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The Raymer enterprise., 1912-09-05
Lewis WECHTER
PAYS PENALTY
GOES TO HIS DEATH WITHOUT
THE CULVER OF A
MUSCLE.
killed VIC. BURR0WES
INSISTS TO THE LAST UPON HIS
INNOCENCE OF lNTEN.
TloNAL MURDER.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Calon City, Colo.-Lewis ]. Wechter
Is dead. The end came after twenty.
four hours Of agony, the suspense Of
which was worse than death.
THANK God it's over. but | am in.
nocent!" the slayer of Clifford Bur.
rowes murmured just before he swung
from the scaffold behind the cold gray
walls OF the penitentiary here.
His face drawn and his eyes staring
out almost sightless from their sunken
sockets. trying bravely to make his
limpid body stand erect, making one
last feeble effort TO click his heels to,
gether as he stood on the death.trap.
Wechter collapsed from exhaustion as
the black cap was pulled over his
head and he was i.rked into eternity
almost unconscious.
III 1t had been last night could
have been brave and met this terrible
fate like one of Uncle ans sailors" "
Wccnter murmured to the death.watch
hen the last summons came. But
,he strain has been too great. am
all done for. and can't make it,
But Wechter did make the scat.
fold. 1t was a last brave effort. Even
as he mounted the scaffold stairs he
rallied his last ebbing strength and
walked unassisted to the gallows and
stood under the dangling moose. Then
the collapse came.
The little band Of watchers shud.
dered as the trap was sprung and the
body OF the former sailor dropped
down and then stopped with a sicken.
ing jerk. There was twitching Of
the muscles In the arms, which were
bound to the sides Of the sailor, and
then the rigid muscles tightened, and
all was over. The law had eacted It's
toll for the staying Of the hardware
salesman In the White House Cafe on
the night Of February IL. 1911.
The little group standing by dis.
persed sadly.
The body Of the former member Of
Uncle Sans navy was packed In a
great silver.mounted casket that was
In readiness, a casket that the exc
cuted murderer had paid for from the
pension the United States gave for
bravery and disability In service. At.
taches OF the prison then bore the
casket to the prison hospital and then
1t later was laid away In the prison
burial plot.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-09-05
FLOODS DELUoE TOWNS.
Forty.six Drowned In Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin
Towns,

Pittsburg. Pa.-At least thirty.siy
known to be dead and eleven others
believed to have perished are the re.
suits of a terrific storm which swept
western and northern Pennsylvania,
the Pan Handle district of West Vir.
ginia and a section of eastern Ohio.
The money loss is estimated at over
sl,500.000.
Latest reports from the various dis.
tricts give the following table Of ia,
talities.
Golfers, W. Va, nineteen dead.
Cherry Valley, Pa, six drowned.
Burgettstown Pa, four drowned.
Avella. Pa, three drowned.
CannOnsburg. Pa. three drowned.
WOodlawn, Pa, one drowned.
At Ford City, Pa. dozen houses
were washed from their foundations
Lightning struck a score Of houses.
and McGrahn, a suburb. Is under three
to five feet OF water.
At Golfers, w. ", where nineteen
persons were drowned, a cloudburst
devastated the valley In which the
town is situated.
Four were killed and twenty.six in.
jured in wreck on the c. st. p. NJ. &
o. at Camp Douglas. Wis.
Six persons were killed, two serious.
ly injured and twenty-one slightly In.
jured when train No. ll2. on the Lake
Shore division Of the Chicago & North.
western railway. was derailed near
Lyndhurst, Wis. as the result OF
washout due to a cl6udburst.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-09-05
FOREIGN.

Ethel Roosevelt u the gusst at o..
tawa. Ontario. Of Sir Wiltrtd and Lady
LAurisr.
Charles T. Weymann. the American
aviator. won the principal event Of the
hydro-aeroplans meeting at Saint
Malo.
The United States transport Lscom
sank at Shanghai. China, alongside the
wharf, where she is lying in forty feet
Of water.
One Of the greatest crowds London
ever saw attended the funeral Of Gen.
eral William Booth, head OF the Sal.
vation Army.
Dispatches received from the Portu.
guese town Of Aldeia Obispo tell OF
the putting to death Of priest by an
infuriated mob.
The Pope is about to create a new
American cardinal who is to reside In
Rome. according to special dispatch
received at Paris.
The London board Of trade made 1t
a misdemeanor punishable by two
years imprisonment for a sea captain
to fail to give all possible aid to dis.
tressed vessel.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-09-05
WASHINGTON.

Senator Guggenheim sailed 70. Eu.
rope, to be absent about month.
Senator Warren left for Wyoming.
The new law passed by Congress re.
stricting the delivery Of mall on Sun.
days, has aroused storm OF protests
from business men all over the coun
try.
Announcement was made by Post.
master General Hitchcock that the
Postoffice Department would be ready
Jan. !. 1913. to put into general oper.
alton the recently authorized parcels
post system.
Many important appointments made
by President Taft In the last few
months were left unconflrmed when
Congress adopted Its resolution Of fin.
al adjournment. Among them was
Judge Richard e. Sloan VI Arizona.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-09-05
WEEKS EVENTS
COLORADO
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS IN COLORADO.

September 3-6-Arkansas Valley
Fair, Rocky Ford.
September Larimer County
Fair, Loveland,
September l0-l3-Delta County Fair
Delta.
September 11-l3-Fremont County
Fair and Driving Club-Cahon CITY.
september 1921 = Colorado STATE
Fair-Pueblo.
September 1870 Western slope
Fair-Montrose.
Sept. 1s-2o.-ssn Luis Valley Fair. Ala
Inosa.
September 1s-2l-Del Norte Fair
Del Norte.
Sept. 24-2s.-Colorado State Medical
association. Pueblo.
SEPT. 26.-Opening Weld County fa'r'
Rifle.
September 2l-27-Crowley County
Fair. Sugar City.
September 24-27-Las Animas County
Falr-Trinldad.
September 2I-27-Mesa County IN
tion.
September 24-27-Colorado and New
Mexico Fair and Indian CarniVai-Du
rango.
September A-27-Hotchkiss Fair
Hotchkiss.
September 25-27-san Luis Valley
Fair-Monte Vista.
Oct ober 14-19-Festival Of Mounta'"
and Plain-Denver.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-09-05
GEN e RAL.

Bishop Charles c. Grafton, eighty.
two, Of the Fond du Lac Episcopal dio.
cese, who has ben seriously III OF dia.
betes, is dead.
The first automobile funeral at st.
Joseph, Mo-, was that Of Peter W. Dob.
endo. He made the request that only
automobiles be used.
Judging by the frequency of their
arrival in large parties at New York,
Scottish lassies are popular as brides
In sections OF the far West.
Marcus Pollasky, arrested when he
refused to pay taxi bill Of $l4.lO in
Chicago. had in his pockets $25O.OOO in
notes. but only Sl.l5 in currency.
The famous Danbury hat case,
which involves right OF capital and Ia.
Dor under the trust laws came before
the Federal Court at Hartford. Conn,
on Its second trial.
Four members Of the family OF JET.
ferson Ruhlo. road worker, were
killed by lightning. which struck the
tent they were living In at De Soto.
Mo. A grown son was severely
burned.
Michael Armbruster objected to Al
bert Silvan doing the bear dance at q
picnic at Plttsburg. Pa. Sllvan killed
Armbruster, and several more were
hurt In the riot that followed.
Mrs. Caroline Beers. forty. who said
she was from Greenville. Ohio. was ar.
rested by Pittsburg detectives at the
Southern hotel at Columbus. Ohio.
while waiting for President Taft with
two long knives concealed In her
clothing.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-09-05
SPORT.
sc

Negotiating the eight.and. a .half.mile
Elgin speedway in G:5l.2l, Ralph de
Palma. In Mercedes, set new rec.
ord for the course.
Athletic Director A. A. Stage of the
University Of Chicago has issued call
for all varsity football men to report
to him September goth.
An offer Of $1,000 has been made
to Packey Mcfarland to meet Jack
Britton In a twelve.round bout before
the Pilgrim Athletic Club at Boston.
Grover Hayes, lightweight Of Colunl.
bus, Ohio. sailed from San Francisco
for Australia. where he is scheduled
for five fights Of twenty rounds each.
Zarrine. the fast four.year.old mare
owned by George H. Estabrook Of Den.
yer. was the winner In the Blue Hill
purse for amateur drivers at Readville,
Mass.
The transatlantic record from New
York to Havre has been broken BY the
new steamship France Of the French
line. The new mark is five days and
sixteen hours.
Word has been received at San
Francisco that Fung Rue, the first
Chinese aviator. had been killed near
Canton. China. by a 200-foot fall Of 4
biplane he had built.
After lapse Of several years, dur.
Ing which time not race has been
run in Missouri. horse racing will be
revived there next month. The event
will be run on September &c.
Miss Ruth Chisholm OF the Euclid
Golf Club. Cleveland, made low medal
score, SO. in the qualifying round OF
the Women's Western Golf champion.
ship at Hinsdale. near Chicago.
Miss Caroline Painter of Midlothian
retained her title OF champion Of the
Women's Western Golf Association at
Hinsdale, near Chicago. by defeating
Miss Ruth Chisholm Of Cleveland. up
la the final match.
California's sweep OF the lawn ten.
mis- honors Of the country was complet.
ed at Newport. X. l.. when Maurice +.
Mclaughlin Of San Francisco, won the
championship in singles by defeating
Wallace F. Johnson of Philadelphia in
three out OF five sets. The scores we're
SO, &c. G-3, Ga, SO.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-09-05
,u,,ue.. Condition. Good.

New York.--Business conditions
throughout the United states never
were better than at the present time
nor the outlook for future prosperity
brighter. according to representative
merchants from al parts or the coun-
try. who are In New York purchasing
stocks Of goods for their autumn and
winter trade. The usual depression
preceding a presidential election Is not
apparent and the merchants are buying
larger quantities and better qualities
OF goods than they were last season.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-09-05
Colorado City May Get Meeting.

Colorado Springs.-Either Denver or
Colorado Springs will land the 1914
head camp meeting of the Modern
W0odmen of America, in the opinion
OF DR.. ]. A. Rutledge, director OF the
NJ. w. A. sanitarlum here, and mem.
Der OF the committee on the selec.
tion of the next mseting place. He
says the head camp convention means
the expenditure Of at least 100000 In
the city In which II is held.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-09-05
Iowan Jumps to Death.

Denver-While suffering with mel.
ancholia. Frank Mahoney. iifty.six.
wealthy merchant OF Boone, Iowa.
leaped to his death from the fourth
floor OF st, Anthony's hospital. He
was dead when the nurses reached his
body on the gravel pathway sixty feet
below.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-09-05
liberia Peaches seIna shipped.

Grand Junction.-The first shipment
Of Colorado Elberta peaches left Pal
isade last week, three full cars being
billed through to Chicago. The fruit
was in excellent condition and is ex-
pected to bring top.notch prices. More
than 1900 cars will be shipped from
Palisade alone.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-09-05
Yoder Recognizes Accused Men.

Brighton.-Albert Yoder. former
Denver fireman, was not the murderer
of old John Zabransky. hermit jeweler
and miser. declares Sheriff Herman
Schloo and Jacob II. Sherley. Jr,. con.
fessed accomplce. cxonerated Yoder
from all connection with the crime. and
Yoder. In turn. identified both Sherley
and Jerry Mircjoysky MS the two men
who. he said. beat him up and threw
him into the icehouse on the night thu
ieweler was killed
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-09-05
RutIo Of MuInttocs IncrcnSc.

Washington.-A preliminary state
ment showing by states the negro pop
ulation In the United States and the
proportion of mulattoes to full negroes
has been Issued by the director OF the
census. The total negro population is
paced at g.S27.I63. or this number q
J5O,6sG are sci down as mulattoes. The
negro population IN 1870 was i.sSo.O0O
with 5Si.OIg mulattoes, The percentage
Of mulattoes In 1870 was " per cent of
the whole. while In the census OF 1910
II IL set down az practically Il per
-ent.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-09-05
Finds Brother Dead.

Colorado Springs.-With visions OF
pleasant vacation with his brother
in this vicinity, T. Fl. Bagnell of St.
Louis, arrived only to find that his
brother. w. T. Bagnell, was dead as a
result OF an automobile accident.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-09-05
To Bury Indian Girl.

Greeley.-The body Of Exelie Du-
puIs, the Indian girl who committed
suicide at Ault, will be sent to Addy.
Wash. for burial A message was re.
ceived from the agent at the Indian
reservation there to this effect.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-09-05
ohio Town Lost In cloudhur.,.

Dayton. ohlo.-A cloudbnrst Is re-
ported to have wiped out Lebanon.
county seat of Warren county Houses
that remain standing are flooded to the
upper stories and thousands Of dollars
damage II reported to crops. No loss
Of lille has been reported. Lebanon has
a population Of 2,GDs.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-09-05
Cuts Vein Trimming Corn.

Windsor.-vale Bates. an employe
Of the Windsor Mercantile Company.
nearly bled to death when sharp
knife he was using slipped and cut a
vein in his right ankle. He was pairing
q corn.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-09-05
Auto Victim Recovering.

Colorado Sprngs.-George Fl. Boeck,
the st. Louis real estate man who was
pinned under the automobile in which
William 7. Bagnell met his death.
north OF Colorado Springs on Tuesday
night, is slowly recovering from the in
iuries he sustained.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-09-05
Mexican Rebels Surround Rich Min.

Douglas, Arlz,--A force Of 300 rebels
demanded the surrender Of III TIgrc
mining camp. an American property
located sixty.flve miles southeast OF
here. Forty Americans, fully armed,
intend to fight II necessary to protect
their women and children. About
seventy federal soldiers defend the
town.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-09-05
Delta to Complete Highway.

Montrose.-The Delta Chamber OF
Commerce has taken up the matter OF
the construction Of the Paradox and
Blue Mesa wagon road to be complet.
ed this fall,
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-09-05
CAUGHT PROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABour
THE WORLD.
DURING THEPAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EvgNrs
CONDENSED FOR susv
PEOPLE.
Western Newspaper Union news Service.
WESTERN.

Threshing is being done by electrici-
ty At Palisade, Neb.. for the first time
In the history Of the state.
Clarence Darrow must go to trial at
Los Angeles, October 31st on an in.
dictment charging jury bribery.
The body OF an unidentified man,
bearing evidence OF murder, was found
in a ditch near Thistle. Utah.
A special says the entire business
potrion of Malstone. town in Fer
gus county, Mont, was. destroyed by
fire.
The scandal involving the Cheyenne
police force increases as the investiga.
tion OF the fire and police board pro-
ceeds.
John Wanamaker, merchant and
former postmaster general. is reported
seriously Ill at his sons home in At
lantic City.
Kansas City women are smoking cl.
gars. At least this is the combined
opinion Of the cigar dealers in tho
leading hotels there.
A petition for the recall OF Cover
ror Hiram W. johnson has been put
In circulation at San Francisco by
Alva Udell, an attorney.
Supposedly DUNG OF tuberculosis, E.
+. Baldes, q business man Of Salt Lake
City, has coughed up a tooth and Is
now on the high road to recovery.
Harold McGarry, eighteen months
old, was at the point Of death at St..
Louis, from having been attacked and
his left hand chewed to a pulp by
rats.
Miss Constance Wilson. sixteen.
daughter Of William Wilson Of New
Rochelle, N. Y, pluckily beat off q
burglar whom she found in her bed.
room.
The famous Rose carnivals Of Port.
land and Pasadena have rival In
Bozeman's sweet pea carnival. which
was ushered in under the most auspi.
cious conditions.
Huge hailstones driven by heavy
wind swept fields and orchards for
thirty miles around Logan, Utah.
stripping trees. razing corn and clear
ing sugar beet fields.
After three days OF hard work rang.
ers and volunteers gained control Of
the forest fires which threatened the
valuable Devils canon and Bear creek
watershed, near Pasadena. Cal.
Ex-Governor James H. Brady OF Ida
ho was elected president of the Trans.
mississippi Commercial Congress at
the Salt Lake meeting. The next meet
ing will be held at Wichita. Kan.
Declaring that he had been haunted
by the ghost Of pawnbroker whom
he murdered In Topeka. Kansas. last
December. a man giving the name of
Steve Israel. surrendered himself to
the police at Salt Lake.
Americans will be killed by rebels
after September Is. according to the
declaration brcugt to Douglas. Ariz.,
from Colonel Emilio P. Campa. lead.
er OF Orozco's rebel army. who with
500 men is operating along the South.
ern Pacific Of Mexico below Nogales,
Ariz.
Amendments to the Interstate com.
merce law, which would divorce abso-
lutely common carriers on land from
those on the water, by prohibiting
common ownership and putting water
carriers under the Jurisdiction Of the
Interstate Commerce Commission,
were recommended In one Of the reso-
lutions offered at the trans-Aiississippl
congress at Salt Lake.
WASHINGTON
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-09-05
Seek Fair for Springs.

Colorado Springs.-Cowboys OF this
section took the initiative in starting
a movement to hold the annual FL
Paso county fair in Colorado Springs
instead OF Calhan.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-09-05
Volcano pooms CITY.

GuadalaJara. Mexico.-Warning has
been issued to this city. with a popu.
lation OF 10000, that It Is to be de-
stroyed by a volcano.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-09-05
vieksburo on Way to corln,o.

San DIego.-Wlreless messages re.
ce!ved at Point Iona say that the
gunboat vicksburg has left Guayamas
and Is on her way to Corlnto.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-09-05
Prominent Woman Adjudsed' insane.

Denver-Mrs. Eva Elby. divorced
wife OF Cassius Elby OF I.arimer. Wyo..
was taken to the Work Sanitarium at
Pueblo. She was adjudged insane by
jury in the County Court. She owns
100000 worth OF property in Michigan.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-09-05
Gixrs Life for Friend.

Auburn, y. Y.-John T.. waits. In a
leaky boa, with his friend, jumped
overheard that the other might be
saved. waits was drowned.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-31
CHEVY CHASE TO
HAVE ITS SCHOOL
Decision Is Reached at Meeting Of
Residents of That Section
With Marylanders.

\ diplomatic mission from the commu-
nifty Of Chevy Chase, Nd, to the officials
OF Montgomery County yesterday, prac-
ticaliy settled the difficulties that the
residents of that neighborhood have had
in deciding where the children Of that
community should attend school next
year.
The mission was conducted by two COM
mittees. one from the Montgomery
County Democratic Voters League, the
other from the Citizens Association at
Chevy Chase. The two committees, who
had but the single thought of providing
educational facilities for their children.
discussed the entire problem with the
Montgomery County commissioners and
the school commissioners of the county.
Since II has been determined that chill
dren living in Maryland may not attend
the District OF Columbia public schools,
II was incumbent upon the government
OF Montgomery County to provide a
school. The matter was settled by an
agreement that $3.50 should be appro-
priated for a school for Chevy Chase
neighborhood.
Whether portable school will be
bought or a building suitable for school
purposes will be rented will be deter
mined by the committees later this week.
The committee from the MONTGOMERY
County Democratic Voters League was:
William Law, chairman: Mai. Jerome B.
Burke, Charles d. Cugler. Charles W.
Timper. DR.. Thomas X. Conrad, Jesse
w. Nicholson, George A. Green. Micha el
J. Hogan. DR.. Wilbur z. Evans and B.
Ashley Leavell: representing the citizens
association were DR.. James Dudley Nor
gan. W. Golden Carter, and Clarence E.
Dawson.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-31
BUILDINGS MUST
Be KEPT CLEAN
Public Health and Marine Hospital
Service to Enforce Sanitary
Measures.
0vERCR0WDMG Is ALLEGED

That investigation of sanitary condi-
tions in government buildings win be
made a constant task was made very
plain yesterday. incidental to examination
OF several buildings used by the Depart
ment Of Agriculture.
Passed Assistant Surgeon B. s. Warren.
Of the Public Health and Marine Hospital
Service, who is making examinations Of
all the government buildings at the Cap
ital. made a visitation to the Department
inspections were made. Similar inspec-
tons OF the other structures used by the
government are on the programme, and
the results obtained are expected to be
very valuable.
The main buildings Of the departments,
principally those owned by the govern
ment, are said to be kept in very proper
which are rented. are said to be not so
satisfactory. In some Of them over
crowding Is alleged.
DR.. Warren has the assistance Of .
commission appointed by Secretary Of the
Treasury MacVeagh. and composed of
Assistant Surgeon General William Colby
Rucker. of the Public Health and Marine
chief OF the technical division Of the
Supervising Architects once. and
Charles F. Cummins, chief OF the assort-
ing division of the Post-Ofice Depart
ment
The work in the Treasury Department
is unusually interesting. One of the
problems there is how best to admit light
and air to the subcellars, and to that the
best efforts of government experts will
be addressed.
About a year ago a subcommittee of the
House Committee on Public Buildings
and Grounds made the rounds of the gov
ernment buildings particularly with a
view to seeing that the employees were
safeguarded in case OF fire. and also to
find out whether the sanitary conditions
were good. The members Of Congress
were impressed in a number Of cases
with the lack of care, SO far as santa
ton was concerned. and did not hesitate
to speak their minds on the subject.