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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-20
SPORT.

Tommy Dixon of Kansas City and
Tommy Bresnahan of South Omaha
were matched to fight ten rounds be-
fore the Aksarben Athletic Club of
South Omaha, Dec. 23. The men will
fight at 1876 pounds.
Tom Weiss. formerly OF Denver, is
not going to play polo this year. No
one seems to know just why the best
player on the Pasadena team has de-
cidcd on this course. and Tom himself
does not give any reasons.
Ad. Wolgast, recently deposed light
weight champion, and his manager,
Tom Jones. lost nearly $4,000 on the
Flynn-McCarthy fight at Los Angeles,
and the former champion told his
friends that he would never bet an
other penny on fight.
Every living ex-champion heavy
weight will be invited to Los Angeles
at the expense of Promoter Tom Nc
Carey to witness the New Years day
fight between Luther Mccarthy and
Al Palzer, the winner of which will
be proclaimed the worlds champion
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-20
FOREIGN.

"Friday, the thirteenth, is lucky
day with which to end my vacation"
said President-elect Wilson, in a mo-
ment of leisure between packing and
bidding farewell to his acquaintances,
preparatory to his departure for the
United States.
Price Ludwig Uouis), will succeed
Prime Luitpold as Prime Regent of Ba-
varia, but there is a general move
ment on to make him king. Prince
Ludwig was born in Munich in 1S45.
He was married in Vienna in 1868 to
the archduchess Marie Theresa.
The largest force that has ever been
engaged at one time on the construc-
ton of the Panama canal was work
ing at the end of November, when 4O,.
159 men, of whom 1851 were Ameri-
can citizens, were employed. No fewer
than 1000 men we're engaged in the
lock gates.
The delegates to the peace confer
ence are all in London now and at =
meeting of the representatives of the
Balkan states in the Hyde Park hotel
is was resolved that the four king
doms would vote as unit on all the
proposals submitted by the Turks and
the demands of the allies should voice
the unanimous sentiment of the new
confederacy.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-20
CONGRESSIONAL.

The Senate adopted resolution for
holiday recess from December 10 to
January 2.
Representative Bartholdt introduced
a bill to limit Presidents of the United
States to two terms of four years
each.
War Department recommended
twenty-five-foot channel from Perth
Amboy to Arthur XIII, New York har-
Dor.
Representative Kahn urged public
buildings committee to provide $780,
600 for marine hospital at San Fran.
cisco.
Senator Swanson introduced a bill
to appoint committee to attend unveil-
ing of Jefferson memorial in st. Louis
next year.
The Senate resolution approving
plan Of Lincoln memorial commission
for s2,OOO.OO0 memorial here.
Merchant marine committee set Jan.
uary for beginning hearings In in.
yestigatlon OF steamship pools
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-20
GENERAL.

Mrs. Laura Case Collins, author
died at Maysvills, KY. aged eighty-six
years.
Just before he was hanged at Allan.
Ia. Ga, Robert l.. Clay broke a silence
of seven months and confessed to the
murder of his wife last May.
d. l. Roberts was elected president
of the United States Express Compa
ny, filling n vacancy that has existed
ever since the death of Thomas C.
Platte.
James b. Bryce, the British ambas.
sador. told the committee for the cele
hratron for the centenary of peace be.
tween English-speaking people at a
dinner in New York that yearly all
wars had been due TO human folly or
human passion.
The battleship New Hampshire, un-
der hurry orders, left Norfolk, Va. for
San Domingo. The New Hampshire
is said to have considerable less than
normal supply of coal in her bunk.
ers, but she did no. wait to replen.
ish it.
While on his honeymoon, X. Percy
Jones, a lawyer, shot and probably fs
tally wounded his brides sister. Miss
Maud Nichols. to whom he once was
engaged to be married. The shooting
occurred at Tampa. Fla, following au
argument resulting from the jilting of
! Miss Nichols.
Although Governor Blease. in his
speech at the governors conference
advocating the lynching of negroes
who attack white women, declared he
would tear up his commission rather
. than fail to defend feminine virtue,
he paroled r. A. Richey, a wealthy
planter of Abbeyille county, S. c., who
was convicted in 1910 of assaulting a
13-year-old girl and sentenced to serve
ten years in the state penitentiary.
New York was selected as the per-
manent headquarters of the executive
committee of the Progressive party,
after a fight in which delegates to the
national Progressive conference from
several states sought to have the
headquarters located elsewhere. The
vote on this question stood 80 to u.
Chief opposition to the selection of
New York came from Florida. Colo
rado. Idaho, Louisiana, Texas and Wy.
oming.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-20
WASHINGTON.

President Taft has been offered the
Kent professorship at the Yale law
school.
Manipulation" and short sales on
the New York stock market as n
means of gambling. and the methods
of stock exchange brokers. formed the
basis of days hearing before the
money trust committee of the House.
Congressman Bartholdt of Missouri
has introduced a bill asking an appro,
priation of $4,000 for the expense of
holding and of entertaining the mem
bers thereof, of the Inter-Parliamen-
tary Union to be held in America in
1915.
Senator Guggenheim promoted the
Colorado apple market by sending a
box of Colorado winter Banana apples
to President Taft and placing two
boxes in the Senate cloak rooms. one
for the Republicans and one for the
Democrats
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-20
LESS AREA sown TO WHEAT
Condition of Wheat and Rye Crops
Much Better Than Last Year.

Washington.-The December report
OF the crop reporting board, bureau
of statistics, department of agricul-
ture, compiled from reports of its cor
respondents and agents, announced
the area sown to winter wheat and
rye and their condition on December
l, as follows:
Winter Wheat-A preliminary esti-
mate of the area sown to winter wheat
this fau is 32,Ss7.O 900 acres. compared
with 33,215,00O acres, the revised fig
ures for the area sown in the fall of
1911. The condition of winter wheat
on December 1 was 1872 per cent. Of
normal. compared with the S6.6 per
cent. on December /, last year.
Rye.-A preliminary estimate Of the
area sown to rye this fall is 2,443.000
acres. compared with 2.47S.00O acres.
the revised figures for the area sown
in the fall of 1911. The condition of
rye on December 1 was 93.5 per cent.
of a normal. compared with 93.3 per
cent. on December 1. last year.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-20
Terrorizins Youths Captured.

Fairplay. Colo.-Three New York
gunmen, East Side gangsters and
members of the clan formerly headed
by big Jack" Zelig, who was shot
Just after the trial of Gyp the Blood
Whitney Lewis, Leftie Louie, Dago
Frank and Lieutenant Becker, who
were sentenced to death for the muir
der of Gambler Herman Rosenthal
were arrested between Como and Fair
play.
They have been identified as the
three men who planned to rob the Lit
tleton postoffice and hold up the Pc
tersburg roadhouses. The identifica'
ton was made by Christian Schmittel,
the chauffeur whom they kidnapped
and forced to drive them out toward
Brighton. threatening him with death
If he refused or attempted to give the
alarm.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-20
GLAD SHE KILLED HUSBAND.
Mrs. Marion Bliss Declares She Was
Driven to Desperation BY
Spouse.

Socorro, n. .M.-Mrs. Marion Bliss.
known also as Mrs. Mabel Potts. who
shot and killed her husband, Marion
Bliss. who also went by the name of
Roy Scott, made her first statement
since the shooting.
Mrs. Bliss or Mrs. Potts declared
she had been driven TO desperation by
the brutality of her husband, who had
forced her into life of shame to sup
port him and had wrung from her
every cent of her earnings. which he
had spent in riotous living.
Rather than submit to further goad-
ing, she says. she determined to kill
him. She says she is proud of her
act.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-20
A GREAT DAIRY STATE
PEoIeREEp STOCK. DEMANDED
TO IMPROVE HERDS.
State Inspector cochrane Declares Col.
orado's Dairy Business is Among
States Largest Assets.
western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver-"Colorado has the making
of the greatest dairy state in the
or Cochrane, on his return from the
National Dairy Show in Chicago. 81
say this unqualifiedly, after making a
most thorough investigation of condi-
tions in other states, and my knowl-
edge of what we have in this state.
mot only are our grasses and in
some instances our grains and winter
feed superior to those of other states,
but the climate and water here have
no comparison in any other section OF
the United States.
1--WE have none of the common odor-
ferrous weeds and rank growths OF
grasses in other states, our nights are
cool, and we have three natural mar
kets. for dairy products.
"There is a tremendous awakening
to this fact, might add, and the dairy
business in Colorado has increased 80
per cent. in the last year. with every
Indication of being doubled next year.
was more than ever impressed with
the possibilities of the industry in
Colorado after inspecting conditions
existing in other states"
E. b. Du Pree, deputy state dairy
inspector, completed n trip through
Colorado almost simultaneously with
the return OF Inspector Cochrane. He
gatheied statistics, which he is COM
piling, to show the Importance of the
dairy business in Colorado and its in
crease in the last year.
1.-THE most interesting feature OF my
trip" Said Inspector Du Pree, lis that
nine out Of every ten farmers and
dairymen whom visited, made inqui-
ries IS to where they could obtain
pedigreed stock. There is an enormous
demand in Colorado for blooded stock
and instead of paying $40 to $50 head
for ordinary kinds as in the past, dai-
rymen are spending up to $500 and
5000 head and are demanding more.
"Thc dairy industry is increasing
greatly in the state, as our annual
report will show. 1t has limitless pos
gibilitics and | have learned recently
that more than 100000 worth OF
cheese alone is annually shipped into
the state by one eastern manufacturer
because we have no factory here. 1t
is more than probable that such a
factory will be built here in 1913"
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BETTER MINE CONDITIONS.
Reports Show Loss of Life Is Less
In Last Year Than Formerly.

Denver.-A human life was lost in
Colorado's mines for every 10000
tons of coal mined last year. A PEN
atty of ninety-one lives was paid for
the 10.157.3S3 tons of coal produced
by the mines in 1911.
In the first eight months Of 1912
practically the same ratio held good,
for sixty-four men met death in the
industry of coal mining in this state
up to September 1, 1912.
Both years show e great reduction
in the lives lost from 1910, however.
for in that year terrible disasters in
the Trinidad and Louisville fields
brought the total of miners deaths
up to 1923, or one for each $1,000 tons
of coal produced. This was the high
est average of deaths in comparison
with tonnage in tho nation in that
year-1910.
It was partly on account OF this
disastrous showing that the federal
bureau of mines was impelled to send
two of its mine safety cars to Colo
rado. Every effort has been made by
the government to improve conditions
and discipline in Colorado's coal
mines.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-20

p3s,o0O,CoO Gems Sent to Ne0 York.
New York.-High cost of living and
continued increase in the prices OF
gems have no effect upon the public
demand for diamonds, pearls and 9TH
er precious stones. The November
shipments Of gems to New York
amounted to $3,415,529, swelling the
total for eleven months to sSS,000.0O0.
Maiden Lane importers predict the
December shipments will make
grand total of about $41 100000. In
1908 only s12,S62.S9S worth of gems
were entered at this port.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-20
Agricultural College Asks s25o,ooo

Fort Collins.-Improveme costing
s25O,O0O were included in the outline
OF the needs of the Agricultural col
lege, which was placed before the edu-
cational committee of the State Legis-
lature by President Charles A. Lory,
at a conference here. Plans for max
ing the Agricultural college a service
bureau for.farmers and Industrial in
terests Of the state were favorably dis
cussed at the conference. He made
his report for the year. showing the
institution in good shape.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-20
-whitclaw Reid is dead.

Whitclaw Reid is dead.
In the great state bedroom of the
palatiai Dorchester. among the many
mansions of Park Lane. heart of the
new Belgrayia-the mute body of the
American Ambassador rcposes in the
eternal peace. All England and the
world sorrows with America in the
loss of one who WAS truly great.
Mounted and foot police pace the
broad boulevard along Hyde Park,
halting traffic. bringing vehicles to a
subdued walk. hushing the noises OF the
West End, that the grief of the widow
and daughter may be given official
London's token of respect. TaEbark
has been laid over the roadway. The
blinds are drawn. The house which
had witnessed many of the merriest
nights in the capital looms dark and
solemn.
The King and Queen expressed
their grief. Mrs. John Ward, sad-eyed
and bathed in sorrow beyond com
fort, mastered her emotion sufficiently
to telephone to Her Majesty that all
was over.
4
mother" answered the gentle-hearted
English sovereign. George and Mary
sent Secretary Legge. the Queens
equerry: to formally present their con-
dolences in person.
Mrs. Reid is said to be bearing up
bravely When Sir Thomas Barlow
signified to his distinguished col
leagues that all was over-thcir labor
in vain-Dr. II, Hale, an eminent spe-
cialist on asthma. trisd to persuade
the widow to leave the room Of death
and reserve her strength for the or
dal of obsequies still to come. Mrs.
Reid gently shcok her head.
Mother and daughter and son-in-law,
Hon. John Hubert Ward. equerry to
His Majesty King George, remained
kneeling by the bedside in prayer.
Mr.. Reid was bright and hopeful to
the very moment he lost conscious
ness, the physicians and nurses say.
Patient and brave" said Sir Will
liam Osler.
The conferences of the peace am
bassadors will be suspended to allow
the diplomatic corps to attend the fu
neral in London until the coffin is re-
moved for shipment to New York.
Premier Asquith and his Cabinet
and the leaders of every political
party will honor the great American
commoner by their presence in the
cortege.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-20
no Open 1ss,ooo Acres San Juan Lam

Denver.-One hundred and thirty
six thousand acres of land on the Fort
Lewis mesa, in the San Juan section,
will be thrown open to settlement
and homeseekers will have a splendid
opportunity of obtaining lands in one
of the best sections of the state. The
land is what is known as the Blood
good segregated group, and was with
drawn from entry April IL, 1911. The
government has now made uncondi-
tional REIMBURSEMENT of it and it can
be taken up either as homestead or
desert claims.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-20
Woman Beaten to oeath With Whip

Grand Junctio1.-Tales of horror
which emanate from New YorkG
"Hell's Kitchen" aided the police to
unearth information which points to
the murder of Miss Elizabeth Noyes.
The woman, who lived in a resort in
Alkali Flat, had been beaten to death
with blacksnake whip and two fling
ers bitten off in order to obtain her
rings, poisoned with doped whisky
and robbed of S275.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-20
Bandit Kills W. A. maxfield.

Leadville.-A masked bandit held up
the d. & R. G. station at Pando, twen-
ty miles west of here, and after rob-
bing Operator Kinney and three other
men at the point of a revolver,
marched them down the track, where
he deliberately shot to death w. a.
Maxfield.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-20
Wins Fortune on Farm.

Grand Junction, Colo.-John Carr
recently sold his ranch of 460 acres
near DeBeque for 100000. Eighteen
years ago he was earning $40 week
in New York, quit the job and took
up a homestead on Roam creek that
formed the nucleus of the ranch he
has just sold.
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Declares He Was Held Up.

Fort Collins.-Frank Welch reported
to the police that while on his way to
a neighboring ranch to buy a COW he
was held up and robbed of S51.25 and
a gold watch. Welch is man six feet
tall and weighs 200 pounds. He has
been under arrest himself on charges
of gambling and bootlegging.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-20
Mrs. Jack johnson Refused Service.

Chicago-Mrs. Jack johnson, for
merly Lucille Cameron, was refused
service and elected from the Pompeii-
an room of the Congress hotel.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-20
Man Asks $4,000 AIImony of wife

Misunderstanding the District Court
to grant him $4,000 permanent ALI
mony and 5000 temporary alimony
and costs of the suit. Henry F. Bry-
ant, d pioneer of this city, entered
suit in the District Court for divorce
from his wife. Rosa Belle Bryant. to
whom he was married in August, 1910.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-20
Taken for Deer, Father Kills Son.

Aspen.-William C. Iseworth shot
and killed his 16-year-old son, An
thony, while hunting deer in Wheat
ley gulch, opposite Snowmass. The
father, mistaking the boy for deer,
fired, wounding him, the boy dying
shortly afterward.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-20
DENVER q RIO GRANDE-wEsTERy
PACIFIC
"The Royal Gorge-Featl

'Tne Royal tiorBe-Feather River
Canon Route"
Taken together form the most beauti-
full line of continuous travel Denver
Salt Lake, City, San Francisco.
The marvellous scenic attractions of
the Rockies, the Great Salt Beds of
Utah and the wonders of the Sierras
can be seen from the car windows,
without extra expense for side trips.
SUPERB DINING CAR SERVICE.
For illustrated descriptive matter,
write Frank A. Wadleigh, General
Passenger Agent, Denver & Rio Grand"
Railroad. Denver. Colo.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-20
turkey Must Concede bemands

London.-On the eve of the peace
conference there has gathered from
the representatives OF the Balkan
LinEdoms and the foremost Turkish
delegate an authoritative declaration
OF the terms which the victorious king
CONS propose TO enforce and the ot,o
m9n views lhereCa.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-20

Bean Sprouting In Mans Head.
San Bernardino, Cal.-Two beans,
one of which had sproute ed into an
embryo plant. were removed from the
head of Mexican laborer by DIR. H.
V. Beeson.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-20
Bride e7 peserts Hubby "a Years Old.

BrIde b7 Deserts Hubby ~ Year6 OIu.
San Francisco.-Deserted in Hong
Kong by the 67-year-old bride he had
married last June in New York, Mar
tin l.. Cavanaugh. "A years old. re-
turned here on the liner Mongolia
from what was to have been a round
the-World honeymoon.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-20
PASSED AWAY AT DORCHESTER
HOUSE IN LONDON ON
SUNDAY.
ASTHMA FOLLOWS COLD
EDITOR AND DIPLOMAT INTEND.
ED RETIRING TO PREPARE
MEMOIRS OF BUSY LIFE.
western Newspaper Union News Service.
Events In WhiteIaw Reid's Life.

Born at Xenia. Ohio. October 81. 1887.
Correspondent during Civil War on
staffs of Generals Morris and Rosen-
cranz.
Became editor of New York Tribune
In 1879 succeeding Horace Greeley.
Minister to France from 1889 to 1882.
Special Ambassador of United States
Chosen in March, 1905, to be United
States Ambassador to Great Britain.
Married to Elizabeth Mills in 1881.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-20

January 20-25-Eighth Annual West
ern Stock Show-Denver.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-07-08
JOHNNY NOWHERE.

The sides of the old circus tent
tapped lazily in the breeze. The
inmates were up and stirring and
the hum of voices was heard on
the morning air. Through an
opening in one side of the tent
was thrust bushy head, pair of
bright eyes peered in, then an ur-
chin cautiously entered. The man
ager, hearing a slight noise, look
ed up and saw something that ap-
peared to be bundle of rags. But
out from this handle came avoice:
Say, mister, are you the boss?"
The manager CURLY replied:
eyes, what do you want?"
want a job with your show"
the boy answered.
The managers eyes twinkled
as the boy came nearer. whats
your name? Where do you live?"
Johnny. Nowhere" sharply
answered the boy I'm just
travelin' Can l get a job?"
well, we are needing some
help-a man, though" the mana
ger fastened to say as the little
face frightened up. Instantly a
grimy little hand was placed in
his and an eager voice replied:
I'm your man"
From that moment Johnny
Nowhere" as the. men dubbed
him, was an essential part of the
circus and a source of amusement
to most of its members.
His duties were many, but he
never grumbled. Bright and early
every morning his CHEEKY whistle
was heard above the other ,1Oicac
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-07-08

went to the animal tent and
found him lying on a bundle of
straw.
His face was pale and drawn,
and around his mouth were lines
of suffering. JohnnyJtried to rise,
but fell back with a moan of pain.
The manager reached his hand
toward him and asked: Johnny,
what's wrong?"
Sitting a moan, Johnny re-
piled: Nothing, only Irode Fire
fly yesterday in the circus ring
and"
well, go on, insisted the
manager.
and l missed her back when I
jumped through the hoop, and"
with a glimrner of a smile, Il
think l broke a Stat. It's nothing,
though. III soon be all right"
STOPPING, the manager lifted
Johnny and tenderly carried him
to another tent. While carefully
removing the clothing from the
wounded side he saw long marks
as if a heavy whip had been used
on the body. Looking down into
the honest face, he asked: John
ny, what else happened yester-
day?"
But Johnny's lips were closed
and his eyes were looking straight
at the wall of the tent.
"You didn't get those marks
when you fell from FREELY, did
IyO11 9o
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-26
Terminate the Treaty
Rather Than Yield to
England's DiCtatlon

In his Panama canal message Mr. proves himself
lawyer first afterward He right to
conduct the canal But he congress
foreign shipowners in the American courts
rights domestic possessions. To Mr.. Taft
nothing exists until established by judicial decision not
patriotism.
Congress grant the resolution. The senate
canal committee already voted. IT, for that Mr.
the BILL the country will be the gamer The
good bill than offset by the bad No virtue that
contains for its surrender of the principle of full
by the nation that built it,
and it.
We hope we have as high regard for the honor
nation firm belief in duty keep all its promises
Mr. Taft But do not believe that the ayPauncefote
treaty binds this country foreign
of its property conended by the Brit
Tory allies American newspapers
The best proof that the treaty is open such
the admission by the chairman of the senate
foreign relations that had he believed could be
interpreted, he would have reported to the
We shall be glad therefore Mr. Taft the BILL
for the that he will give, that the bill
American rights strongly but for the opposite reason, that
does them strongly enough
We know that when the bill is back congress newly
aroused American sentiment will such revision that 1T
WILL BE FAVORABLE TO AMERICAN SHIPS.
The main thing have said, is to establish the right
of American control Of the canal domestic possession
allow all American ships free have established right
We change rules later if desirable we con
cede Engands claim and forbid free American ships
abandoned the right will be insist on it
later And when the question of fertilization and
right the canal domestic possession has been
before the world easy oresee what embarrassing
position shall be placed.
England alone has protested of all nations to Eng
land alone does Mr. Taft ask that the be opened
fore take such humang step treaty itself be
terminated Treaties have been terminated before
himself terminated with Russia this spring And
try has eagerly swept treaties aside than England
her interests involved
Negotiations for the termination of the treaty would far
better become Mr. Taft than attempt preserve ma
tional honor BY HAULING DOWN THE AMERICAN FLAG
OVER THE CANAL AT THE DEMAND OF A SINGLE FOR
EIGN POWER.