davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1912-10-11
News O7i02-0liBS'
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

NS ASH S0
Department of the interior L ; Land
Ohcc ~ Turumcari, New Mexico
September 10, 1912,
Notice j. hereby given that Martin b
Hall, Of Ragland, y, NJ, who, on March
25th, 1907, made II, L. No. l660l, for
Lots 3 aud { and Ei5 SWii SeclS, am
Addl II. T.. Serial No. 0l46ss, made
December %, 1911, for Lots l and 2
and ~. NWT Sec, ls, Twp, 7 n,
Range 81 r., y. NJ. p, Meridian, has
filed notice Of intention 10 make Final
Five Year Proof, to establish claim to
the land above described, before l., +
Williams, T.. :, Land Commissioner, a
80 dock, y. NJ, on the e5th day OF
October, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Hugh NJ. Warren, r. 8. Kirk, II. r.
Prater ami w. J., Gragg, all Of Rag.
land, Y, NJ.
r. A, Prentice, Register
| Sept, l3,Oct, list
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1912-10-11
News u~lOly-Ul22O
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior u. -. Land
Oticc "a, ~TlcumcarI, New Mexico
september II, 1912.
Notice is hereby given that Warren Is.
Stewart, Of Quay, n. NJ who, ON Feb.
ruary /, 1907, made II. L, No. l470s,
for orig, WI. SEA, SEA SEA Sec 81,
and NWh NEh See. 2s, and Addl IL.
T.. 40. Ol2200. made August Is, 1909,
for NEH NWA, See. 81, Twp. 0 y,
Range 80 T., y. NJ. T.. Meridian, has
filled notice Of intention to make Final
Three Year Proof, to establish claim 10
the land above described, before Reg
lister and Receiver, L. :. Land Office, a,
rucumcari, y. NJ, on the 10th day OF
October, 1912.
Claimant names rs witnesses:
W. 4. Stewart, Thomas Jenning, Lee
Davis and Rufus Eslinger, all Of Qua!
y. NJ.
X. 4. Prentice, Register.
Sept. - Oct. lS-6t
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1912-10-11
News O72I
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior L, =, Land
Office at Tucumcari, New Mexico
September %, 1912
Notice is hereby given that Adoniram
4. smith. ono of the heirs for the heirs
of Flora l.. Smith, deceased, Of Sand
Ridge. H., who on March ls, 1907 made
II r No. lG2ss, for NWh See 8, Twp
On. ring BE, Y NJ = Meridian, has
filed notice Of intention 20 make Final
Five Year Proof, 10 establish claim to
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1912-10-11
News 200
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department ct the Interior t.. = Land
Office az TurlmrYrl. New Mexico
September .3, lH'-
Notice is hereby given shat Orrlr T.
strain. of Doj,uu. y. VI. who ON Jan.
O.. 1907, made II f. 40. lilso, Tor So
NEI and NJ SCI, sec Z. Twp on.
RING 3UE. y VI = Meridian, has filed
notice of intention 20 make Final Three
Year Proof, 'o establish claim 90 the
land above described. before Register
and Receiver. T. : Land Omcc at tn
rumcsri, y. ". GA .hc 23ri lay % NO
yrmhrr, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses:
\. r. Potter, /. i. Brisooe. Gus bycr-
ana william Caps, aIl of Dod.on, Nm
L. A.. Prentice, Register
sept @. Oct - ,,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1912-10-11

VoTES-Put your votes on motor.
cycle at Emporium for Jim Lovelady
lie will appreciate them II
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1912-10-11
icumcari News O9g'
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department OF the Interior /. $. Land
Onice a. Tucumcori. New Mexico
September %, 1912
Notice is hereby given that w Thorn.
~ Herd. OF Puerto. y. NJ, who uu Mar
u 1905, made II + No. 2i3l9, for NEi
Sec 90, Twp ~. ring 32E. y VI = Me.
ridian, has filed notice of Iatcntiou 20
make Final Three Year Proof, 20 es'ah
fish claim 20 thc land above described.
before Register and Receiver L : Ian.
Onicc at Turumcari. y NJ. uu 'ho i'.h
day Of November. 1912
Claimant names Hs witnesses:
W. NJ. Herd. II. l.. Miller, John Ne.
Cane. and George Stra'tou, all nt Puerto
New Mexico.
r. \. Prentice, Register
Sept -, oct % 81
There it. quite % demand for house
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1912-10-11

There T.. quite @ demand for house
girls Of experience and well recommend.
ed. in Tucumcari ius' now.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-18

LYNN, MASS Special.-George E.
Marsh, the mulu-millionaire soap
manufacturer, whose body was found
riddled with bullets at a lonely spot
on the State Boulevard, where 1t
crosses the West Lynn Marsh,
was slain within a hundred yards of
his home. according to the theory of
the police today.
The police state that the evidence
thus far discovered establishes the fol-
lowing facts: Marsh was killed in
Lynn. and then whirled away in an
automobile, whose lights were shroud-
ed in cloth, through the streets to the
marsh, where the body was found.
The motive was not robbery.
Marsh had no enemies, so far
as has been discovered.
Inc dead man was shot by
some one he knew and did not
fear.
He was shot while sitting down.
The millionaire soapman was last
seen alive within a few yards of his
own home. He never got to that
home.
He had been dead fifteen hours
when found and was probably killed
about o'clock Thursday evening.
The police have not established a
motive. They are working on two
clews. First. there are rumors that
the dead man was very friendly with
Lynn woman and. had planned to
marry again and take his wife West,
where his son is living.
In this connection also there is a
report that Marsh was seen with a
woman, driving, after dark Thursday
evening.
Second, the police will today inter-
view William H. Niles, the dead mans
attorney, in an effort to discover
whether Marsh left any WILL and If
so to find whether that document will
give any clew to persons who might
be interested in the millionaire's death.
The most dramatic feature of the
tragedy is the story unearthed by the
ponce or how the dead mans body,
after he had been killed, was whisked
through the streets of Lynn in q phan-
tom automobile and dropped by the
roadside where 1t was afterwards
found.
Three policemen saw the auto on its
swift flight. Its tail light was out and
IT'S number was hidden. With the
mufi1er cut out, the machine roared
through the streets, refused to stop
when hailed and disappeared before
| help could be summoned
| pedestrians saw the machine also
and Amos Porter, a night crossing
tender on the Boston, Revere Beach
and Lynn Railroad, tells of seeing a
machine that stood for several minutes
at the spot where the body was after
wards found
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-18
REARREST RECKLESS 4
AUTO DRIVER

r G II NJ o N d, V A, Special
Frank Miller, a barber, who was
arrested last Friday evening as he
was leaving the shop of Charles Seitz,
at 1908 East Main Street, where he is
employed, charged with running down
in an automobile, Carl Ruehrmund.
was surrendered this afternoon about
] o'clock by his bondsman, Mrs. Emma
Hertsch. of North Twenty-fourth
Street. who put up $1,000 surety. Mrs.
Hertsch is the accused's mother-in-
law. Miller lives at HOS North Twen-
ty-fourth Street
The police, at the time this was
written, were on the lookout for Mil
Ter. When found, he will be arrested.
According to Miss Lila Moore, of
614 North Eighteenth Street, Miller
was driving the automobile that some
weeks ago ran down and seriously
wounded Architest Ruehrmund on
West Broad Street at Meadow, leaving
the architect unconscious in the street.
For a fortnight or more the police
exerted every effort to locate the auto
mobile and its driver. but in vain.
The Richmond Automobile Association
offered a reward eff 500 for the ar
rest and conviction OF the driver.
Coupled with this was the offer of
weeks vacation, and pay, to the Of
hcer who discovered the driver. This
last offer was made by the Board Of
Police Commissioners.
Miss Moore and Miss Nettie Allen,
OF 522 North Eighteenth Street, who
was with Miss Moore and Miller on
the night of the accident. notified the
police last Friday that they were oc-
cupants Of the car that struck Mr..
Ruehrmund, and that Miller was driv-
ing.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-18
NEGRO MURDERER
WAS ACQUITTED
Killing of James Herbert by Ju-
MUS Meredith Held to be
Unsuitable.

RIG H ND, V A, Special
Pleading self-defense, Junius Mere
dith, cOlored, nineteen years old. was
acquitted in Police Court Of the
charge of murder.
Meredith, a fortnight or more ago,
stabbed James Herbert, colored. nine
teen years old, with a penknife, CaUs-
ing Herbert's almost instant death.
Herbert was stabbed in the neck. the
jugular vein being severed. The negro
bled to death.
Meredith escaped and succeeded in
eludinS the police for about twelve
hours The next morning-the kill
ing took place on a Saturday night
rlvruV me police that
If an officer was sent to a certain num-
Der in the West End he would sur
render. The man changed his mind.
however, and when two officers who
were sent to arrest him arrived at
the number designated, their bird had
flown. The police subsequently got
information that led them to the home
of a relative of the wanted man at
Twenty-ninth and NJ Streets. His ar
rest shortly thereafter followed.
Meredith was represented by G. K.
Pollock.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-18
angel OF mercy" IN
PASSES AWAY

WASHINGTON, ID. C., Special
Clara Barton. head of the American
Red Cross. died at her home I'm Glen
Echo, Md, Friday.
Miss Barton, who was ninety
one years old. has been IN for some
time. Last fall her condition be-
came SO critical that her life was
despRired OF, but she rallied.
Miss Barton was born In Oxford,
Mass, In 1921, md began life an n
school teacher. After teaching for
ten years she went to BOrdentOWn,
n: j., where she organized system
of education.
When the Civil War broke out
Miss Barton enlisted as a nurse
and organized n relief corps for
which Congress appropriated S15,-
In 1870 Miss Barton associated
herself with the international Red
Cross Society, OF Geneva, and work.
ed throughout the entire Franco
PruEstan war, administering relief
to the wounded upon the battle
fields.
Miss Barton served in the same
capacity upon numerous occasions
since then.
In 1850, upon the occasion OF the
great JOhnstOwn, Pa, flood. she In
augurated an amendment providing
that the Red Cross serve I'm times
Of great calamfties.
During the great Armenian mas
sacrc of 1896, and in the Russian
famine OF 1892, Miss Barton played
n prominent part I'm the relief work.
In brief, her entire life was de-
voted to the task OF helping others.
Wherever there was pain, dis
treSs and suffering Miss BartOn'a
ministrations were to be found.
At the request OF President Nc
hinley the Red Cross was I'm Cuba
during the Spanish-Americ war,
Miss Barton personally directing
the work.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-18
FEAR SMALLPOX s 49,
iis.MAY FOLLOW FL00Ds
Two Hundred Negroes Near Proc
tor, Ark, Refused to Heed
Warning and Are in Serious
Plight-Need Sacks
for Sand.

MEMPHIS, TENN, Specialize
spite the assertion OF United States
engineers at Memphis that conditions
had greatly improved in the flooded
districts. hundreds are today reported
dying from starvation and fever at
different points between New Madrid.
NO.. and Helena, Ark, on the st.
Francis basin.
Women and children at New Madrid,
are Ill with fever. At another point
near New Madrid smallpox is reported
In a most virulent form.
Several are sick with fever at Tip
tonville. Tenn, and Hickman, KY.
There Is an unconfrmed report cir
culsted today that wealthy men who
had built the town OF Wilson, Ark,
to prevent them from leaving, de-
populating the place.
The government denies having re-
ceived this report.
Two hundred negroes. living near
Proctor, Ark. are in danger OF being
drowned.
Believing that they could hold out
against the flood they refused help
Saturday. Now the water has driven
them to their roofs and washed nearly
be made today to rescue them.
Luxor, Ark, where a force OF
thousand men have been waging q
desperate fight to hold the main levee
protecting the town, sent a tele-
gram to the United States engineers
asking for aid.
The message stated that they want
"a thousand sacks for sand. The engi-
neering forces here cannot supply
them, because the supply in Memphis
Is exhausted.
A break in that portion of the levee
is hourly expected. 1t will food Bar
field and probably carry a portion of
the town away.
Helena. Ark, reports today that the
waters there are rising.
United States Weather Observer 8.
Q. Emery, at Memphis, said the wat
ers from crevasses above Memphis
would get back in the Mississippi
River again Saturday and then Helena
will have to wage a fierce fight to save
that city.
Edmondston, Ark. is deserted, the
only remaining inhabitant being
telephone operator. who removed his
exchange to railroad box car. He
reports water rising rapidly.
1t is on the floor OF his car.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-18

w. II. Powers. OF Hampton and Phoe-
bus. hearing OF the attack, notified
Deputy Sheriff c. G. Curtis and OF
ficer Leslie Curtis. who tracked the
negro TO his home and arrested him.
The negro submitted peacefully, but
denied any attempt 10 attack the girl,
and stated that Miss Powers asked
him into the house to hear her per-
form on the piano.
Westly had worked at the Powers
cottage. He is forty years old and Is
a big mulatto.
That he was not lynched is due
largely TO the fact that Mr.. Powers
quietly gave the alarm and kept the
many fishing camps along the beach
in ignorance Of the offense. Much
exists.
Mr. Powers wishes the law to take
its course. The case is expected to
come up before Judge Robinson, who
is holding court here, during this
term of court.
The brutal killing OF Miss Virginia
Belote, for whose murder the negress.
Virginia Christian, is sentenced to
electrocutiOn, coupled with the attack
on Miss Powers, has aroused the bit
terest race feeling.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-18
ENGINEERS OF EAST !, -
Vote FOR STRIKE

NEW YORK, SpeciaI.-Engi.
neers OF fifty Eastern railroads
have voted overwhelmingly for a
strike.
The count of the votes was
completed today.
OF the 25,70O engineers who
responded 20 the referendum vote
on the question of a strike 03.1
per cent voted in favor OF the
waIk-out.
The territory affects lines east
OF the Mississippi River and
north of the Ohio River and the
Norfolk and Western Railroad.
The vote was taken following
the refusal of the railroad heads
10 grant the demands of the
brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineeTs, which were recently Dre-
Sented to them.
The question OF whether n
strike will be declared now
hinges entirely upon the action
OF committee representing the
railroad heads, to which Warren
s. Stone, grand chief OF the en-
gineers' organization, addressed a
letter today, asking them III they
had any counter proposition to
make.
The railroad managers Will
hold a meeting Monday after
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-18
RENEW PLEA FOR
Change OF Venue
HILLsvILLE. CARROLL COUN-

HILLSVILLE. CARROLL COUN-
TY, VA, SpeciaI.-While Judge
Staples has designated this place
for the trial of the captured mem
bers OF the Allen gang, the nttOr-
neys interested In the case are by
mo- means certain that the trials
will take place here, IL being un-
derstOOd that counsel for the nc
change of venue ns soon as court
cOnVeneS ON April 23d.
Their plea will be bnsed I'm part,
IL IL said, upon what is believed To
be the impOssibiiit. of procuring "a
jury In Carroll county. Nearly
every man I'm the county knows the
Aliens, directly or Indirectly, and
by reason of the wide publicity
given to the murders and the sub
seQuent pursuit of the fugftiVes,
most, IL not ALL Of the Carroll citi-
zens have expressed positive Optn-
ions; some against the outlaws,
some I'm sympathy with the families
Of the fuGitiVes.
Floyd Allen will probably be the
irst to face the jury. If Judge Staples
De granted il is expected that FIoyd'S
rial will begin not later than the after
noon of April 23d.
All the prisoners will be brought &c
his place from Roanoke on the day
.ourt opens. They Will be arraigneC
IN five counts each. In the meantime
he Baldwin Felts detectives are scour'
ng the surrounding mountains look
ng for some trace of Sidna Allen anC
Wesley Edwards. the only remaining
members of the outlaw gang.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-18
Action at WvtheviIle.

Carroll county courthouse, the scene
OF the frIgntfGd HiI NNtad ia aT tSn or
ing of five persons, will be the place
of trial for the members of the Allen
clan. whose lawlessness brought about
This was so decreed late yesterday
afternoon by Judge Walter r. Staples,
who fixed April 2Sd as the date for the
beginning OF the great inquisitions.
Counsel for Floyd Allen, the acknoWl-
edged head of the offenders, asked a
change of venue to Roanoke, but this
the court denied Judge Staples was
willing to let Wytheville be the place
OF trial but the LAYERS repTree;s1eentiiInlg
was selected.
On the day specified Floyd Allen,
Victor NJ. Allen, Claude Swanson Allen,
Friel Allen. sidna Edwards and Bird
Marion Will be arraigned to answer
for the murder of Judge Thornton l..
MasSie, Commonwealth Attorney VIII
liam NJ. Foster, Sheriff L +. Webb.
Juror Augustus Fowler and Miss Nancy
Elizabeth Ayers. The accused will be
that Floyd Allen will be the first to
TWO of the outlaws, Sidna Allen and
Wesley Edwards, are stin at large.
Should they be caught any time soon
their trial will probably be fixed at the
end of the same special term of court.
In the proceedings yesterday counsel
for Floyd Allen asked that their client
be tried at Roanoke, which was men
toned as particularly mt and proper
place since the prisoners are now in
jail there 1t was argued in this con-
nection that prejudice existed against
the accused in the Eillsville circuit,
where the lamented Judge Massie was
greatly beloved.
have the trial at Wytheville, but the
defense. rather than accede to this:
withdrew its petition for change of
venue. For reasons best known to
themselves II prefers HillSville.
The attachments levied upon the
property of Floyd Allen, Victor M.
Allen and Bird Marion In the
damage suits brought for the killing of
terday. Counsel for the plaintiffs
agreed to this.
Moreover, so much Of the personal
effects Of the fugitive Sidna Allen as
are exempt upon the poor debtor law
were released to his wife. Similar ac-
ton was taken at Hilsville two weeks
ago in connection with the ehects OF
such other prisoners as are married
The exemption covers a horse, cow
and a calf, farm implements. bedding
and similar household necessaries.
These attachment proceedings were
an incident Of the $4,000 civil suits
brought by the personal representatives
Of Judge Massie CommOnw ealth's At
torney Foster and Sheriff Webb. Their
primary aim was to cut off the fugi-
tives from all sources OF supply. &
and for the plaintiffs in the civil suits
are: Joseph G. Wysor, of Pulaski;
Waller Staples Poage, OF Wythe; John
S Draper, OF Pulaski, and S. Floyd
Landreth. acting commemorative At
torney Of Carroll For the defense the
lawyers are: Hairston, Willis & Hair
ston, and Cox & Cox, OF Roanoke, and
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-18
NILL:ORGANIzEi ~.sss
= CHAMP CLARK CLUB
George Med. Blake, Who Is Lead
ing in the Movement, Says That
1t Is Not the Purpose to
Seek Instructions at
Convention.
RI CHM MON d, VA.-Special.-

r 1 c H NJ o n d, VA.-Special.-
Champ Clark Campaign Club" is
the name of the organization which Is
in process of formation here at this
time, a preliminary meeting having
been held in Richmond last night to
further the interests of the gentleman
from Missouri for the presidential
nomination.
Councilman George Med. Blake,
candidate for the Board of Aldermen,
is the president of the tentative or
ganization which has the matter of
forming the club, and he Is as en-
thuSiastic in behalf of the Speaker of
the House Of Representatives as he
was some few years ago when the
Great Commoner was heading the
hosts of free silver.
What is more, steps are already on
foot to have Mr.. Clark come here and
tell the people of the State OF Vir-
sinia few things and 20 let the peo-
pie of the Old Dc minion get a peep
at him. And there are many Clark
followers in this city.
Opposed to Instructions.
Mr.. Blake makes no bones in say
ing that he is for Clark, that he is
opposed to having the delegation from
Virginia instructed for any man, pre-
ferring to let the delegates vote their
own convictions, and he inclines to
the view that the delegates from Vir-
ginia should be men who can be trust
ed to do what Is best for the welfare
of the party in the United States in
general, and the people of Virginia
in particular.
Tuesday night, OF next week. there
Will be meeting in Murphy's Hotel,
when the formal organization OF the
Clark Campaign Club will take place,
and all voters in the city Of Ricn-
mond are invited to attend and to
become members of the organization.
1t Is proposed to have a great meet
Ing and to have a representative or
ganization.
We mean business In this matter"
said Mr.. Blake, adding emphasis to
his declaration, an infection to his
voice and some few gestures marking
the deliverance by himself.
Wants a Big Club.
What we want is to get all the
people Of the city interested, and we
want it understood that we want
Clark delegates to the State conven-
ton, but we do not propose to have
them instructed. That is what we
are against. Give the delegates a free
am not ready to say anything. That
is one Of the things which the con-
vention will decide. But we want a
big club and we want all the people
who feel an interest in this matter to
be certain to be on hand and to take
an active part in the meeting"
Mr.. Blake added that he had just
received a letter from Mr.. Clarks
private secretary, whom he knows
quite well. and that he is confident
that Mr.. Clark will not decline an
invitation to come this way and have
a few words to say to the people of
the State. Due notice will be given
of this meeting, provided Mr.. Clark
can come, and it is believed that he
will do so.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-18
FARMERS ENGAGEsIN
duel TO Death

RICHMOND, VA Special
Clement Il. Smith, OF Chester
Held county, Is I'm the Petersburg
hospital undergoing treatment
Tor gunShOt wounds I'm his body,
one or his hands and i'm the arm
above. The wounds, which are
desperate, apparently were in
flicted by discharge of shot
from a shotgun. While Smith has
made no statement, as far as the
public knows, other information
from Chesterfield makes it APP
pear that he was shot inca duel
Fought with Joseph Walker, a
prominent Chesterfield farmer.
The body of MIR. Walker was
found In a field on the
Walker farm. He had been shot
through the abdomen. IL Is not
known how long he had been
dead when discovered. 1t Is APP
parent that he had been dead not
more than a few hours.
While Smith declines to discuss
the matter i'm detail he did say
that he was wounded by Walker
Friday afternoon. Trouble be-
tween the two men Is said to
have existed for sometime over
the matter of treSpass OF
Smiths cattle on Walkers farm.
The wounds indicate that WAL
ker had q shotgun, and that
Smith was armed with a pistol.
Beach Is the nearest point to the
scene of the tragic encounter.
An inquest was begun by Magis-
trate Martin at Beach. Beach Is
about three miles from the county
courthouse and eight or ten miles
from Richmond.
Both men are said to be orig
inally from the West, and are
not natives OF the county or of
the State.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-18
RACE FEELING IN
HAMPTON INTENSE

HAMPTON, VA, Special.-Niss
Hattie Powers. sixteen years old, was
attacked in her home. at Buckroe
Beach Friday night at O'Clock by
John Wesley, a negro fisherman.
The negro went to Miss Powers
home, having found before that her
parents were away, and asked Miss
Powers for a drink of water, which
she gave him.
forcibly entered the hall in which Miss
Powers was standing and attacked
her. A man who heard her screams
rushed to her rescue, but the negro
escaped.
The young lady's father, Attorney