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The Colorado statesman., 1912-08-17
BOAT TURNS TURTLE
TRAVELS ALL NIGHT WITH ITS
BOTTOM SHOWING.
Barge Carrying Convict Laborers
Down the Mississippi River to
Work on a Louisiana Levee
Is Cut AdrIft as Tow
boat Flops.

Baton Rouge. lathe steamer Mar
jorie of this port is lying beached at
Conrad's Point, six miles below Baton
Rouge. turned turtle and tied to the
bank, after one of the most remark
able voyages of the lower Mississippi.
The Marjorie was under charter by
the state board of control when the
accident overlook her. She was tow
ing one of the penitentiary barges,
with levee gang of 120 negro con-
victs, under command of Captain An
derson. The negroes have been at
Hope plantation, but were being taken
up the river to Angola, to be used
in closing the Torras crevasse.
The Marjorie, with her tow, had pro-
ceeded up the river without mishap
as far as Morganza bend, six miles
above Bayou Sara, when she ran into
storm, at about six o'clock Just
as the storm struck her she was
caught in strong eddy and became
unmanageable
She was pushed through the eddy.
however, and as she struck the eddy
again turned turtle. The convict barge
was cut loose from her and started
aimlessly down the river But as 1t
passed Bayou Sara gasoline boat
put out and brought the barge to the
bank.
In the meantime the officers and
crew of the Marjorie, who, with the
exception of the negro cook, had es-
capped, witnessed an unusual sight.
Instead of sinking, the Marjorie start
ed down the river, bottom upward,
and soon was lost to sight.
Next morning, shortly after day
break, Ship Carpenter Broussard of
the Baton Rouge Ferry company saw
her, bottom up, passing down the
river. He telephoned to Capt. William
McCausland, president of the ferry
company, who rushed to the front, got
one of his gasoline boats and with
Broussard started in pursuit.
He overhauled the Marjorie several
miles below the city, and after work
ing all day to save her, succeeded in
beachfng her just before night
1t is likely that the Marjorie will
prove total loss. She was insured
for about $4,000 and was used in tow
ing barges of cotton seed and other
products for the oil mill. Her per-
formance Is said by river men to be
unique. They attribute her long night
voyage down the river to the fact that
she was much larger than is custom
ary for boat carrying her machinery.
Captain Starns was master of the
| Marjorie. Capt. Laurence Mehaffy was
at the wheel when the accident oc-
! Cured, and George Frederichs and
| Mooney Aucoin of this city were
among the crew, They had narrow
escapes in leaving her. The body
of the negro woman who served as
cook was found in the wreckage in
the morning. So far as known, this was
the only loss of life.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-08-17
Diplomats to See America.

ambassador Jusserand, of France.
has become enthusiastic in urging his
friends to see the natural beauties of
America. AS a result of recent IL
lustrated lecture on the wonders of
park, mountain and stream to be seen
in the western part of this country,
heard at the embassy by large part
of diplomatic Washington, the new
Peruvian Minister, Senor Pezet and
his wife have decided to visit Yellow
stone Park in the immediate future
and to take more extended trip
later, and the Swedish Minister and
Mrs. Ekengren are planning a tour of
the entire west. bGl .19fu5u &
A number of others who were at
the lecture also have expressed their
intention of seeing" America before
they leave it. 1855 1rG 1iissu0b 10
The Colorado statesman., 1912-08-17
PRESENTIMENT IMPELLED HIM
Vivid Impression That All Was Not
Well Causes Man to Hurry to
Sick Mother.

Pasadena, Ca,-At length giving in
to presentiment that something se-
rious had happened at home, Oris SUIT
lift, son of H. R. Sutliff, No. 6O2 Sum-
init avenue. rushed back with all pos
sible speed to Pasadena from re-
mote place in the third range of noun
tains north of the city, where ne had
gone to camp with a boy companion,
to find that his fears were well
grounded. He arrived late at night,
and learned that in his absence his
mother had become Ill with a fever
and had been taken to the Pasadena
hospital
So vivid was the Impression that
all was not well which obtruded It.
self upon his inner consciousness that
young Sutliff made mad rush of
the returning journey. He and his COM
panlon, Logan Green, of No. GIL
North Los Robles avenue, travelled
80 miles with pack burro dur
ing the day. The boys held up
well under the strain, but the pack
animal was about used up
1t was reported later that Mrs.
Sutliff's condition had improved and
she is not believed now to be in
danger.
Il cannot describe the feeling that
came over me-" said the Sutliff youth.
1T was not that 1 ever took any
stock in mental telepathy or any
thing of that kind. / never have.
But 1 suddenly got to feeling that
something was wrong The fear
became a settled conviction. AL
though we had provisions enough to
keep us two weeks longer, and had
started out with the intention of re-
naming as long as possible, could
not keep from turning back felt
queer and very much disturbed.
Nothing could have held me back"
The boys were camping near the
head of Mill creek, very near to the
hills that border upon the desert
The Colorado statesman., 1912-08-17
cARLzEN MURDER SUSPECT?
Colorado Springs Police Arrest xvi
liam, the Apostle"

Colorado Springs.-A man who
styles himself William, the Apostle
was arrested here as a suspect in con
nection with the Carlzen murder case
The prisoner, who is over sixty year,
vars old, was captured after he had
terrorized little children ON the out
skirts of the city by shouting curses
The police say there is no direct evi
dence to connect him with the Denver
crime.
A woman's blood-stained handker.
chief was found on him and his trou.
sers show a stain. The handkerchief
and broken pair of glasses were sent
to the Denver police by Chief Stanley
d. Burno.
A Bible, weather-beaten and pencil
marked throughout, and a woman's
picture are being retained by Chief
Burno.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-08-17
HE HANDLED S4,837,226, ,3se
Cash Transactions of the Government
Treasurer Highest In tho History
of the Department.

The cash transactions of Lee Nc
Clung, treasurer of the United States.
with the business world during the fis-
cal year 1912 climbed to the enormous
total of S4,837, ,226,388, the highest in
the history Of the country. This
amount, $300,000,000 greater than the
previous year, represents the combin-
ed income and expenditures Of the
government.
Including the intra-departmental
transactions, which necessarily in
volved duplication, the total amount
of money handled by the divisions of
731,5O2.
This sum passed hundreds of hands
in the treasury, but only one official
was bonded for it's security-the
treasurer of the United States, whose
bond is only $150,00O, and who, by
law, is personally held responsible
for every cent of the billions that
pass through his office yearly. Mr..
McClung admitted that he is startled
when he contemplates the greatness
of the amount Of money which the
oretically he must personally account
for.
In the few cases of defalcations
which have occurred in the treasury
congress has invariably relieved the
treasurer, but Mr.. McClung, like his
predecessor, maintains that every
man in his office who handles money
should be bonded. Under present con-
ditions he must depend largely upon
the honesty of his subordinates and
a comprehensive system of checks
against individuals and groups of in
dividuals to detect irregularities.
The bureau of engraving and print
ing turned out during the year $780,
096,000 in paper United States cur
rency to take the place of notes worn
to unfitness for circulation.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-08-17
HOUSE PASSES
THE STEEL BILL
ACTION TAKEN WITHIN HOURS
AFTER PRESIDENT REFUSED
TO SIGN 1T.
COTTON WINS IN SENATE
REPASSED STEEL AND IRON TAR
IFF MEASURE BACK TO SEN
ATE WITH WOOL BILL.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.-Repe its action
Of Tuesday when it passed the wool
tariff bill over President Taft's veto,
the House today repassed the vetoed
steel and iron tariff bill within two
hours after it had been returned from
the White House with the Presidents
veto message. The vote was 173 to
SO, margin of only two votes over
the two-thirds necessary.
The Senate at almost the same time
was engaged in passing the Demo
cratic cotton tariff bill sent week
ago by the House. Senator La Fol-
lette's substitute, which represented
the views of the tariff board, was
voted down, 46 to 16, and La Toilette
and eight other Progressive Republi-
cans later joined the Democrats and
passed the cotton bill, sc to 10. An
amendment was attached repeating all
but the pulp and paper section of the
Canadian reciprocity law.
The repassed steel bill was sent to
the Senate and reposed with the
wool bill among the papers technically
ON the desk of the President of the
Senate. Both measures will be called
up and an attempt will be made to
repass them, but Democratic leaders
have little hope that they can obtain
the necessary two-thirds vote.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-08-17
REBELS THREATEN INVASION.
General Wood Expected to Issue
Sweeping orders to the Army.

General Wood Expected to Issue
Sweeping Orders to the Army.
Washington.-With 1,100 Mexican
rebels threatening to invade American
territory and attack isolated detach-
ments of American troops, with Major
Sedgwick Rice, in command of the
Third cavalry, calling for immediate
help and Major General Leonard
Wood, chief of staff, directing mill
tary operations from Washington. the
situation on the Mexican border has
become surcharged with electricity.
Hurried conferences between Major
General Wood and Mr.. Stimson, the
secretary of war, and other army
strategists, were held over the latest
dispatches from Brigadier General E.
Steever, in command of the American
border patrol.
The situation has become so intense
that army officers expect Major Gen
eral Leonard Wood to issue sweeping
orders. for American troops to rein.
force Major Rice at his position near
Palomas, New Mexico. where he is
threatened with attack from superi'
or force. At the same time, rumors
flew thick and fast about increasing
the border patrol, concentrating a
greater force near the border and nip.
ping in the bud the rebels apparent
campaign tc defy the United States
army on the boundary line.
There was evidence of increased
concern over the Mexican develop
ments at the State Department. But
it is firmly reiterated that the ad
ministration's policy of ''non-intervep
ton" has not been altered.
Reports from the City of Mexico that
President Taft had notified the Mexi
can government that the rebellion
must be crushed by certain date or
the United States would intervene
were categorically denied at the State
Department and at the White House
The Colorado statesman., 1912-08-17
BAD LUCK HIS PORTION
LOOKED UP WIFE AFTER AZ
YEARS, FOUND HER MARRIED.
Story of a Georgia Mans Many Re-
verses Which Began in War Times
Nov He Has Welded an
Old Sweetheart.

Savannah, Ga.-Parted from his
young wife and baby daughter by the
tatuities of war, exiled from Savan-
nah by order of General Sherman aft
er marching through Georgia, Peter j..
thompson, wanderer extraordinary,
mas returned to his native state after
~ years to find the wife of his youth
happily married to another man and
mother of many children, his baby
daughter grown to womanhood and
nursing babies of her own, and his sis
ter unable to recognize him.
After having his roof blown from
over his head by cyclone in Kansas,
his barns and granaries burned in
Ohio, his little store in another state
destroyed by fire, tramping over the
whole of the west and middle west,
selling trees and lightning rods in the
Mississippi valley, associating with
feudists in the Kentucky mountains,
Thompson. in his old age, turned his
eyes and heart toward his own old
state. So he worked his way across
the intervening states and came at last
to Pembroke.
But all the friends of his youth had
disappeared. Many of the old families
were broken up. The slabs in the little
churchyard told him where many of
the people he had known had gone. The
graves of his father and mother he
found there. No trace of his wife and
child could he find.
A chance acquaintance told him that
his sister was married and was living
In Savannah. Coming here he found
her in the person of Mrs. l.. A. Schu-
man. With some difficulty he persuad-
ed her of his identity. From her he
learned that his wife, after giving him
up for dead, had married again and,
with their daughter, also now married,
was living at Blitchton. He went to
Blitchton and spent a day with his
daughter and his former wife, now
Mrs. Berry Jones. The law had pre-
sumed him dead and he had ceased
to have the status of a husband.
By means of pictures and other me-
mentos of her babyhood he persuaded
his daughter of his identity and held
her in his arms. Then he turned his
back upon what was once his family
with his sister
There were two families living in
the house occupied by Mrs. Schuman.
While passing through the hall an
aged woman, who was living with the
family above, saw him.
Amt this Peter Thompson?" she
asked. Don't you remember Ann Wal
ler?"
OF course he did. Then he learned
that she had been married twice, but
was now a widow. He himself was a
sort of "widower." And Ann Waller
had been his sweetheart before he met
the girl who became his wife.
They were married the other day
by the Rev. John S. Wilder, pastor of
the Southside Baptist church, and
are as happy as two doves. They will
make their home in Savannah.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-08-17
Professional Story Teller.

Washington has a professional story
teller One of the duties of Miss Le-
ma iF?I Wilkins, an ehipibye of the
Washington Fairgrounds association,
is to visit the Fairgrounds, gather the
children around her, aand relate to
them the stories of the fair prince,
who rescued the fairy princess from
the dragon, and >afterInany trials and
tribulations. were married and lived
happily ever afterward." m 1sYut
Story telling is new feature In
playground wot]o'Y enG o1e G lthAn1 'is
heartily approved by Supervisor e. S,
Martini and the1com mi ssfoners92
The Colorado statesman., 1912-08-17
JESSE JAMES A TRAVELLER
Son of the Famous Outlaw Enjoys
His Honeymoon in a Light
Spring Wagon.

Philadelphia, Pa.-Jesse James, Jr.,
son of Jesse James, once noted out
law, is in Philadelphia.
With his wife, former Philadelphia
girl, and his three-months-old daugh-
ter, Myrtle, he is staying with the
family of William Crooks, relatives of
Mrs. James, at 246 Slocum street, Ger
mantown. Mrs. James was Miss Ell
sic LinGsay OF 671S Chew street, Ger
mantown.
The younger James has had a pic
turesque and enlivening career. though
now only thirty-hve years old. A sol
dier in Uncle Sans regular army; a
participant in the San Juan engage
q fighter in the eventful battle of
Budajoho at Jolo, in the Philippines.
an army farrier, a cowboy. a prize
fighter an ordinary laborer, a bron-
cho buster, a professional athlete. a
gtockman, newspaper reporter
these are some of the few things the
son OF the outlaw has done.
All of his life he has had a mania
for travelling. Three times around the
-
the United States, across Australia
In q buggy, a pedestrian in China and
Japan. with an explorer in Africa
lanes. Jr, has been pretty nearly
evsrywhere OF all the things he has
done there is only one which he re-
prets. He did not drive his horse Rob-
bins into every state in the Union.
Rut he saws he will.
OF ali the things he has been into,
tbis man likes the army best But
he is done with 1t, Married nearly
two years ago, he has given up all
thought of soldering any more for
living He works just enough to ac-
cumnlate a travelling sum, as he calls
II and then sets out.
The honeymoon trip which brought
him and Mrs James to Philadelphia
rtorted more than year ago in Los
Anoe,es. Cal. They Travelled via ma
tnro's roads, using light spring wag-
an as the carrying apparatus, and
o,hot they both call the finest bay
n,.re in the world as drawing power.
For a year James, Jr.. will live in
philadelphia. Then he Is going back
to California
The Colorado statesman., 1912-08-17
! , - ' 3 , Z : : o =
Passing of Washington Inn.

Historic Washington is fast becom-
ing thing of the past. st.@@-sThe@oId
Washington Inn, on North Capitol
street, between, B and c streets, is
about to beItorn down. I 1T was bnif
by George Washington while he was
president of the United States The
site of the inn is to be used as a
part of a parking scheme devised by
engineers. A suggestion has been
made that the brick in the, old inn, be
used in constructing monument to
mark this exact site. The bricks are
hard and just about as good as the
day they were put into the house.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-08-17
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The Colorado statesman., 1912-08-17

of 200, for which
a resolution was
introduced at the
last board of
trade meeting.
Handsome let
ter heads have
appeared. giving
the officers as:
Chairman, H. K.
Bush-Brown; vice
chairman, Harvey
w. Wiley, and
secretary, Charles
Freeman Johnson.
Mr.. ] o h n 5 o n,
who is more than
enthusia site over
The Colorado statesman., 1912-08-17
Told Champion to Behave.

Chicago.-When Jack Johnson ap-
peared in United States Commission
er Buell's office wearing his hat and
smoking, a 120-pound bailiff jerked
the weed from his mouth. threw John
sons hat on the floor, told the cham.
pion to behave" and got away with
it.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-08-17
Longing.

He-What0 glum and dismal wife
you are! l don't believe you could be
lively or pleasant to save your life
She-I may be a dull wife. but just
give me chance and see what a mer-
ry widow l would make
The Colorado statesman., 1912-08-17
Vacation Reorets.

You took your vacation early?"
Yes" said the young man pensive-
ly, "and I'm on my way back home"
Thinking of the girl you left be-
hind?"
No; of the wad'
The Colorado statesman., 1912-08-17
Col. c. E. Meek Dead.

Marble, Colo.-Colonel C. F. Meek,
president of the Colorado Yule Marble
Company, died here as a result of an
accident
The Colorado statesman., 1912-08-17
BOOST CAPITAL CITY
EDUCATIONAL. MOVEMENT START
ED BY STRONG COMMITTEE.
Function of the Organization VIII Be
to Cooperate With and Aid All
Local Existing Bodies In the
Advancement Of Capital.

No time is being lost in forming the
Washington development committee
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-19
WET WEATHER IS
HELP ON MARKET
Corn Opens Unchanged and
Oats Go Up; Little De-
mand for Provisions.

Chicago, Ill, Aug. 19.-Wet weather
was a factor in strengthening the mar
ket today. Opening figures were b
lower to Il higher and the firmness
held through the carry trading De-
cember started at 93Is TO 93Ac I'M
changed to = lower. High tempera-
lures, rain and liberal crop offering
OF corn started that cereal unchanged
TO 3 lower. December opened un-
changed to Il off at 81 to 5S&af and
for time kept within the opening
figures.
Chicago. III, Aug. 1s.-The close was
steady.
\ good commission buying gave oats
an upt3rn in the initial trading, the
start being from unchanged to 4 high
er. The list weakened later with corn
some selling pressure. December
started unchanged to 4 higher at
32Ac and quoted at S2%c.
The close was steady and near the
bottom. December closed q lower at
53Ac, the bottom price.
Little demand was observed for pro-
visions and trading was moderate in
volume. October products were at
SIS.15 to s1S.171z. IL lower. Lard
s11.O71z, IL off, and ribs, S10.s5, cents
lower.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-19
STEEL OFFERING
ENLIVENS TRADE
Reading Again Eases Off,
After Further Unex-
planned Selling.

New York, y. Y. Aug. 19.-Further
unexpIained selling of Reading and
G,ehigh valley, which later spread mod
o-s+sIy- 10 other stocks, turned the
course of today's market from more ir-
regularity to heaviness- Canadian Pa
cific which was heavy in the final
49, If last week, rose three points,
Win a two point advance in Minneapo-
lis st. Paul & Sault Ste Marie. Bonds
Won 0n better SUPPORT coalers regained
some of their forenoon loss, while 9TH
or active stocks also made full recoV-
cry. ~, :. +t,o letter
nart Of the session, with prices show
ing little change from the midday re
covery. except Reading, which again
eased off. 49,,
The market closed irregular Exten-
sive buying of steel enlivened the iast
hour. with improvement IN oLneI
stocks. Large offerings soon Shec -.,.
the rise. however, with general recess
siOns from the top
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-19
HORACE A. STEPHENS
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
Ell Paso Automobile Me
chanic Is Wounded on
Hunting TrlT

While picking up a shot gun IN his
tent half a mile south of Canutillo
at $50 Monday morning, Horace A
Stephens, mechanic for the Limousine
Auto company. was accidentally shot.
The full charge of duck shot entered
his right shoulder
A telephone message to FL PasO ad-
ised Depeder Brothers Of the accident
and George Depeder and G. A Pudcy
made fast time to the scene Of the &C
cident to bring stephens back to FL
Paso. on the incoming trip. he was
conscious until a short distance from
the city. He was taken Immediately
to Providence hospital.
Friends report that his wound IS
serious and his chances doubtful At
the hospital it was said that SteDhens's
chances for recovery are good Ste
phens was accompanied by his wife and
friends on his camping trip up the
valley
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-19
LIVESTOCK
Kansas City Livestock.

Kansas city, Mo, Aug. 19.-Catue-
Receipts. 1900, including 5000 south
ems; market strong Native steers,
S65O61O.40; southern steers, $50 e
645: native cows. Ss.90@9-00; bulls
S3T50 5.25; calves. $5.009S-25; western
steers. $500 S-25; western COWS, S5-oO
q 500.
Hogs-Receipts, $500; market steady
Heavy, 1925 20; packers and butcn-
ers, SS.3O0S.55; light, SS-25 q 500.
Sheep-Receipts. 1000; market steady
Muttons, S3.25 q AIS; lambs, $3.50 g s. /;
range wethers and yearlinSs, $500
AIS; rangers. 1915 a $50.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-19

Chicago, Ill, Aug. 1s--Catue-Re-
cepfts. $4,000: market, best strong to
cent up. Beeves. 1915 1850; Texas
steers. 5000 SIS; western steers. S6.25
GS25: stockers and feeders. S6.25 q
7.35. cows and heifers, S2-65 SIS;
calves, $3.50 9.75.
Hogs Receipts, $4,000; market slow
Light. SS-O56S-6O mixed. S7-75 q $50;
hca-- 1855 GS5O; rough. 1915 $50;
bulk Ct sales, SS.05 $50.
Sheep - Receipts, 1900; market
steady. Native $3.50 $50; western
S3-30G425: lambs. native, S4.25 lbs
western, s4.25 Oils