion of the recent $250,000 ap-
propriation to the highway commits
sion for use in the construction of
good roads. The auditor has said that
the bill which authorized this money
to the commissions credit is invalid,
since on the Senate journal no roll
call appears to record its final pas
sage. Leddy has accordingly trans
ferred no money to the commissions
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-10-20
WESTERN.

Returns received from 2.944 pre-
cincts out of 1921 in California give;
For woman suffrage. 121.166; against,
11S,66S.
John Henry Smith, second coun-
selor of the Mormon church. and third
in succession to the presidency. is
dead in Salt Lake.
Tommy Ward. aged ~. of Ardmore.
Okla. leaving a note to his mother
that he was tired picking cotton, shot
himself with an old army revolver,
dying instantly.
Philip verri,l Mighels. the we'll
known author and playwright. died at
Winnemucca, New, as the result Of an
accidental gunshot wound self-in-
flicted.
The net earnings of the Colorado &
Southern lines during its fiscal year.
ending June 30, 1911, were s5,4S9,954.
according to the annual report filed
with the board of directors in New
York.
Seven people were killed and twen-
ty-two injured. four of them seriously.
in a collision between Missouri Pa
cific passenger train No. 1O5, north
bound, en- route for Omaha, Neb., and
fast freight train.
Miss Eunice Murphy, an attractive
young woman of 23, will be placed on
trial at the term of District Court,
which opens at Valentine, Neb., on
the charge of having melted four
cowboys to hang Charles P. Sellers, a
ranchman.
Woman suffrage in China, under a
republic established through revolu-
tion organized and financed in the
United States, is the plan announced
in San Francisco by Sun Fo. son of DR..
Sun Yat Sen. the revolutionists'
choice for president.
There are many women holding
elective offices in Kansas, according
to the political census just COM
pleted. The list totals seventy-four
and with the exception of Mrs Ella
Wilson, the only woman mayor, all
were elected by the votes of men
alone.
Woman suffrage has triumphed in
California. Struggling returns from
hitherto unreported precincts finally
wiped out the majority previously re-
corded against the amendment and
since this turn in the tide the mar
gin in favor OF amendment No.
has increased steadily. The suffrage
| amendment carried by a maioritv of
! 1.67S.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-10-20
JUSTICE HARLAN
PASSES AWAY
FAMOUS JuRisT DIES AFTER AN
ILLNESS OF LESS THAN
A WEEK.
SO YEARS ON BENCH
AS SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
WAS ACCLAIMED GREATEST
AUTHORITY OF DAY.

Washington. Associate Justice
John NJ. Harlan of the Supreme Court
OF the United States, often acclaimed
the greatest constitutional authority
OF the day, once conspicuous figure
in national and Kentucky Republican
politics, and long leader in Presby-
terian church councils. died, aged
rs.
Justice Harlan had been i'll with
acute bronchitis less than week.
He sat on the bench when the court
heard arguments on the so-called an
thracite coal trust case.
The following morning Chief JUS
tice White announced that justice
Harlan was slightly i'll" and he asked
attorneys to consider that Justice Har-
Ian was sitting in their cases. al
though not psyically present.
Justice Harlan was in much more
serious condition than his colleagues
in the court realized. DESPITE his ad-
vanced age, he was robust and ordi-
narily enjoyed the best of health. He
was rarely absent from the bench, an
attack of influenza n few years ago
being almost the only illness from
which he had suffered for a long
period.
His death was a great shock to his
judicial associates. They had greeted
him on his return In apparently fair
health from his summer residence
near Murray Bay, Canada, ten days
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-10-20
East to Pacific Freight Traffic

Puebio.-Tbrough freight traffic
from St Louis and the East to Pacif-
ic Coast points, via the Missouri Pa
cific to Pueblo and thence westward
over the Denver & Rio Grande and
the Western Pacific, was discussed at
conference in Denver of officials
representing the three roads involved
1t has been definitely decided that
this through traffic will be inaugu-
rated, beginning sometime early in
November, the date to be definitely
determined upon at conf@ence of
the officials.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-10-20
TERRIBLE CRIME COMMITTED IN
oUTskiRTs OF ELLIS
WORTH, KAN.
KILLED WHILE SLEEPING
FiEND ENTERS THE HOME AND
cRUsHEs VICTIMS HEADS
WITH AN AXE.
western Newspaper Union New. Service.

western newspaper Union News Ser'icr
Ellsworth, Kan. The bodies OF
VIII Snowman. chauffeur, his wife
and three small children, were dis
covered slain in the Snowman home
by neighbor who chanced to call
and who entered the house when no
one responded to his knocks.
The features of all the victims were
battered past recognition by the blows
of an axe. which the slayer had used.
The youngest member of the family,
a baby, had been beaten until its head
was severed from the body. All three
of the children were under seven
years of age.
The bodies were not discovered un-
I'll twenty-four hours after the crime
had been committed.
The authorities have failed to find
anything pointing to cause of the
crime. nor clue to the guilty per-
son.
The Snowman home is a small, two
room cottage in the outskirts of
Ellsworth. 900 or 400 yards from the
nearest house.
The bodies of the five victims were
found in one room. The father, moth
er and baby on one bed. and the two
other children in a second bed
The room looked like slaughter
pen. There was blood on the walls.
ceiling. floor. beds and every article
in the room.
In this room also was the bloody axe
which the murderer had used and
which he had left in his flight.
The night before the murder all the
members OF the Snowman family Wis
tied at the home of Mrs. o. w. Shook,
friend living several blocks away.
They left the Shook home about 0
O'Clock. This was the last time any
OF them were seen alive.
Mrs. Shook discovered the quintuple
killing. She called at the Snowman
home. Her knock was unanswered, so
she opened the door and walked into
the house. entering the room in which
the bodies of the five victims lay.
She quickly gave the alarm. 1t was
then nearly dark and the officers were
unable to find anything which would
furnish clue.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-10-20
Minor Mention.

A. L. Atherton, miner OF Telluride,
committed suicide.
Several new buildings are being
erected in Gunnison.
Thos. Mcfarland, once a mine owner
at Ouray. died in Grand Junction.
Earl West was fined 800 for sell
ing intoxicating liquors in Lamar.
The Grand Junction prohibition cleo
tion has been-set for November z.
A light frost recently Visited Rocky
Ford but no serious damage was done.
The fall tennis tournament at Den
yer closed with Russell B. Wells cham
pion.
The Fort Lupton water works plant
has been completed at cost of $35,
900.
william Bosh of Alamosa was shot
and seriously wounded by Orvie Cope
land.
The new automobile wagon road ov-
er the Monarch pass from Salida Is
now open.
The Colorado Electrical Association
is holding its second annual Electric
Show in Denver.
Miss Charlotte Perry of Denver.
while on hunting trip with her faith
er recently killed bear.
Within the last few days five per-
sons have been taken into custody at
Greeley because of insanity.
The Union Pacifics shopmen's s
strike In Denver continues to be noted
for the peacefulness of the strikers.
Active work has begun in Denver
to get one or both of the great party
national conventions to Denver.
The entire Montezuma county fair
apple exhibit is packed and ready for
shipment to the apple show in Den
yer.
number of Denver Chinese citi-
zens have contributed money to the
revolutionists who are waging war III
China.
In the prize fight at Akron Jack
Redman defeated Joe Highland of
New York, fairly chopping him to
pieces.
The La Junta High School team was
defeated by the Centennial High
School eleven of Pueblo. by score of
IL to 6.
]. Clyde McClaucas, a well known
farmer. is in critical condition in the
Loyeland hospital as the result of
runaway.
The University of Colorado football
team is rapidly rounding into shape
for its game with the alumni of the
institution.
: Eastern capitalists are considering
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-10-20
FOREIGN.

Italy's fourth dreadnaught, the Giu-
lilo Cesare, has been successfully
launched.
The last of the mid-week games Of
the Eastern Intercollegiate football
season will be played today.
1t is semi-officially asserted that
Italy has notified the powers that
she will send fleet to attack Smyrna
and Saloniki If other massacres OF
Italians like those reported by con-
suls to have taken place on the Hod-
JAZZ railway on the boundary between
Egypt and Syria. occur.
The armistice between Italy and
Turkey for which German diplomacy
has been striving for sometime, it is
believed in Berlin. has practically
been concluded. although not yet an
.nounced as official.
Much firing can be heard in the vi
cinity Of WI Chang. China. Com
munication with that city has been
shut off, Several large fires are re-
ported. The soldiers have gone over
to the revolutionaries following the
execution of four conspirators at WI
Chang.
The Manchu dynasty is menaced
with destruction. In the most serious
rebellion of recent years the revolu-
tionists. who include among their
numbers 5000 mutinous Imperial
troops. have captured the city of WI
Chang, China, after a battle with the
Loyal troops. Hankow. across the riv-
er from WI Chang, is in imminent
danger.
Rear Admiral Boreddohno has been
made Italian governor OF Tripoli fol-
lowing the military occupation of the
city by the Italians.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-10-20
News Summary of the Past Week

Snow, sleet and rain, swept across
Montana before fierce gale. At Butte
traffic was stopped by the unprece-
dented snowfall.
After two days of court session in
Los Angeles in the trial of James B.
Mcnamara for the murder of Charles
]. Haggerty. victim OF the Los An
geles Times explosion and fire Octo-
ber 1. 1910. no juror had been se-
lected even tentatively. and no deci-
sion had been reached as to the eligi-
bility of the first talesman exam
ined.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-10-20
GEN ERAl.

The recent floods in the Black river
in Wisconsin wiped out the business
section of the town of Black River
Falls.
Hearings in the Lorimer investiga-
ton before the United States Senate
committee, have been resumed in Chi
cago.
Supreme Justice Harlan has been i'll
for several days, when he contracted
severe cold. His condition is
serious.
John R. Walsh, ex-banker and
former head of railroad enterprises,
has been paroled from the federal
prison at Leavenworth.
Willis Jackson. negro, under arrest
for an attack on a little girl, was
hanged to a telegraph pole by a mob
at Greenwich, S. C.
A discrepancy of over $3.2SS,27 be-
tween the material on hand and thas
called for by the books OF the Wash
ington navy yard was shown by the
inventory just completed.
Bertha Westbrook of New York
wants $4,000 damages because DR..
Albert Plant '.blundered" when he
mended her face. causing one eye to
be larger than the other, so she can't
be good actress.
Exceeding the worlds record for a
cross-country aeroplane flight by 1873
miles and speeding through the air at
times at the rate Of seventy miles an
hour. C. P. Rodgers landed in Mar
shall. Mo-. on his air voyage from New
York to San Francisco. The former
record. 1,265 miles. was made by Har-
ry Atwood in recent flight from St.
Louis to New York. Rodgers had
flown. 1898 miles according to rail-
road MILEAGE.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-10-20
JOHN M. HARLAN

ago. They had sympathized with
him in his recent indisposition They
felt some concern when the marshal
hurriedly summoned a carriage for
Justice Harlan. when Justice Nc
Kenna accompanied him to his home
and DR.. L. B. Hardin. who was called
to the house, found the justice suf-
fering from high fever. But the ex-
tent of the illness was not under
stood. He had had some bronchial
affections for nearly ten years.
Justice Harlan left widow and
five children. Four of the children
were at his bedside. They included
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
James s. Harlan. John Maynard Har-
Ian of Chicago. and the Misses Laura
and Ruth Harlan, who live at the
Harlan residence here. The third
son. Rev. r. D. Harlan. formerly
president of Lake Forest University,
is touring Europe.
The sudden death of Associate JUS
tice Brewer OF the Supreme Court.
Who was not only colleague on the
bench but a very close personal
friend, very much affected Justice
Harlan.
Chief Justice Fuller's death in the
summer of 1910 was also a great
shock to the venerable jurist Justice
Harlan continued to perform his share
Of the work of the court.
His great ambition was to serve
until next June. when he would have
exceeded the service of any other
IA
was, his service was longer than that
OF any other justice except Chief JUS
tice Marshall and Associate Justice
Stephen ]. Field. Fields was the
longest service, "a years, 6 months
and 10 days; Marshalls was "a years
8 months and 5 days; Harlan's 33
years, 10 months and % days.
With Justice Harlan's death the op-
portunity has fallen to President Taft
to select during his single term in of
flee a majority Of the members OF the
Supreme Court. including the chief
justice. duty that has devolved upon
no other President since Washington
formed the court in 1890.
Washington.-Claim Involving mil.
| lions of dollars and suits against the
federal government in which claim.
ants are trying to secure patent roy
alties and damages of other kinds
awaits the decision by the United
States Court of Claims which has be-
gun its fall sessions. The most i'm.
portant case approaching decision is
the claim of the Missouri Kansas and
Texas railroad to damages of $751;
an =
were originally granted to the rail
road and afterwards granted by the
government to Indians.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-10-20
odd Fellows and Rebekahs Meet.

Denver. - The forty-fourth annual
session of the Independent Order OF
odd Fellows and the twenty-first
yearly meeting Of the Rebekahs took
up and disposed of matters of vital
concern to these organizations during
their meeting in Denver.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-10-20
Cactus Makes Durable Paint.

Washington.-A new use for the
common cactus plant of the western
country is suggested by Theodore H.
Adams OF Denver. who is authority
for the statement that a durable
paint may be made from the cactus
and that the people of South Ameri-
can countries have used this natural
paint for years.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-10-20
Colorado Crop show. decrease.

Denver.-The United States Depart
ment of Agriculture has reviewed the
condition of the Colorado crop in the
October number of the Crop Reporter,
and finds that the yield of cereals and
vegetables on the first of October
was less than the yield a year ago.
Only in the case of Colorado fruits is
there more promising production
than in 1910.
The spring wheat crop in October of
this year. for instance, is only 5S per
cent of normal, whereas in October
of last year it was 20 per cent. Oats
this year is 35 as against SO per cent.
and barley is 29 as against 80 per
cent for last year. These figures re-
fer to production per acre. The
quality of these crops is slightly bet
ter than last October.
The Colorado potato crop is less
than half as good as year ago. 1t
is only 20 per cent of normal while
last year at this time it was 60 per
cent. Apples in this state are better
than in October 1910; the crop is now
20 per cent of normal as against So
per cent year ago.
The reporter shows that COW peas
are S5 per cent of normal; sorghum,
65; sugar beets, "a, tomatoes. So;
cabbage, S5; onions, 80; beans. SO.
and broom corn, 10 per cent of normal.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-10-20
Arkansas Mob Lynehes Negro.

Forest City. Ark.--A negro. who 1t is
charged attacked Mrs. Thomas Cox at
her home near here. was taken from
prison by a mob and lynched.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-10-20
RIede to Meet "Youns'' sharkey.

walsenburg. = Articles will be
signed In few days for a
fifteen round bout between Har-
ry Riede, the Aspen whirlwind
and Young Sharkey, which will take
place in this city Oct. 26.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-10-20
North Colorado Commercial Associa

North Colorado Commercial Associa-
ton.
Fort Collins.-The Northern Colo
rado Commercial Association was or
ganized here. Its object is the banding
together of commercial associations OF
Boulder, Larimer and Weld counties
for the purpose of working for mutual
interests. A board of directors con-
sisting Of two members of each indi-
vidual organization will be appointed
at subsequent meeting.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-10-20

Grand valley eggs from this time
forth will be guaranteed for freshness
in every market of the country. The
Grand Valley Egg Exchange is incor-
porated. with capital of $4,000.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-10-20

Nov. to 4-Rocky Mountain Hotel
Mems observation-disclosures
Nov. 14-16.-American Apple Con-
Rress. Denver.
November 27-2s-coiorado reachers'
observation-disclosures
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-10-20
COMING EVENTS

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-12-13
INDIAN ORCHARD.
Especial to The Citizen.l
Indian Orchard, Pa, Dec. 6

indian Orchard, Pa, Dec. 8.
The M. e. Aid society met with
Mrs. p L. Braman for tea November
10, and elected the following officers
Mrs. A. M Henshaw, president; Mrs.
II. II. Crosby, vice-president; Mrs. G.
II. Ham, treasurer; Mrs. w. Mar
shall, secretary. A nice sum was
realized.
Relatives and friends of Mrs. Jas.
Wrenn, Hawley, were grieved to hear
of her death early Saturday morning.
She was a daughter of the late j. S.
and Elizabeth Garrett, former resi-
dents of this place. She leaves to
mourn her death a widowed moth
er, two brothers and 'one sister, also
a sick husband and two daughters,
one nine years and the other about
twenty months old. She and her
stead at this place before their re-
moval to Hawley.
DR.. Gavitte was called to attend
Mrs. G. S. Myers who was taken
quite seriously i'll, but Is improving
at present.
Mrs. P. L. Braman spent a few
days recently with her daughter at
White Mills.
c. T. Weeks and wife entertained
their sons and daughters and families
Thanksgiving day. Minnie Weeks, of
Liberty N. Y, is home for a visit.
Clara Dills is employed for the
present in Honesdale.
George Brittenbaker, wife and
daughter, Queenie, were recent
guests of P. l.. Braman and family.
Miss Queenie expects soon to enter
the dahnemann hospital to take tne
training for a nurse. Her many
friends wish her success.
Miss Elma Myers, of Honesdale,
spent Thanksgiving with her friends
on the Dorflinger farm.
Mrs. w. H. Marshall spent Friday
last calling on Mrs. G.. H. Ham, Mrs.
Minor Crosby and Mrs. Chas. Smith.
Miss Edna Toms began her school
at Berlin Valley Dec. 4. AS she is a
fine young woman her many friends
have no doubts but that she will be
a successful teacher.
Barbara Williams, of Honesdale,
was recent guest at her home hel e..
Laura Ham, who is attending a
business school in Scranton, is home
for short visit.
Henry Garrett, of Pittsburg, N. J..
Garrett and wife of Scranton, who
came to attend their sisters funeral
spent Tuesday with their mother and
sister at this place.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-12-13
BETHANY.
Especial TO The Citizen.l

bethany, Gd., Dec. L q.
Charles Faatz has been suffering
from neuralgia in his head and is
making a slow recovery.
A fine supper was served at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. John Smith
Wednesday evening and was sue
cess socially and financially. Pro-
ceeds, $27.
Mrs. Asa Kimble, Dyberry, spent
Thursday with her sister, Mrs. b.
w. Gammell.
Mrs. James Johns returned home
Thursday from Kirkwood and Car
bondale.
Moase Brothers, of Pleasant
Mount, have been helping A. o.
Blake with his barn the past week
Miss Ella Gammell returned
Thursday from ,Hawley where she
stopped off to visit Miss Eva
Harmes, on her way home from
Bloomsbury.
The Sunday schools commenced to
practice for the Christmas exercises
on Saturday at the Methodist
church.
Joseph Henderson is gaining slow
ly, being able to walk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Bodie and
daughter, Helen, spent Sunday in
Honesdale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Hauser
Honesdale, spent Sunday with viii
liam Hauser.
Henry Kent, of Carbondale, spent
Sunday with Edward Hacker.
Edgar Ross goes to the State
Grange meeting in Scranton this
week
DR.. Harry Many was a Scranton
visitor last week. D.
A roast pig supper will be served
in the Presbyterian dining room on
Thursday evening, Dec. IA, by the
Ladies Aid. An interesting enter.
tainment will follow. All are cor
daily invited.
Mrs. George Hauser and son
Fred, spent Sunday in Aldenville al
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice
Fitze.
Mrs. M. E. Bolkcom of Honesdale
spent Sunday with her father, Chas
Faatz.
Mrs. Charles Blake is indisposed
suffering from stomach trouble.