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The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-20
Delegates Are selected.

Denvcr.-The following have been
appointed by Governor Shafroth as
delegates to the Lakes to the Gulf
Deep Waterway Association. which
meets September "a. 25 and 26 at Lit
tie Rock. Ark: Ben C. Hiiliard. Frank
C. Goudy, C. s. Thomas. J. U. Virgil.
Charles w. Franklin. Judge H. A.
Hicks, John T. Barnett. John C. Bell of
Montrose. John Uglow of Delta. w. C.
Johnston. p. c. Henry. Senator Harry
Seldomridge of Colorado Springs, Sen
ator Thomas ]. Ehrhart of Chaffee
county. Benjamin Il. Kobey of Aspen,
Thomas j. lyman. Edward r. Taylor
of Glcnwood Springs. Edward Keating
OF Pueblo, Fred NJ. Dickerson OF Delta.
Joseph H. Maupin of Canon City, B. F.
Montgomery of Meeker and Sheriff NJ.
p. Capp OF Boulder
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-20
Weeks News from All Over Colorado

Rio Blanco county, in case the trans
through that section. will make Seen
cry gulch" the show place of Colorado.
The body of a baby girl. which ap-
parently had been dead but short
time, was found in box floating in
creek at the west end of Colorado
City.
Many persons from Rocky Ford at
tended the exercises in connection
with the unveiling of the monument
| Benton.
Newman Erb, controlling factor in
the Moffat road, has signed contract
for 425 freight cars. most Of them for
coal traffic, to be delivered at an
early date.
That the hair of Colorado women is
brittle, faded and generally in poor
statement of Paul Jergelot, French
hair importer. visiting in Greeley.
The use of scarf pin which she
grasped while held in the arms of an
unidentified man. saved Mrs. Margaret
Waters Collins, a bride of three
months at Colorado Springs from be-
ing assaulted.
Following raid on their apartments
in fashionable part of Grand juno
ton. Mrs. G. F. Middaugh and daugh-
ter, Mary. twenty-one, two prominent
society women of western Colorado.
were ordered to leave the city.
Friday, the thirteenth, proved a hoo
doc at Loveland when rain interfered
with the program of fair attractions.
In spite of the inclement weather
thousands turned out and declared the
fair the best in the history of Larimer
county.
The day of the big cattle drives has
not passed after all, despite the cur
tailment year by year of the open
range. This was evidenced when one
of the largest herds in years was driv-
en- through Meeker, bound for the
market in Denver. Chicago and Kan
sas City.
The Great Western Sugar Company.
in suit filed in the United States
District Court by Assistant United
States Attorney Lacey, is accused of
fraudulently acquiring title to tract
of eighty acres in Laramie county.
Colorado. valued at $4,000 and rich in
lime deposits.
The Colorado Springs police have
been notified of the theft of chata-
laine bag containing money and jew
els to the value of $1,000 from the
lavatory of a Pullman car on Denver
C Rio Grande train. The owner of
the money. amounting to $500 and the
jewels. has not divulged her name ex-
cept to the railroad officials.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-20
GENERAL.


Directors of the Southern railway
declared dividend of az per cent on
the preferred stock
Mrs. David Terry of New York,
mother of Mrs. Jack Johnson, is pros
trated over the suicide of her daughter
in Chicago.
After waiting for ten years for his
wedding. Robert P. Chappell of Louis
vile. died OF the day he at last won
his bride.
Walter Johnson. Washington's pitch
er. proved himself hero when he led
group of his fellow players in the
rescue of thirty men and women
trapped in the historic Cadillac hotel,
at Detroit as flames swept the lower
floors.
"Gyp, the Blood" and Lefty Looie,"
the II 'ssing gunmen indicted as two OF
the actual slayers of Herman Rosen-
thai, the New York gambler. were
found by the police living with their
wives in Brooklyn flat. They were
arrested and locked up.
Thirteen boys. recruits at the Unit
ed States naval station at North Chi
cago, were drowned in Lake Michigan,
within thirty feet of the shore
Victor Allen, last of the Allen clans
men to be tried. was acquitted of the
charge of hav'- participated in the
Carroll county court house murders at
Hillsville, Va. last March.
Receivers were appointed in New
York for the United States Motors
Company. a $42.500,00 holding corpor-
alton organized in 1908 to control ten
automobile and gas engine companies.
Three persons were killed and fifty
injured by tornado which worked a
ten-mile trail of destruction across the
northern part of Onondaga county, N.
Y. The property loss is estimated at
$250,O0O.
Ed Collins. a negro charged with
helping to hide the body of young
white woman after she had been at
tackled, was shot to death while in
jail at Cummings. Georgia, by mob
of several hundred white men.
Actual invasion of Mexico by armed
Americans. well organized and appar-
entity thoroughly equipped and pre-
pared for war. began when more than
900 men, mostly cowboys, rode from
diiferent points on the border into
Mexico.
Floyd Allen and his nephew, Claude.
Two leaders in the gang that shot up
the Hillsville court house, were SEN
fenced to be electrocuted on Novem-
Der 22nd. They were found guilty OF
murder in the first degree several
weeks ago at Wyethville, Virginia.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-20
Minor Mention.

| Pueblo's 100000 court house prob
ably will be opened November 1.
The special grand jury at Denver in
its final report, returned forty-six true
bills.
w. w. Roam was chosen head OF the
Elks at the reunion held at Idaho
Springs.
The thermometer fell to eighteen
degrees above zero at Leadville Sun
day morning.
The placing of a dozen peaches in
the wrong box near Delta resulted in
a walk-our OF 100 Japanese fruit pick
ers.
After forty-eight years a bullet has
been discovered in the chest of Joseph
Blonger of Denver, veteran of the
Civil War.
Ornamental side lights are to be
placed in the down town section Of
Erie at once. There will be twenty
four posts.
James Thomas fell from swiftly
moving Rio Grande passenger train
north of Pueblo escaped without brok-
en- bones.
The new st. Philomena's Catholic
church in Denver was dedicated by
Bishop N. C. Matz, before a congrega-
ton of 600.
Melvin Blum. eighteen, son of ia
cob Blum and a senior at Centennial
high school. died at Pueblo from spin
al meningitis.
AS an inheritance tax from the es-
tate of the late Thomas s. Hayden the
state of Colorado will receive the sum
of sS.323.1s.
The burial of Richard John Van Val
kenburg. pioneer and one of the old
est Odd Fellows in the state, took
place In Denver.
NJ. Morris, a stranger at Pueblo,
committed suicide in Jail few min
utes after he had been locked up on a
charge of forgery.
Work at the Rocky Ford sugar fac
tory will begin Sept. 26, and orders
have been issued to beet growers to
begin hauling beets.
Heavy rains set back cantaloupe
picking in the Rocky Ford district and
have made the fruit soft and unfit to
ship for several days.
Meeker has brand new curfew law,
and marshal who intends to enforce
it. Eight O'Clock is the hour set for
the children to be off the streets.
Lost on a bleak stretch of prairie,
miles from any human habitation, in
the severe storm that has swept the
section near Trinidad. Porter Hover
and Harry Caldwell almost perished of
exposure.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-20
WESTERN.

A strike of 1000 miners in the cop
per fields of Bingham, Utah. may be
called.
Mrs. Gutmede Cells. the oldest wom-
an in California, died in Richmond.
She was LOG years old
The famous AK murderer killed Mar
tin Thompson. his wife and little child,
six miles from Council Bluffs. Iowa.
The city of Fargo. N. D., has de-
clared dividend OF 6h per cent,
which will be paid in cash on March
/. 1918.
For the third time in week beeyes
broke the high price record when a
carload sold at $1,000 on the Chicago
market.
Duluth citizens walked to work, for
the strike of street car employees had
effec;ually tied'up the system and not
a car was run.
The clans of the Boyces and Sneads
gathered at Amarillo. Tex, as the re-
suit Of the sensational killing of A. l..
Boyce by John Beal Snead.
The Progressive party of Utah held
its first convention at Ogden and NOM
mated a state ticket headed by Nephi
L. Morris OF Salt Lake for governor.
Mrs. Francis w. Axtell of Balling-
ham won a Republican nomination in
the primary election in the state OF
Washington for member of the Legis-
lature.
The contest brought by the Taft
presidential electors to get the Roose-
welt electors off the Republican ticket
was started before the state contest
board at Topeka. Kansas.
Judge Alfred B. Beers of Bridgeport
Conn. was elected commander-in-chie
of the G. A. r at the Los Angeles
meeting. The selection of the mex,
place of meeting was left to the execu
tive council.
Wesley Bromwell. age twenty-five
and his seventeen-year-old wife, resi-
dents of Cul de Sac. Idaho. shot tc
| death A. Neeves, stepfather of Mrs
Brownell. Both the authorities say
have made confessions.
The infatuation OF the Rev. w. T
Dunn. 46 years old and married. pastor
of the Dewey Avenue Presbyte-iah
church OF Granite City. H., suburb oI
st. Louis. for Miss Estelle Massey, 1s
years old. his organist. cost him his
pastorate.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-20
FOREIGN.

The federal garrison at Ojiniga. Mex
leo, surrendered to the rebels.
Franz Koetsch, laborer of Vienna,
was put on trial at Graz for his action
In saying the life of would-be sui
eide.
Oaxaca. capital of the state by that
name, is reported to have been at
tackled by Ixtejpano Indians, number
ing 5000.
The Italian fleet has bombarded
Scalanuova, a port in the vicinity of
Smyrna, Asiatic Turkey, according to
dispatch received in London.
The municipal council at Cologne
has appropriated s12,5o0 to carry out
plant for the importation and sale
of meat to reduce the high cost of liv-
ing.
Five thousand Macedonians, present
at Sofia at a meeting of the national
congress for the liberation of Mace
donia, resolved to seek the aid of the
powers to become self-governing.
The Duke of Grafton, who is in his
ninety-second year. fell off car in
London and fractured his left thigh.
In February the duke slipped on the
ice and suffered from concussion of
the brain.
Marie LaSalle-Rabinoff, an American
opera singer and the wife of Max
Rabinoff. the Russian impresario. died
in hospital in London after an opera
ton. She was formerly Miss Jessie
Richmond of Beatrice, Neb.
The second part of the ceremonies
in the funeral of the late Mutsuhito
when the casket containing the body
started on its journey to Aoyama
whence 1t will be taken to Monoyama
for burial.
Gen. Count Maresuke Nogi, supreme
military councillor of the empire, and
his wife. the Countess Nogi. commit
ted at Toxic in accordance with an an,
cient Japanese custom. as final trib
ute to their departed emperor and
friend, Mutsuhito.
| Emperor William dined on bean
soup. the unlimited guest of a com.
pany of privates taking part in the
great German war games at Dresden
Germany. His majesty and the mem.
bers of the imperial suite seemed to
relish the soldiers fare.
1t is reported at Juneau that the
White Pass & Yukon railway. which
operates between Skagway, Alaska
and White Horse. Yukon Territory
140 miles, has been sold to the Grand
Trunk railway system and that the
actual transfer will take place Janu
! arv 1, 1913.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-20
POSSES PURSUE FuoiTlvEs WHO
sLAsHED POLICE HEAD AND
PATRoLMAN IN FIGHT.
ONE DEAD IN RIOT
VICTIMS OF DiRKs AT iNpEPEN.
OENcE FETE; BELIEVED
MoRTALLY WOUNDED.
wee,ern Nswspapet Union Ner. servIe.. ,

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Phoenix. Ariz. = Chief OF Police
Moore and Policeman Robert Will
dams were probably mortally wound
cd. Scott Price. a bystander. was
killed. and another policeman was
seriously wounded by Mexican rioters
'whos had engaged in n brawl at cele-
bration of Mexico's independence Day.
The rioters escaped. with posses of
national guardsmen and citizens in
pursuit
AmerIcanized Mexicans and their
unnaturalized countrymen had en-
gagged In a battle over the MANAGE
ment of the celebration which was
held on City Hall plaza.
Policemen Williams and J. valen-
zuela arrested two of the brawlers and
got them as far as the prison entrance
when their captives drew knives and
plunged them into the breasts of the
officers. Williams. II Is feared. has
no chance to recover. valenzuela. al
though seriously wounded. is expected
to, recover.
Chief of Police Moore. attracted by
The noise. came up just as the two po-
licemeu fell. He was attacked by the
two Mexicann. who plunged their dirks
into his body again and again. AL
though mortally wounded, Moore
opened fire. and one of his bullets
pierced the heart OF Price. young
American who was in the throng that
had assembled at the plazo to witness
the celebration.
The dying chief of police staggered
after the fleeing assassins. but an
ot;ser Mexican ran up behind him and
drove u knife blade between his
shonlder-biades. Moore fell back. and
his murderer escaped.
The City Council was Immediately
assembled and scores of citizens were
sworn in as deputies to pursue the fu-
sfuvcs. Saloons were ordered closed
and all festivities suspended. Members
OF the Phoenix National Guard. well
mounted. Joined In the hunt.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-20
pierce Farms Are Gold Mines.

Pierce.-The crop yield in both the
irrigated and dry belts are breaking
all former records. The dry-land oats
and barley are running thirty-five to
forty-five bushels to the acre. and fall
wheat fifteen to twenty-five bushels.
There also will be heavy yield of
corn. flax, millet. cane and beans. In
the irrigated district. oats are averag-
ing forty to sixty-five bushels. wheat
thirty-five to sixty, and other cereals
in proportion.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-20
SPORT.
STANDING OF WESTERN LEAGUE.

The American team won the Palma
trophy. representing the military rifle
championship of the world at Ottawa.
Ontario.
Steve Ketchel. Chicago lightweight.
won the decision over Eddie Clabby of
Hammond in ten-round bout at Ham
mond. Ind.
Two worlds records were broken in
the shooting tourney at Overland park
at Denver. w. r. Crosby broke 9S
out of 100 birds. despite his handicap
at the 23-yard mark.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-20
Limited Marriage Raises Protest.

Los .Angeles.-The washbourne-
Chandler wedding which was per-
formed after the signing CT prenup-
tal agreement that provided for "ab-
soiufe independence" on the part of
each contracting party. even to the ex-
tcnt OF having children by other pa
rents II either desired to. has raised a
storm among the preachers of Los An
geles, who condemn in unmeasured
terms the marriage and the contract
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-20
Fatally Injured in Fall from Cars

Pueblo.-James Thomas of Lincoln.
Neb., fell from Rio Grande passen-
ger train about eight miles north of
Pueblo. while it was going at rate
of forty miles an hour. and received
injuries which may prove fatal.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-20
Electricity for Johnstown.

Johnstown.-At meeting OF the
board of trustees George H. Sethman
was granted franchise to operate an
electric lighting system, good for
twenty-five years with the option to
purchase at any time by the town at
the original cost of installation.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-20
Votes Cost Six Dollars Each.

lder.-Approximately Sc each
will be paid for votes at the primary
election by the people of some parts
of Boulder county. At Broomfield and
other rural and mountain precincts
less than ten votes were cast. and the
average cost of the election In the pre-
cincts is $50, besides printing. adver-
tising and other election bills.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-20
prooressIve Electors Win Again.

Denver-The Progressive electors
In Kansas are again victorious. The
United States Court of Appeals rem
dered an opinion dismissing the ap,
peal from Judge Sanborn's decision
and remnnding the case to the United
States Court of the District of Kan
ssas. with instructions to dismiss the
bill on the ground that 1t was not a
case OF equitable cognizance.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-20
$4,000, 900 Increase in State Livestock

Meeker.-While less livestock will
be marketed in Colorado In 1912 than In
1911. 1t is believed that the stockmen
OF the state will receive 100000
more money for the stock sold. Next
year will exceed even these figures. 1t
is expected. as far as the actual cash
received is concerned. Then. as this
year. the output of cow-flesh is expect
ed to decrease proportionately.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-20
Half Ton Of MaseullnIty.

Pittsburg. Pa.--More than 4 halt
ton OF manhood dispenses justice in
the Soho district Alderman Kallen.
hauser weighs SIS pounds. Constable
Biakcly tips the beam at 26O and Dep
uty Constable Able at 2S5.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-20
Fleet Not to Mobilize.

Seattle. Wash.-Mobillzatio of the
Pacific fleet at San Francisco next
month has been called off by orders
received by Rear Admiral v. l.. Cott-
man. commanding the Puget Sound
Navy Yard. 1t is said with the cruiser
Maryland in Japan and four other
cruisers In Mexican and Nicaraguan
waters, mobilization is imparcticable.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-20
Tower to peeide n Sun is Hotter.

Pasadena. Cal.-work has been be-
gun, on a forty-foot tower which win
sormount the observatory OF the
Smithsonian institution on Mount VIII
son. where. 1t is planned. attempts
viii hs made to ascertain whether the
Gun Il growing hotter or colder.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-20
Kills stepfa.her Who wronsed Her

Colfax, Wash.-Wesley Brownell,
aged twenty-five and his seventeen
year-old wife. Winnie. residents of Cul
de Sac, Idaho. shot and killed A.
Nceves, the stepfather of Mrs. Brown
ell. Neeves was charged by his STEP
daughter with having maltreated her
In Idaho and aiding others to do so.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-20
bury only Teeth. Hair and Nails.

Tokio.-The will of Gen. Count
Maresuke Nogi. who with his wife com
mitted suicide the momontthe body of
the late emperor started on its jour
ney to the tomb. has been published.
In it he suggests that his body be CIV
en- to q medical college. requesting
that only his teeth, hair and nails be
buried in the grave.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-20
state Has .1.aos ASS in ca,h.

Denver. - State Treasurer Roady
kcnehan has submitted to Governor
Shafroth his quarterly report ending
Aug. 81. which shows that the state
has s1.905, ,4G6.07 in cash. The total
visible assets of the state. according
TO the report. Isl s3,939.452.22. Total
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-20
cANvASSINC BOARD
CHECKING RETURNS
w.stern Newspaper Union New. service.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver. - The State Canvassing
Board. composed of Governor Shat
roth. Secretary Pearce, Treasurer
Kenehan, Auditor I4eddy and Attorney
General Griffith. began checking up
the returns OF the direct primary cleo
ton last Tuesday.
Complete returns have not yet
been received. and Secretary of
state Pesrce said that 1t was impos-
sible to tell when the board would
finish Its work.
Philip b. Stewart, Progressive Re-
publican. comedies the nomination of
Clifford C. Parks. Taft Republican, for
governor. by approximately 1900 ma
Iority.
Unofficial figures from 81 of the 62
counties in Colorado show:
L
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-20
Hold orozoo, Wood wires steever

washington.--Ma General Leon,
ard Wood, chief of staff of the army.
has ordered Bridagier General Steever
on the Mexican frontier to hold Pas
cual Orozco Jr., the rebel lsader. for
tho United States Department of JUS
tice II he was captured in American
territory.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-20
WASHINGTON.

Captain Charles Young. Ninth cav
airy. the only negro army officer grad
uated from West Point. has been pro-
NOTED to the rank Of major.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-20
Value county at s2o.4ss,71o.

Greeley.-Weld county's assessed
valuation. according to County Asses
sor A. r. Fisher. is $20.43S.710, an in
crease OF more than half million.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-20
Sex Hygiene Talk to School Teachers.

Colorado Springs. = Considerable
discussion is heard over the anounce-
ment that Mrs. Agnes Ditson will give
course of lectures here upSer the
auspices of the Civic League on sex
hygiene and affiliated subjects. IT. is
planned to have teachers of public
schools attend with view to ultimate
instruction in the school
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-20
Ministers wife Ends Her Life.

PhIladelphia.-Mrs. II. c. Stone.
wife OF minister. killed herself in a
room at 2O3 South Forty-sixth street
by taking poison
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-20
stuno by Swarm of Bees.

Ault.-Lester Dean. a young farmer
OF this section employed by c. A.
Moore, is in a serious condition as the
result of being stung by swarm, of
bees while shocking wheat.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-20

receipts for the quarter were 1884,
27Z.42. and the disbursements were
$1,02S. .550.G1.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-20
erIaand ace RIfe In chinese city.

Hongkopg.-Serious unrest prevails
In the Canton district. Chinese notes
have depreciated In value and br.gand
are Is rife.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-20
,Ep sTATEs sIaNATOn

VACANCY TERN.
Democratic.
}. Thomas tunopposedj
Republican.
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