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The chronicle=news., 1912-12-27
Jim THORPE IS BIG
HERO IN HIS HOME TOWN

is known To all the people OF that
locality.
And rs IL ls Ia Prague. 50 II !s
throughout Lincoln county-cvcry'
body Is proud OF Jimmy Thorpe. aud
proud OF the fact that he is ono OF
their fcllow-c!tizcns Their. really
hasn't been IL subject OF conversation
In Pra:u. and community. not even
during the presidential campaign.
that has rINalcd at all the topic. jim
nay Thorpe. for with the folks there
he l, NOR" than a hero.
An ordinary American would not
b- abl. to stand the prosperity that
has com. To jim Thorpe In the ram.
rutural manner as the Indian stands
~ II takes the stole blood OF the Sac
and FOX tribes not To show just u lit
u" m"rc hi:hn"ss OF the head upon I"
s-'uIu hnn" after having achieved
,.- iIStin, tInn that Is now possessed
by Thorpe. Rcnowh 4, not trouble
him. however. for h. Is lust ihn,
same Thorpe that left Prague unhcr.
aided aud unknown several years ago.
Ills old acquaintance are hailed by
their first names la the sane manner
as iua, uscd by the buriy athlete be-
fore he became the best known on the
planet,
The Prague citizens were glad to
get nm Invitation To hunt with jim
my Thorpe. aud had he bu, asked II.
the whole Town would have closcd
doors and accompanied him into tho
,Imb.r-d forests along Deep Fork. the
North Canadian. Salt Creek and Hi
lnbaha. The towns biggest banker.
George sutton. president of the fir,,
National. and It's biggest manufac;.
uf.r. ". \. Armbrisi.r. secretary OF
the Union Cotton Seed OIL Nompsny.
accompanied him eastward Is miles
To Mccawbcr 20 hunt for bigger
game than quail. "a, deer had been
reported plentiful In that locality.
whcI. ih. hills abound and III. FOR
"siE seem un'ndinr.
And now. ON top of his fame.
Thorp. may bccom. famous also a.
The chronicle=news., 1912-12-27
ALLEGED couErERYElTER HELD

States secret service operative went
to Washington today to takc charge
OF Salvador lIctciio aud Fortunaiio
I.obclio charged with passing tw"
dollar counterfeit notes made by the
famous M0rcllo.l.upos gang. the
leaders OF which are now serving
long terms In the penitcntiary. Oc-
casionuily SON. Of these notes turn
up In circulation. indicating that
there was q plant somcwhcrc I'M
discovered In tn. raid several years
ago.
The chronicle=news., 1912-12-27
PATSY" SHEPPARD DEAD

Bosion. Dee. :7.-"Patsy" Shcp'
pard who us u lightweight was one
OF the stars OF tn. prize ring years
ago died today ut his home here.
aged 80 years. From 1864 TO lS''
h. fought nearly all the noted box
.rs In England and this country.
Later he WAS one ~ the trainers ana
hackers or John l.. sullivan.
The chronicle=news., 1912-12-27
RELIABLE HOME TREATMENT
TAKES GIFT OF GOOSE
AS A DEADLY INSULT

Dcs Moin.s. ia.. Dee. :..--lnsuli-
ed because his st.p-son gnr. his wife
a goose FOR Christmas, John Balm.
negro. sho, and killed his wife and
then took his own life.
The chronicle=news., 1912-12-27
TAKES CHRISTMAS SWIM
IN LAKE MICHIGAN

Chicago. Dec. :1.-John Rcitz. 50.
took his first regular Christmas swim
yesterday In Lake Michigan. When
persons thought him drowning he 10
vit,d them: Come In: tho waters
fine .... -.
The chronicle=news., 1912-12-27
rAvoRs MORE RELIGION
AND LESS CHARITY

New York. y. y. Dec. :'.-in an
attack oil free Christmas dinners.
Rev. Vim. N. Grosvrnor said he was
In favor OF more religion and less
charity.
The chronicle=news., 1912-12-27
WORRIED BY FIRST
COMPLAINT: KILLS SELL

New York. Dec. :'.--Worrying
over tho rirs, complaint against him
John Kelly. II letter carrier for 70
years. committed suicide.
The chronicle=news., 1912-12-27
WHITTIER RELICS BURNED

Amcsbury. Mass. Dee. :1.-Rclics
Of the poet Whittier. including auto
graph letters from crowned heads and
original manuscripts. were destroyed
In fire.
The chronicle=news., 1912-12-27
KNOCKS OUT HIS FATHERS EYE

Chicago. Dec. :7.--ttichard Gage.
81. knocked out his fathers eye ana
broke his head when the parent re-
bukcd him for drinking. The boy Is
In jail.
The chronicle=news., 1912-12-27

GuthTir, OKLA. Dee. 2.,-Jim
TAoTpc-ilo worlds greatest athlete
amd star football Tiaycr--has had u
good time recently. minrling again
wiih his trlboSm.n and hunting
Through the hills and valley that
abound in tn. Sac aud Fox and Greek
Indians near Central Oklahoma. Tn"
Indiana are very proud OF the record
mad, by their now illis'rious kins-
man. but like Thorpe. they ar. s,o-
| Iral aud their pride in his is shown
more In their actions than in words.
All the bucks w.r" glad To ,;ci u
chance Ia accompany him ON his
hunting trips. and they had picked
out In ai,.n." the secret places "i
tn, deer. Wild turkeys and quail. IN
order that Thorp" nigh, ha'" the
best hunting that The ioi'ncg terri
tories NOW afford.
Had Thorpe been King Nicholas OF
Montenegro. Woodrow Wilson or Col
ou-i Roosevelt. he could not have cTc-
a,r,I more enthusiasm aud curiosity
In Guthrie. Prague aud the other
towns aud cities he visited. When
he arrived ut Prague. the trading
point for many OF the Indians. II was
walk. and the iIist glimpse III"
townspcopi. had o! MIN was when
he .trolicd down the streets the next
morning. When Thorpe left Prague
for Carlisle. he WAS Just husky In
dian boy. Since then he has achieved
great iam. greater as an athlete
than ha, been the lot OF any other
man since the world began.
rcciarcd the worlds greatest. af-
ter his performances -; stockholm.
Ia the oIympi, contests. he returned
to America. captured every event.
college or otherwise. that he en-
tered. and then ia til. fall football
season not only was he tn. star OF
Carlisle. bu, wi;hcu, opposition the
fIr,; pick on tn. ali-Amcrieans-
'h.s. things have happened 10 I.mmy
Thorp. since his iawnspcoplc last
saw him. FOR I, / Sas Jimmy" that he
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-04
Weeks News from All Over Colorado

received by Chief of Police o'Neiil of
Denver
With an enthusiastic working force
of 700 thoroughly organized men and
boys the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation OF Denver win inaugurate
whirlwind four-day campaign for 1000
new members.
For the first time In fifty-four years.
Robert Boyd. pioneer of Greeley.
and his schoolboy chum, Oscar Boards
| ley of Pontiac. ILL.,. met and enjoyed
out of Greeley.
Harry Hyatt, a Denver collector.
who was convicted in the Juvenile
Court Of Turing young girls. for which
he received q ten-year sentence in the
penitentiary. twice attempted suicide
while being taken to the county Jail.
While leaning out of the cab win
dow to get a signal from a brake
man at La Junta. Engineer ]. d. Ben
jegerdes Of the Santa Fe. was struck
by the crane of water tank and
hurled from the window to death.
Fire caused by spontaneous COM
bustion in pile of coal completely
destroyed the Colorado Zinc Works
in Denver, entailing a loss Of about
$250,000. The plant was completely
consumed. 1t was without insurance.
Clever New York swindlers, who
are said to have victimized many per-
sons throughout the country by means
of Trinity Land Heir" scheme,
have succeeded in duping many
wealthy residents of Denver and Col
orado out of several thousand dollars
within the last few months. accord
ing to federal authorities.
The Topeka branch of the Women's
Methodist Episcopal Church, which
embraces Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado,
Utah. Wyoming. Oklahoma and New
Mexico, and which includes abroad the
Kingdom OF Sweden, convened in Den
yer at the Trinity Methodist church
for meeting of seven days.
A decision was handed down by
the United States circuit court of ap-
peals, sitting in Denver, suspending
the order entered last June by Judge
Lewis, of the United States district
court. which enjoined the Denver &
Rio Grande Railroad company from
constructing and operating a line
through a 310-acre tract of land in
Huerfano county owned by Ogden
Mills of New York.
Harry Hyatt was found guilty in
the juvenile court in Denver OF en-
ticing two young girls. 1t is the first
conviction of its kind in more than a
year. Pat Hickey. Chinaman, was
! placed on trial upon a similar charge.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-04
MInor Mention.

Basketball practice at the Univer-
sity of Colorado has started at Boul-
der.
A hold-up disguised in woman's
dress is the latest in Denver Grim
inals.
Nine fairs were in progress last
week i'll Colorado. and at all Of them
there was evidence OF abundant pros
perity.
George Miner, lessee. was accI-
dentaIly shot while resisting arrest at
Cripple Creek and his condition is
critical
Steps have been taken to make the
Colorado chautauqua In Boulder mu-
nicipal institution supported out of mu-
nicipal revenues.
Ten thousand dollars is the value of
five sacks or ore Weighing less than
500 pounds shipped from Cripple
Creek to Denver.
A stay of execution will be granted
Fred Walker, negro, condemned to be
hanged for murder within the week
beginning October 6.
William E. Swan, the bartender, who
was shot through the abdomen by
Charles w. Frickey In Denver. died as
result of his wounds.
The recent cold snap has caused
loss of about $4,000 to melon grow
ers and discontinuance of cantaloupe
shipments at La Junta.
After four days of record break
ing attendance. the thirteenth annual
Colorado-New Mexico fair came to a
successful close at Durango.
One million dollars Is to be spent in
Colorado on roads over which the
mails are carried and on automobile
highways within year.
The funeral services of william e.
can war, who was shot and killed by
Charles w. Frickey in Denver, were
held by the Order of Owls.
Delta adopted by majority of ten
new city charter providing for the
commission form of government. The
vote was only 224. as compared with
normal vote of 800.
Driving an automobile for the first
time since he killed Edward Nellie. a
Limon farmer, two years ago. George
w. Roe of Pueblo ran down and killed
John Sinner. aged sixty-five.
The poaching propensities OF New
Mexico Indians, who yearly enter Col
orado and bag large numbers Of deer
in violation of game statutes, have
already asserted themselves.
Gustave Kostopulos, Greek barber
slayer of Mrs. Augusta Robinson, who
was thought to be under arrest in Mil
waukee, escaped. according to advices
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-04
News Summary of the Past Week

A man giving his name as Titus. an
American citizen, shot and killed a
barmaid and seriously wounded three
other people in Lo4don.
Baron Walter Won Radsck, OF Lon
don was married in London to Mrs.
Birch. formerly Marguerite Vivienne
Burton, Of Bullingham, N. j.
A typhoon swept over Japan the
night of September %. There was
much loss of life and heavy damage
to property and shipping.
Workmen on the Canadian side of
the Niagara river at Niagara Falls.
reported that they had seen d man
vault an iron rail near the falls and
fall in the rocks and spray 200 feet
below.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-04
WESTERN.

Mrs. A. w. Miller OF Denver. prob
ably was fatally injured in runaway
at Pittsburg. Kan.
One man was killed and three in
jured when police automobile skid
ded into crowd in Salt Lake.
Otto McKnelly, twenty-one years
old, was arrested at wellington. Kan.
on the charge of having murdered his
father, mother and sister.
At Tucson, Ariz., it is stated Pas
cual Orozco has more than million
dollars in European banks as re-
suit of his revolutionary activities.
Homeseekers' rates to Pacific coast
points will not be discontinued next
year, as was suggested recently by
two of the leading western railroads
Mother Mary de Sales Gerraghty.
aged 80 years. died at st. GATHERINGS
hospital in Omaha. She was a sister
OF mercy and had been active in the
educational work OF the sisterhood for
sixty years.
Tears welled in the eyes of John
Beal Sneed, the Amarillo banker,
slayer of Albert G. Boyce. when his
attorney referred to the once happy
home of the Sneeds and it's ruin by
the man he killed September IA.
A.. e. Chapman, the municipal fly
catcher, who has been employed to
make Redlands. Cal, a ''flyless town" !"
has his first report on file, showing
that between September l and Sep
tember "a, he killed approximately
3,750,000 flies.
Albert Falconer, county attorney Of
Cowley county. Kansas. a raiser of
biooded White Orpbington chickens.
attributes the death of many fine
cockerels to diet OF grasshoppers.
The chickens were seen to eat hop
pers and die soon afterward.
Either F. Augustus HeInze. the COP
per magnate. or his son, spent a
couple of hours in Denver on his way
to Texas in company with woman
who is declared by Denver newspaper
men and in Trinidad to be Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw. wife Of Harry Thaw.
The kelp beds along the coast of
California are not subject to entry un-
til the mineral laws have been COM
piled with. according to an unofficial
opinion on file in the United States
Land Office of the Los Angeles dis
trict
Acting Governor Wallace of Cali
fornia named Judge w. NJ. Conley Of
MADEIRA county to sit during the Sec
ond trial OF Clarence Darrow at Los
Angeles. October 21. on an Indictment
charging him with bribery of McNa-
mara Juror.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-04
womAN's BODY DUG FROM PIT.
Mrs. Forte stransled to Death; Hus-
band Arrested.

Pueblo. Strangled to death while
she slept beside her two babies, the
body wrapped in blanket and car
ried six blocks to grave prepared in
advance. is the explanation of the dis
Appearance on September 18th of Mrs.
Bessie Forte Of 2525 North Main street
Peter Forte, husband of the woman.
was arrested and formal charge of
murder will be placed against him.
Confronted at tho morgue by the
horribly distorted features of the wom-
an he is accused OF having murdered.
Forte gazed unflinchingly. even criti-
cally. at the grewsome form. The tears
trickiing down his cheeks. he sobbed:
my poor wife my poor wife! Some
body kill her. l wonder who do it?"
The discovery of the body was made
by two brothers of the murdered wom-
nm who for a week have been quietly
and persistently running down clues
which might explain the mystery of
their sisters disappearance.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-04
sERviA AND euLoARIA MOBILIZE
TROOPS AND TURKEY CALLS
HUNDRED THouSANp MEN.
BELGRADE IS READY
TURKISH MINISTER pENIEs RE-
cEiviNo uLTiMATUM FROM
EITHER GOVERNMENT.
we.,ern Nsw.p.psr unIon sew. servle..

"tAtoth Ar1NSf@fot tAtth t*' ~ --'s ftS~-
st. Petersburg.-The mobilization OF
the armies OF Bulgaria, Servia and
Greece probably will mean Immediate
war. according to the belief in politi-
cal circles here.
The nature OF Turkeys military ac-
tivity in the last few days is taken to
mean that she intends to make war.
In that case the Balkan coalition nat
urally has forestallcd her In her en-
deavor to profit by the rapid concen-
tration Of troops.
The opinion is held here that the ac-
tion OF the Balkan states has resulted
from the inability of the powers to
deal with the situation.
Thfe conversations which the Rus
sian minister, M. Sazonoff, has had in
London. have been apparently barren.
1t is understood Russia has taken an
proposed the radical remedy of put
ting into effect Article 2s of the
treaty OF Berlin, providing for intro
duction In the European provinces of
Turkey of statute giving measure
of self-government under provincial
g0vernor-general controlled by the
powers.
Russla's proposal was communicated
to Turkey by M. de Giers, ambassa-
dor to Austria-Hungary.
Great Britain showed herself will
ing to talk reforms in Macedonia. with
out committing herself to anything
definite.
Frances answer is due and her at
titude is expected to be still more con-
servatlye. being dictated mainly by
considerations of finance.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-04
SPORT.

Play for the baseball championship
of the world will begin on the Polo
grounds In New York, October 8.
Pensions were provided for from
the mikado's private purse for the
oxen which drew the funeral car at
the late mikado's obsequies.
Braden Direct, the four-year-old pac-
Ing sensation of the year, is a Colo
rado-bred colt, and has made a wonder
full record during the present season.
Welker Cochran, the 13-year-old bill
liardist. made his first appearance in
a Chicago tournament. defeating his
opponent ITS to 113 in the class A
1872 tournament.
The Golden. Colo, Athletic club had
its first smoker in its new club
house. There were four boxing bouts,
the one between Crawford and Owens
being especially meritorious.
John l. Longstaff. British aviator,
died as result of injuries received
when his biplane fell at Hampstead, N.
Y. His mechanician, Pierre Chevel-
lier, was dangerously hurt.
Aviator John d. Cooper made two
successful flights at the county fair,
Trinidad. Colo He remained in the
air about fifteen minutes each time
and reached an altitude of $500 feet
A new rs millimeter gun designed
for the destruction of aeroplanes was
tested at Toulon. France. and proved
most satisfactory. An aeroplane,
towed by a destroyer. was riddled
with shells when at height of 5000
feet.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-04
Colorado Free Of PLAQUE.

Denver.-"Colorado horse owners
need have no fear; the mysterious
disease that in the last few months
has killed thousands of horses, valued
at $1.000,000, in western Kansas, while
1t got start in certain parts Of Col
orado. Is entirely in control" DIR. w
w. Yard. state veterinary. who arrived
In Denver from an inspection trip
through western Kansas and eastern
Colorado. made this statement. He
found several cases near Holly. These
animals were brought into Colorado
before this state established a quar-
antins.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-04
WASHINGTON.

The murder of another American
citizen, George Reterman, black
smith of Wichita, Kan, is reported to
the state department as having been
committed at Ousihuriachi, Mexico.
A new movement to obtain peace
in northern Mexico was made when
President Madero and his cabinet in
structed the minister of war to offer
amnesty to the followers of Pascual
Orozco, the rebel leader.
When women make it plain that
they will not marry unless the groom
can produce a doctors certificate of
perfect health. that day the problem
of sex hygiene practically will be
solved, declared DR.. Ira s. Vile of
New York. in an address before the
congress of hygiene and demography.
A force of $50 American marines,
under Col. F. J.. Moses. sailed from
Philadelphia for San Domingo to COM
pei the reopening of Dominican GUS
toni houses, closed by Haytien revo-
lutionists.
Remedial legislation, including old
age pensions and unemployment in
surance. was proposed as solution
of the problem of dependent children
and needy families by former Judge
Michael f. Griten of Chicago. at the
national conference of Catholic char
tiles.
Robert o. Bailey, assistant secre-
tary of the treasury department, has
completed list of famous men whose
faces will adorn the fronts of green
backs IN the future. The list puts
George washington on the 81 bill,
Thomas Jefferson on the 81. Abra-
ham Lincoln on the So. Grover Cleve-
land on the $40, Alexander Hamilton
on the $40, Andrew jackson on the
$50, Benjamin Franklin on the 500.
John Marshall on the $500. Henry
Clay on the $1,000 and U. s. Grant
on the 10000,
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-04

1ewelry from store in the lower
East Side in broad daylight. in New
York
Job E. Hedges. attorney and noted
Republican orator, was nominated by
the New York Republican state con.
vention for governor.
The transport Prairie, with 800 ma.
rines on board, left the philadelphia
navy yard for Santa Domingo to look
after American interests.
Newport, R. l.. gossip is linking the
names of Miss Florence Tobin, niece
of James ]. Brown of Denver. and
Prince Genaro Caracciolo of Italy.
Charles H. Shue. Chinaman. the
first to seek public office in New
England. has been nominated for the
legislature by Progressiyes at Boston
Total contributions to date to the
Democratic campaign fund amount to
s29S.750. it was announced by Henry
Morgenthal, chairman of the Demo
cratic national finance committee.
A device just installed in the labor
atories of the Harvard medical school
is designed to enable a physician to
keep in touch with a patients pulse
by telephone or telegraph.
'T am tired of all this. 1 am guilty.
am ready for the rope" exclaimed
Ferdinand Glaubitz, ON trial for the
murder of his wife, while the prose
cutor was making his final address to
the jury. at Ozark, Ark.
Love letters. directions for the cure
of toothache, demands for fresh fish.
descriptions .of quartet singing and
other items of interest. all of which
were said to be 1000 years old, were
read by the Rev. DR.. F. c. Eiselen.
professor of Old Testament interpre-
tation at Garrett Biblical institute. He
spoke on THE Recovery of a Lost
Civilization" at the opening day ex-
ercises of the theological school at
Chicago.
Having been married one week and
four days. Mr.. and Mrs. Carleton
Washburn. the young couple who
made pre-nuptial contract providing
for the utmost personal freedom, de-
clare that marriage on this basis is
a decided success and that they are,
according to their most sincere con-
victions, much happier than many
other married couples who have been
married the same length OF time.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-04
pecIdes Agains. suicide clause.

Colorado Springs.-A Judgment for
$1,000 and costs was entered in the
District Court here in favor of Mrs.
Eva Robbins against the w. 0. w. Her
husband carried $4,000 insurance. but
the company paid only $1,000 at the
time of his death. claiming he COM
mltted suicide. The judgment settled
two important points In Colorado's
law, namely, the legality of such a
compromise and the legality OF the
suicide clause in insurance policies,
both adversely to the company.