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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-05-05
Paris Auto Bandits Slain.

Paris.-Bonnot, the leader of an or.
ganized gang of automobile bandits
who have been terrorizing Paris and
the surrounding district for months
and Du Bois, notoriius an
archist. were shot to wealth in
the most thrilling encounter in the
annals of French crime. A garage at
Choisy-le-Roi, six miles south of Paris,
in which the bandits had taken refuge,
was blown up by dynamite. after these
two men had kept at bay for hours a
large part of the police force of Paris.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-05-05
MISSING the Point.

Representative Rucker of Colorado,
apropos of a tariff argument about
sugar, said to Washington CORE
sponGent: "Oh, well, those men don't
see my point. They miss it as badly
as the old lady missed her sons.
Mother young man said. look
ing UP from the Bulletin. would you
believe that it takes 5000 elephants
year to make our piano keys and
billiard balls?'
Make our piano keys and billiard
balls! cried the old lady. Well, /
always understood elephants were in
tellieent creatures, but i never knew
before that they'd been trained to
make piano keys and billiard balls. q"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-05-05
TERRIFIC CYCLONE VISITS TEXAS
PANHANDLE AND SOUTHERN
OKLAHOMA.
Is KILLED AT LUCERT
DOZEN TOWNS MORE THAN HALF
RAZED; PATH SWEPT
CLEAN.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Oklahoma City, Okla. - Forty one
persons are reported to have been
killed by a tornado that swept south
western Oklahoma and the southwest
corner of the Texas Panhandle April
2Sth. A dozen towns were struck and
farming communities suffered.
Communication facilities are para
lyzed and it is impossible to confirm
the reports of loss of life or to accur-
ately estimate the property damage.
The greatest loss of life reported is
at Lugert, where it is said fifteen per-
sons were killed. special train. sent
from Altus with physicians and nurses,
when it was reported passenger
train had been blown from the rails,
picked up ten injured persons and
started back for Altus. Two of these
died on the train.
1t was reported a Kansas City, Mex
leo & Orient train had been blown
from the track and twenty persons
killed, but it developed that but two
cars had been derailed and no one was
huA.
HS wi tuittu JUST dSiOSS llc
Texas border and first killed seven
persons at Kirkland. Tex, demolishiug
thirty buildings. and blew a Rock Isl
and work train off the track.
Tearing on northward the storm
struck Eldorado, killing four; Calumet,
killing three. and Lugert, Rocky, where
half the town is in ruins; Yukon, War
rem, Martha, Blair and Lone Wolf. AT
each of these places many persons
were hurt.
Several of these towns are cut off
from communication. What is belle !ed
to be the tail of the storm destroyed
several buildings at Mulhall. fifty
miles north of Oklahoma City, but so
far as known there were no casualties
there.
p. B. Thompson and his wife were
caught under the falling timbers of
their home at Calumet and crushed 10
death. Several other buildings at Caiu-
met were demolished and two persons
were injured
Aledo. village in Dewey county, is
reported to be in ruins.
Those killed in Texas were Roy
Camp. wife and two children: Mrs. u.
+. Kennedy and Hugh Singleton and
wife.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-05-05
A Sad Handicap.

Sad case of the fellow on the
fourth floor,'
What's thatf"
He plays the cornet for his own
amusement, but he got SO hard up late
ly that he had to pawn the instru-
ment'
"Well?"
Now he cant borrow a dollar in
the entire building because everybody
is afraid he'll get the blamed tooter
out of pawn"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-05-05
Boulder Alter Match Factory.

Boulder.-The Diamond Match Com
pany will establish five branch fac
tories this year to save the big ex-
pense of shipping their goods here
from the East. The Boulder CONNER
cial Association is making a strong
bid for enc of the factories, having Of
fered building site. and several thou
sand dollars in stock. A representa-
tive of the company will be in Boul-
der within the next few days to look
the. situation over.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-05-05
Stockmen Short of Hay.

Meeker.-Stockmen of the valley
are threatened with a shortage of hay,
unless elusive spring comes soon to
stay. This has been the longest feed
ing season known in the county for
years, and indications are that more
must be done. Hay cannot be bought
for less than SO per ton, and there
is little to be had even at that price.
The grass is coming up and soon cat
tie can be turned out.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-05-05
oil People Are Active.

Meeker.-The Colorado-Pacific De-
velopment company, the million-do'lar
concern operating in the Rangely oil
fields, proved up on an immense tra3t
in that section recently which will al
most double It's holdings. The oil COM
pany contemplates extending its oper-
ations
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-05-05
Beet Refuse Causes Rats.

Greeley-That the refuse from the
sugar factory which goes into the
Poudre river and lodges along tne
banks of the stream is accountable tor
the thousands of rats that intest
Greeley was recently discovered.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-05-05
Cause Of the Row.

Mrs. Brown had dreadful quar-
rel with her husband last night?"
That so?"
Yes. She bid eight on a hand thst
was good for ten. not thinking Mr.
Brown would overbid her, but he did
1t almost broke up the party"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-05-05
FOREIGN.

In future women will not be engaged
in the Canadian civil service save rs
stenographers and typewriters. accord
ing to a recent ruling.
The relief funds being raised in
London for the assistance of the suf-
ferers by the Titanic disaster now
amount to upwards of 100000
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-05-05
Electric Plant for steamboatisprino.

Steamboat Springs.-A. NJ. Gooding
and associates have applied to the
City Council for a franchise for an
electric light plant. They intend to
generate electricity with power plant
on Fish creek, and have sub-station
at Deep creek to furnish electricity
TO the anthracite coal fields.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-05-05

Phoenix. Ariz.-Eugenio Mata. one
OF Governor Hunts honor convicts. ~
walked up to the gates of the Arizona
penitentiary at Florence, was admitted
and donned penal garb after having
been on a months leave of absence to
visit his aged parents at Alameda,
N. M.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-05-05
earela Ranch Sold Under Hammer

Trinidad.-One of the largest pub ic
trustee land sales in the history of Las
Animas county was closed when The
large estate of Senator Cashmere
Barela. comprising 1887 acres u
splendid land, was sold under the
hammer to II. B. Phelps of Raton
N NJ, for about 100000
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-05-05
MaybeII Wants County Seat.

Meeker.-Maybell's business men
have begun campaign for the county
seat of Moffat county. 1t is now locat-
ed at Craig, put Maybell contends that
it is the logical place for the county
seat.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-05-05
Express Robbers Confess.

Grand Junction.-The mystery sur
rounding the theft of $4,000 from the
Globe Express Company was cleared
when Albert f. Teachout, night mes
senger for the Wells-Fargo company,
after a rigid cross-examination. tod
the officers the robbery was a frame
up between Ben Gilbert and himself.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-05-05
When Your EYES Need Care

Fine-Acts Quickly. Try It for Red, Weak,
Watery Eyes aud GranulAted Eyelids. Illus
compounded by our oculsts-.not "Patent Ned
icne"-but used in successful Physicians' Prac-
tice for many years. Now dedicated tho Pub
lie and sold BY Druggists at 2oc and soc per Bottle
Murine Eye Salvo In Aseptic Tubes, NC and &c.
Murine Eye Remedy Co.. Chicago
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-05-05
May Get Reduced Rates.

Greeley.-If work now under way by
the Commercial Club give expected
results, Greeley may get reduction
on potato freight rates which will
mean a saving of more than 500. 000
annually.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-05-05
Larimer Fair Sept. 10, II and 12.

Loveland- = The Larimer County
Fair Association has decided on Sept.
10, II, ~ and 13 for the fair. The
officers are planning improvement of
the buildings and beautitying of the
grounds.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-05-05
CheXenne Season opens.

Cheyenne, Wyo.-The 1912 baseball
season opened here April 2S with a
game between the Cheyenne Indians
and the Eleventh infantry team.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-05-05
Pope Is Very M.

Rome.-The Pope's physicians, Drs
Pellaci and Marchiafava, are in close
attendance on his holiness, who is
very ILL.,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-05-05
Easily.

Howell-He has a prosperous look
Powell-Yes, you could tell at a
glance that he was single man.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-05-05

Coated tongue, vertigo, constipation are
all relieved by Garfield Tea.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-05-05
FREE ADVICE
TO SICK women
Thousands Have Been HELPED
By Common Sense
Suggestions.

Women suffering from any form of fe-
male ills are invited to communicate
promptly with the woman s private CORE
spondence department Of the Lydia E.
Pinkham M dicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
Your letter will be opened, read and
answered by a woman and held in strict
confidence. A woman can freely talk Of
her private illness to woman; thus has
been established confidential corre-
spondence which h as extended over
many years and which has never been
broken. Never have they published .
testimonial or used a letter without the
written consent of the writer, and never
has the Company allowed these confiden-
tial letters to get out of their possession,
as the hundreds of thousands of them in
their files will attest
Out Of the vast volume of experience
which they have to draw from, it is more
than possible that they possess the very
knowledge needed in your case. Moth
ing is asked in return except your good
will, and their advice has helped thou
sands. Surely any nS-SN
woman, rich or poor, SNN@SNA6J
should be glad to M<ANM
take advantage Of
this generous offer HO
of assistance. Ad-
dress Lydia E. Pink (M e~,5I3 IN
ham Medicine Co., M\cES4E~A,W
(confidentiaD Lynn, CySSA&SEO
Mass. iS6k SINkaHM
Every woman ought to have
Lydia E. Pinkham's 8O-page
Text Book. 1t is not a book for
general distribution, as 1t Is too
1t is free and only
by mail. Write for
1t today.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-05-05

There are two kinds of ambition
one scars and the other crawls.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-05-05
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS IN COLORADO.

May 6-!1.-State Y. NJ. c. A. Convention.
Pueblo.
June 18-20.-State Sunday School Con-
vention. Colorado Springs.
June 11-July 19.-Summer Term. State
Teachers' College. Greeley.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-25
FEDERAL SUIT AGAINST
WALL PAPER TRUST FAILS

CLEVELAND. O.. May 25.-Tha
complaint OF few dealers in low
price wall paper against eight wall
papers manufacturers and jobbers
failed to provide the government with
a case under the Sherman antitrust
law. A jury decided that the manu-
facturers had not conspired to shut
out five and ten-cent store men by
refusing to sell them wall paper.
The defendants were set free at
$40 o'clock last night, when the fed.
eral Jury returned a verdict OF not
guilty after three house deliberatlon.
The governments suit was intended
TO dissolve the Wallpaper trust. "
Frank Hall. proprietor OF five and ten
cent stores In Pittsburgh and Cleve.
land, was the governments star wit.
ness.
The defense introduced SIX other
five an dten-cent dealers who testiie5
the defendants products were avail
able TO them.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-25
POUND RETIRES FROM
WATER COMMISSION
Resignation Comes Month After
Reappointment-J. j. Brady
:. His Successor

James II. Pound is no longer a
member OF the board of water COM
miss,oners. After five years service
on tie board. Mr. Pound has resigned
and Mayor Thompson announced, Fri
day afternoon, that he had appointed
James j. Brady to succeed Pound.
rM. Pound was first appointed In
1907 for a term OF five years and
was reappointed by the mayor a
month ago. The mayor commented
but a few days ago on the fact that
he considered Pound one of the ciF's
best officials. The resignation came
as surprise to the mayor and
Pounds associates.
Mr.. Brady, his successor, has made
a fortune in various enterprises. He
was formerly vice-president and fac
tory manager for the Chalmers Motor
Co., and was also syice,president and
director OF the Saginaw & Flint rail.
way, recently sold TO the Common
wealth Power Co. He is at present
vice-president and director OF the
Fairview Savings bank. and president
OF Brady-Nagel Mfg. Co.,. being as.
soclated with William Nagel, former
deputy controller. Brady is an ac-
tive Democrat. -
The Detroit times., 1912-05-25
GIVES u PFORTUNE TO WE'D
HER FINANCIAL AGENT

BOURNE, Mass. May 25.-When
Francis Cushing Green, OF New York.
welded Mrs. Mary Louise Garland, to-
day, she gave up all right excepting a
trusteeship for her children in the
S10,000000 which her first husband
left her. Green has been her flnan-
cial agent.
The New Yorker and Mrs. Garland
were married at the Garland country
estate here this afternoon. Miss Hope
Garland, who was born in New York
after her father and mother had been
separated, reunited, divorced and then
remarked. was maid of honor for her
mother. The eldest of Mrs. Garland's 3
four sons was best man.
BY terms OF the will II became
known positively today that Mrs. Gar
lands only interest now that she Is re-
married in the $10,000.000 estate her
husband left, will be as a trustee for
her children. From the estate of her
first husbands father she will receive
$4,000 annually for the support Of heY
children. The $4,000 annually which
Mrs. Garland was given when she re-
married her first husband, continued
up TO the time she was married to-
day. A petition now awaiting court
settlement has been filed by Mrs.
Garland requesting $4,000 annually
for each child I'm addition TO the $685.
600 mentioned. Besides a snug for
tune she received from her own fam.
lily, Mrs. Garland received $4,000 out.
right upon her first husbands death.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-25
YOUNG MAN FOUND IN YARD
WITH BULLET IN BREAST
Believe dThat Frank Velie In
fiicted Fatal Wound Himself
Had Trouble With Wife

Awakened shortly before / O'Clock
Saturday morning by three revolver
shots fired in quick succession, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles o. Velie, OF No. 35C
Philadelphia-ave., rushed into the bed.
room of their son Frank, 27 years old
and were terribly alarmed when they
found him absent After a search,
Frand was found lying In the back
yard with bullet wound through his
breast, just above the heart.
He would give no explanation of
the shooting, and when questioned by
his father, said go to hell and let
me die"
A revolver was found close beside
him, and Detectives Brooks and Sey-
mour, who Investigated the case thor
oughly, are satisfied that the young
man shot himself. He would not ad
init II TO the detectives, but he did not
claim that anyone else shot him.
Velie was rushed to- Grace hospital
in an auto patrol apdFis helieyed, tt
be dying. He refused to make any
ante-mortem statement
Velie's wife and his two children
are living at the home OF the wifes
parents, No. 1909 Forest-ave. east.
The wife told the detective sthat she
was forced TO leave her husband, May
2, as he failed to support her and
drank to such excess that he fire.
quently suffered from delirium tire.
mems, at which times he threatened TO
kill her and her babies.
He recently chased her with butch
er knife, she said, when she scolded
him for his failure to provide for his
babies, and she declares that he
threatened to kill her II she ever
swore out a warrant against him for
non-support.
The detectives learned that Velie
was arrested a short time ago for
forging milk tickets Of the Detroit
Creamery Co., and the case is now
pending In the recorders court.
Velie's wife also told the detectives
that her husband, besides abusing
her, also threatened his children, and
just before she left him and fed to
her parents home, she says he threat
ened to kill his baby so that his wife
could see how anyone looked when
he had been slain" Velie's mother
told the police that Frank had written
letter. Friday evening, but when he
Yves questioned about II, he said he
had written a letter to his wife, and
had later torn 1t up and thrown 1t
away.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-25
SENATOR SMITH GATHERS
FACTS IN SHIP PROBE

NEW YORK, May Ex-senator
william Alden Smith, chairman OF
the senate's committee investigating
The sinking Of the White Star Liner
Titanic. today came to New York for
further inquiry and went aboard the
Olympic, sister shir of the Titanic.
Senator Smith was accompanied by
Rear Admiral X. M. Watt, u. 5. N,
rand said that the object of his visit
was 10 inspect the life-saving appar-
atus; TO obtain from Capt. Haddock,
OF the Olympic. some general informa-
lion on navigation and also to clear
I'D sdme points regarding the Olym-
riCe movements on the morning that
the Titanic went down.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-25
WOMAN CRUSHED BY CAR,
PASSES AWAY IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. E. c. Sunderland Victim of
Accident at Randolph
and Macomb-Sts.

Mrs. E. c. Sunderland, aged 39. OF
Amherstburg, Ont, died in st. Mary q
hospital, late Friday night from In
juries sustained In the afternoon when
she walked around the rear end OF
an east-bound car, at Randolph aud
Nacomb-sts., and stepped directly IN
the path of Michigan car, down
bound. She rolled under the fender
and was pinioned under the car only
few inches from the wheels.
The flying squadron and O patrol
auto from the central station gave q
remarkable exhibition OF their efficacy
in such cases, when the car was raised
and the woman extricated within
three minutes after she was struck
She was placed In the auto patrol and
rushed to st. Mary's hospital, though
to be only slightly cut and bruised.
She talked with the oiiicers az they
| released her from her rerrible pre-
dicament, and they were jt pilant oyei
| the thought that they had undonbted
liy saved her life. But internal in
juries developed, and II was also dis
covered that both OF her shoulders
had been broken.
Mrs. Sunderland had been visiting
her sister, Mrs. Bertram, OF Fourth
ave. The body was removed to the
undertaking rooms OF James Hayes
No. 3S7 Fourteenth-ave.
Samuel Weisman, IL years old, OF
No. 1910 Brewster-st., was knocked
down by a car at Grand River-ave
and Griswold-st., Friday afternoon, but
escaped with bruises about the head
and hips. His mother tok him home
in taxicab.
Henry Kean. aged six, OF No. 1913
Jefferson-ave., was struck by JET
ferson car at Bellevue-ave, and pain
fully injured about the head. He was
carried to the office OF a physician
who revived him, and the lads moth
er then took him home.
Cleda Reva, a six-year-old Chatham
girl, visiting at No S5 Fifth-st., was
knocked down by an automobile
driven by John ONeil, OF Trenton, al
Sixth-st. and Lafayette-blvd., Friday
afternoon. The little girls collar
bone was fractured and she was badly
bruised about the head.
O'Neil made every effort to avoid
the accident, turning his auto into a
telephone pole as the little girl
jumped in front of the machine ;TeI
reaching the curb in safety. o&ll
told his story in police headquarters
and was exonerated OF all blame.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-25
SIX DIVISIONS FOR
MEMORIAL DAY PARADE

Six divisions will comprise the
Memorial day parade, which will start
from the Grand Circus park at lao
D. m, on May 80. The line of march
will be down Woodward-ave. to JEFF
ferson, to Hastings, countermarch to
Brush and disband at the armory at
Brush and Larned-sts., where patriotic
exercises will be held. John Devlin
is to be chief marshal and the divi-
sion marshals will be Maj. l. l..
Durfee, Col. Fred w. Rau, Col j. j.
Treppa, Capt. w. II. Busch, Capt.
]. r. Spillane and T. A. r. Weaodck.
Troops from Fort Wayne, and In
fantry, cavalry and naval reserves Of
Michigan will be in the first division.
In the other divisions Will be a num-
Der of fraternal societies, Spanish
war veterans. and city officials.
The G. A. X. post will march In the
fifth division under Marshal j. T..
Spillane, and will be led by Miller's
fife. drum and trumpet corps. Dis
abled veterans will ride in motor cars
in the sixth division. which will also
include the woen's patriotic societies.
Memorial services for those who
died at sea will be held at the Wayne
pavilion at 10 a. m.
Chief Marshall Devlin says that dur.
ing recent years there has been fall
ing of In the display Of flags on bust
ness buildings and in other observ'
ances of the day designated for honor
ing the heroes Of the Civil war and he
urges a more fitting observance this
year
The Detroit times., 1912-05-25
WESTMINSTER LEAGUE
HOLDS ANNUAL BANQUET

Two hundred attended the annual
banquet OF the Westminster league In
the annex Of the Fort-st. Presbyterian
church, Friday evening The Rev.
edward II. Pence was toastmaster and
the following addresses were given:
The middleman,' the Rev j. Fred
erick F1tschen; "Other days DIR. w.
J. Stapleton; Future days" Mrs. Har-
vey Merker; Present days" David
Pence.
Harold Jarvis and Hugh White, vo-
calists; Raymond Dulitz, .violinist, an';
Eva Nesbitt, reader, were other con
tributors TO the program.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-25
TAFT AND ROOSEVELT
+, OUT EARLY TO FIGHT
FORNEW JERSEY VOTE
Both Have Extensive Itineraries
To Fulfill Before Days
Campaigning Ends
ACTIVITIES INCREASE AS
PRIMARY DRAWS NEAR
Roosevelt In Happy Mood, Say
ing Victory In Chicago Has
Already Been Won

ASBURY PARK, n. j., May 25.-
Col. Roosevelt resumed his fight for
delegates in New Jersey today with a
heavy schedule.
The colonel was jubilant when he
arrived here over the enthusiastic re
ceptions he has received in New Jer
sey. He said II everybody votes as
he expects New Jersey will double
riyet the victory which he believes
has already been won.
The first stop today was at Lake
wood where the colonel spoke from
his car. After leaving there he spoke
al Long Branch, Red Bank and Perth
Amboy before noon and was scheduled
TO stop In Railway. New Brunswick
and Painsfield this afternoon. To
night he will speak in Elizabeth. Col
'Roose' elt will go to Oyster Bay TO-
night, but will return TO New Jersey
Monday for one day.
President Taft, after spending the
night at the home OF his brother in
New York, started out early today on
a motor trip through New Jersey. His
itinerary called for stops at Jersey
City, Kearney, Newark, Harrison,
East Newark, Passaic, Paterson,
Ridgewood, Montclair, Rutherford,
Hackensack and Englewood.
The president motored over dusty
; New Jersey roads for more than five
hours yesterday. He continued his
attacks on Col. Roosevelt, saying
among other things that IL would be
unwlse and dangerous to depart from
the wise tradition that limits a presi-
dent to two terms.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-25
10000 OUT IN STRIKE
OF DOCK WORKERS

LONDON, May zo.--The rtock work
ers' strike today was further compli-
Gated by the walkout of the carriers
!, union, and il is now estimated that
more than 100000 men are out, Lon
don's transport industry Is almost
completely tied up and the situation
is menacing because OF the steady
rise in the price of foodstuffs. There
are now at the docks more than $50
vessels loaded with fool supplies, but
there are no men TO unload them, and
no one to convey them to the markets
/. they were unloaded.
The Liberal press, which last sum
mer supported the dockmen's strike
for shorter hours and better wages, is
generally censuring the present move
ment. declaring that the strike is with
out justification.
With perishable foods decaying on
the docks, and heavy wagons taken
from the streets, London already has
some Of the appearances Of besieged
city, with long and bitter struggle
apparently in prospect.