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The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03
HITCHCOCK WOULD PAY ROADS
FOR SPACE USED INSTEAD
OF WEIGHT.
PARCELS POST SYSTEM
MAKES IT NECESSARY FOR SOME
ACTION TO BE TAKEN TO FIX
BASIS OF CHARGES.
western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Onion News Service.
Washington.-The postmaster gem
ernl has made another appeal to Con-
gross In a letter to the chairman Of
the House postal committee for legis-
iation changing the method of paying
the railways for mail transportation.
Owing TO the Inauguration of the par
eel post system In the country on jan
nary I. Hitchcock deems it necessary
that some action should be taken on
his recommendation as soon as pos
sible.
1t is believed that the weight OF the
mall to be transported by the railways
will be Increased considerably on this
account. and under the existing law
no additional compensation may be
paid until there has been a weighing
of the mails and readjustment of the
basis of pay.
Hltchcock's proposition, which was
submitted to Congress more than
year ago. and (which is urged again
for adoption, provides for q complete
readjustmcnt of the system OF paying
substituting space for weight, as the
principal factor in fixing compensa-
ticn. Under this plan It will be pos
sible to determine what additional
payment should be made on account
or the parcel post.
The postmaster generals recon-
mendation is based on the results of
far-reaching investigation begun
early in the administration with the
object of determining what 1t cost the
railways to carry the mails. The sta
tistics obtained during the course OF
the inquiry show that while many OF
the railroads and particularly the larg-
er systems, were making profits from
mail transportation, certain of tho
lines were actually carrying the mails
at loss.
AS a result of the investigation, the
department decided to urge the aban-
donment of the preEcnt plan of fixing
compensation on the basis of weight
OF mails carried. a plan that has
proved to be exceedingly expensive
and in other respects unsatisfactory.
II the proposed plan of the adjust
ment be authorized and placed in op-
Grafton, Hitchcock states in his letter,
1t will enable the department to fully
compensate the railways for increased
service performed. as well as correct
inequalities in compensation which
now exist.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03
Minor Mention.

The California Society for former
Californians now living in Denver, will
be launched the night of January g..
with banquet.
Mrs. Ellcner Garrett, seventy-four. a
resident of Colorado since 1884 and
who made her home at Silver Plume
since 1872, is dead.
An appointment as midshipman in
the United States navy was the Christ
lor and Mrs. William Stone OF Den
yer.
Mrs. Mary Cox was badly scalded
when the waterback of kitchen
range in her residence In Denver ex-
ploded as the result of frozen water
pipes.
Eleven out of twelve applicants who
took the annual county teachers exam
nations at Boulder received certifi-
Gates from County Superintendent ].
II. Schribcr.
Mrs. Amos Hayes. resident of La
veta, for thirty-five years. died at
Santa Cruz, California, where she
went nearly year ago for her health.
She was buried at La Veta.
While sleeping with his head on the
rail. Claude Mcintyre, aged sixty
eight, track walker, was run over
and killed by Denver & Rio Grande
passenger train No. west of Grand
Junction.
The Atchison. Topeka G. Santa Fe
railroad has completed the purchase
of land in Denver at an estimated cost
of 100000 for. the purpose of build
ing into the heart of the city and es-
tablishing its own terminals.
Orders have been received by Su-
perintendent Downer of the Denver
mint to begin the coinage of gold, and
early in January, 500 gold pieces. to
the amount OF 100000 a day will be-
gin to pour in out CT the molds.
Guided by collie dog. a party OF
1anchers living in the vicinity of Troy,
seventy-sive miles southeast of Trini-
dad, conducted a search for Jacques
Macs. n herder, who has been missing
since severe storm that swept that
section on Christmas night.
Colorado's new civil service law,
adopted by the people at the late cleo
ton, will become effective Jan. %. II
not proclaimed effective by Governor
Shafroth before that time. Governor
elect Ammons and other elected Off
GERS of the state will be inaugurateG
at noon OF Jan. IA.
Miss Mary Shearin is the youngest
cid lady in Denver and the oldest
bachelor girl in the world; in fact,
Miss Shearin was 101 years young on
Christmas-and she celebrated the
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03
FOREIGN.

A heavy gale swept over England.
Considerable damage is reported. anil
telegraph and telephone wires were
leveled in many places.
Both the Turks and the Balkan al
lies are standing by their guns on the
peace terms. Both say 1t is impos-
sible to recede from their positions.
Queen Mary personally superintend-
ed the distribution of 1000 young tur-
keys and similar number OF Christ
mas puddings to poor women from the
east end of London.
The report that 100000 tons of
American coal is being purchased by
the Egyptian railroads In place of the
customary Welsh supply caused SEN
station at Cardiff, Wales.
The Turkish embassy at Berlin has
received message from the Turkish
foreign office alleging that Greek
CT Koloniati. near Janina, massacred
the inhabitants without regard to age
or sex.
The Italian steamer Tripolitania.
from Geona to Barry, Wales. was
wrecked in Mounts Bay in the extreme
| southwest const of England. Twenty
seven of crew of twenty-eight men
had thrilling escapes; the other was
| drowned.
A son was born to Prince August
William, the fourth son of the emperor
of Germany. and Princess August VII.
liam. who was Princess Alexandria
Victoria of Schleswig- Holstein. Prince
William and the princess were mar.
ried October 9. 1908. and this is the
first child of the union
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03
WASHINGTON.

Major General Leonard Wood, chic;
of staff of the army. will lead the in
augurai parade in connection with the
Wilson.
Although the holiday mail was
heavier in every section of the country
than ever before the work OF handling
it was performed with less congestion
and confusion than in previous years
according to reports received by Post
master General Hitchcock.
A dispatch to the State Department
tells OF the restoration of order at the
Cananea mines and says danger to
ris. the American railroad man, i'm
prisoned by rebels when he prevented
them firing a Northwestern railway
bridge. has been released and reports
he was treated well.
Alaska has prospcred in many re-
spects during the last year, according
to Governor Walter E. Clark in his
annual report submitted to Secretary
OF the Interior Fisher. Governor
Clarke dcplores the lack of railroad
construction and of cheap native fuel.
declaring that proper development OF
the territory's resources demands ade-
quate means of transportation and tho
opening up of the fuel resources.
The Northwest. and especially Ida
ho, hopes that ]. N. Teal of Portland.
Ore. will get Cabinet position, that
OF secretary of the interior.
Ride horseback and avoid banquets,
is the advice Admiral George Dewey
gives to those who aspire to ripe old
age. He celebrated his seventy-fifth
birthday.
Between s325.Oo0.00 and $s5O.0O0.
COO will have to be raised by the tariff
legislation of the next Congress. This
is the basis on which the ways and
means committee is figuring.
Congress Is being urged to make a
large appropriation to be used in in
ducing residents of congested popula
tion ccnters to leave and engage in
agricultural and other rural pursuits
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03
GENERAL.

At Milwaukee, Wis, Judge Neelan.
in District Court fined Martin PremalS
s25, because he spat on Bible.
Samuel and William Muncy, who
claim to be the oldest twins in the
world celebrated their ninety-fourth
birthday at their home in Babylon,
N. Y.
1t was estimated in Wall street that
.. Pierpont Morgan paid $62.5 for
the services Of the New York lawyers
when he appeared before the Pujo
committee.
Twenty-Five men, including the
crews of the schooners Cartegone and
Georfia. we're drowned whom the ships
foundered in the Gulf of Mexico in
the recent hurricane.
Fifteen persons were injured, sever
al seriously. when passenger train No
2, known as the Seminole limited on
the Central of Georgia railroad, was
wrecked near Americus.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03

Virginia welcomed home Governor
Woodrow Wilson, the eighth of her ma
tive sons to be chosen President Of
the United States. when he visited
Staunton on his 56th birthday.
All defendants in the dynamite con-
Fpiracy case of the government
against various labor union officials
were found guilty at Indianapolis,
with the exception of John T. Butler
and Herman G. Seiffert.
Benjamin Lucky of Birmingham.
Ala, circus attache, Justified his
name whom as he WAS about to be SEN
fenced to prison for msnslaughter it
was found that another man had con-
fessed to the crime. Lucky was i'm
mediately released.
Cornell has perfect woman, ac-
cording to an announcement by DR.. Es-
ther Parker. the physical examiner at
Sage college at Ithaca, Miss Elsie
Scheel of Brooklyn is the most perfect
physically of any student she has ever
examined.
William Gould Brokaw of New York,
who has been paying his wife $4,000
a year alimony since she obtained a
writ of legal separation from him in
an action which interested society In
1910, accused his wife with indiscre.
tions with three men,
George w. Stoddard, seventy-three
at one time personal escort to Abra-
ham Lincoln. while the war President
made his trips through the region OF
hostilities. died at his home at the
Acme hotel in Atlantic City, ". j.
from the infirmities of old age.
A stranger. who said he was Harry
Payne OF Chicago, demanded $4,000.
600 from ]. B. Douglass. assistant post
master at Westfield, n. Y, and threat
ened to blow up the building unless
the money was given him.
Examination of the body of Mrs
Sarah Johnson, who with her sister
Miss Mary Scott, died in ST. Louis. on
Christmas eve of pneumonia, appar
crtly in want. revealed that a bag
around her waist contained $5,6O4 in
cash and three gold watches. In Miss
Scott's effects we're found deeds and
papers showing bank deposits
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03
COLORADO STATE NEWS

upioue occasion at St Joseph's hos
uital where the centenarian plus one
10 a permanent guest of the good Sis
ters.
In Rangely. near the Utah line, on
oue of the best ranches in the coun-
ty. lives Mrs. w. II. Goff, who has the
distinction OF being not only the first
school teacher in Rio Blanco county
and the mother of the first boy born
I'm the county, but also. perhaps, the
only instructor in the Union whose
girl pupils were all named Maude.
Upon the re-apportionment of the
state by the Nineteenth General AS
sembIy which opened on New Years
day, for representation in the Legislar
ture, a re-apportionment which must
be made because of the increase in
population, will depend the fate OF
many important bills which VIII come
before the body.
The committee that is to have
charge of the national baby show,
which will be held in Denver in con-
nection with the Stock show in Janu-
ary, has been named. DR.. Mary Eliza
beth Bates is its chairman. The 9th
er members are Dr.. Agnes Ditson.
Mrs. A. G. Fish. Miss Charlotte l..
Perry and Mrs. Halsted l.. Ritter.
Frank Lindsey, forty-four, of Denver
tried to make Mrs. Dora Anderson.
forty-two. widow, so that she would
be free to marry him. He did this by
shooting her husband, Edward Ander-
son, forty-three, on the right side of
the body. These are the charges made
by Anderson when he appeared at the
police station and asked that his
wound be dressed.
The addition of millions of dollars
to Colorado's annual income from live
stock and crops is the aim of coop
crative movement that has been
launched by virtually all the CONNER
cial bodies of the state. The plan Is
to devote the entire year 1913 to a
statewide movement to get mora
farmers and stock raisers in Colorado,
and to increase the output of those
already here.
Greeted with curt Good evening,
my friend" while passing the Denver
Club building on the Glenarm stree.
side, in Denver. A. Walpensky, n
wealthy merchant and mining man OF
Leadville, was robbed of 1895 by two
bandits.
Narrowly escaping more serious in.
jury, Chester Alan Arthur, leader In
club and social circles in Little Lun-
non," and son of the late President
of the United States. suffered a
sprained right hand when his chauf.
feur ran into a ditch near Cascade
avenue in Colorado Springs.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03
WEEKS NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS

spent Christmas day in bed nursing a
heavy cold which he had contracted
and he did not get a chance to cat a
part of the juicy forty-three-pound
turkey which graced the dinner table
at his home.
A six-day bicycle race. in which
try will participate. will start in con-
vention hall in Kansas City. January
2Sth.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03
WOMAN SHOT AT DANCE
cAEsARIAN OPERATION AFTER
ACCIDENT.
Child Of MIR. Bruner Found Barely
oraxed by 6uIiet-Two Guests
at Wedding Held.
w.-tern Newspaper Union New. Service.

wertern Newspaper Union News Service.
Windsor, Colo-Shot in the abdo-
men during an old-fashioned German
wedding celebration and with visit
OF the stork but two weeks away, Mrs.
Frederick Bruner, thirty-four years of
age. was rushed to the Windsor hos
p!tal. where she successfully under
went q Caesarian operation. The baby
died few hours after birth, but it is
said the mother has fair chance to
recover.
Jacob Lichtenwald and John Lindt
were arrested, charged with the shoot
ing but neither is able to say who fired
the bullet and each declares the shoot
ing was accidental.
The firing of pistols and guns is n
common practice among the German
farmers of this section during we'd
ding celebrations. The weapons are
discharged in the air Immediately aft
er the ceremony is performed, and a
salute, symbolic of rejoicing. is
given.
Only one other accident has oc-
Cured in the ten or fifteen years in
the use of this old country custom
here, but the county authorities, fol
lowing the accident. declared the prac-
tice must be stopped.
Mrs. Bruner was talking to the
bride. Mrs. Elizabeth Martin. whose
marriage to Frederick Martin had just
been solemnized. A dozen men stood
about the newly married couple ready
to shoot, waiting for LichtenwaId and
Lindt, who rushed from the house a
few minutes later carrying large cali
bcred reyOlyers
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03
WESTERN.

A. NJ. Funk of Cleveland. Ohio. shot
and seriously wounded his wife and
killed himself in their room in Gal
weston, Tex, hotel.
Two unidentified men were burned
TO death and five other persons were
injured In a fire which destroyed =
lodging house at Los Angeles.
Leap year is given credit by the
marriage license clerks in Chicago for
a gain OF 1874 in the number of lic-
cnses issued during 1912. Total num-
her was 32,S77.
In an effort to drive the wandering
band from the vicinity of Kansas City,
the police raided a gypsy camp near
the eastern city limits and arrested
more than 100 gypsies.
A proposed amendment to a consti-
sutton Of the Associated Students of
the University of California at Berke-
ley, providing for the elimination of
liquor from functions given by the stu
dent body, was voted down at a meet
ing of the association, by vote of
practically % to 1.
A sentence of three years in the pen
itentiary was passed upon State Sen
etor George X. Cetone OF Dayton by
Judge Evans in Common Pleas Court
at Columbus. Ohio. Senator Cetone
was convicted recently of having ac-
cepted bribe of 5000 during the last
session Of the Legislature.
Glen Shepard. purscr of the steam
ship Jefferson. was arrested in Seat
tie at the request OF Prosecuting At
torney Murphy. charged with bringing
stolen goods into the state. these
goods being the $57 900 Alaska gold bul-
lion taken from the pursers room of
the steamship Humboldt, September
IL. 1910.
Bert Dalton, bank robber. leader of
the notorious Whitney gang that held
western wyoming in terror year ago,
and who engineered the sensational
jail break OF nineteen convicts from
the Rawlins penitentiary, was cap
tured at Big Piney. Wyo.. clad only in
his undcrclothes, after he was pur-
sued through deep snow all night.
James Oxford of San Francisco has
been granted an annulment of his mar
riage to Agnes Oxford by Superior
Judge Mogan because she had hus.
band living when she married him.
George Love. husband No. l., was Ok
ford's corroborating witness. Love
said she had five other living hus-
bands besides himself and Oxford.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03
say. ss win se Freed on Appeal

San Francisco.-"Thers is no doubt
in my mind but that in an appeal OF
this case to fair tribunal all the de-
fendants will be speedily acquitted"
This statement was made by P. H. Nc
Carthy. former mayor of San Francis
CO and president OF tho Building
Trades Council of California. the or
sanization of which OLAF A. Tveitmoe,
one Of tho men convicted in Indian
apolis is secretary.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03
saIk.ns Dssf to Turkish Proposals.

London.-The brief session of the
peace conference brought the Balkan
delegates to their feet in protest
against the counter proposals put for
ward by Richard Pasha In behalf of
the Ottoman government. Turkeys
maximum demands are considered
very sweeping. and, when adjourn
ment was taken. it was evident that
the Turks must lower their demands
greatly, or consent to negotiate on a
basis Of the terms proposed by the al
lies.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03
Spend over Million for Nov Buildings.

Pueblo.-For the first time In the.
history CT Pueblo the estimated cost of
buildings erected in the city during
any one year has passed the $1.000.000
mark. The report for 1912, completed
December II, shows that the total es-
timated cost of the building permits
was considerably over million dol
lars, and this does not include the con-
struction of the court house or the
improvements on either one of the
two high school buildings, the capa-
city OF which have been doubled.
Building permits for 1912 amounted to
$1,043,127, against $3s4,3i4 during
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03
Father and Son in fioIdup.

Grand Junction.-Joseph Hensley.
fifteen, is dead and his father, J. D..
Hensley. is prisoner in the Mesa
county jail rs the result of holdup
iE which the father and son obtained
$500 from ]. E. Qucar. manager of the
Iona canning factory.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03
parrow,s second rrIaI peIaved.

Los Angeles.-The second trial of
Clarence s. Darrow. the Chicago at
torney who was chief counsel in the
trial Of James b. McNamara. who was
indicted by the county grand jury
year ago on two charges of jury brib-
ing. will be begun here January Goth
instead of January 9Th. as formerly
scheduled.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03
Cowboys to Have Feast.

Greeley.-Members of the Old-Time
Cowboys Reunion Association, of
which Eugene Williams of this city is
president and C. F. Hartman of Den
yer is secretary, have received invita-
tions for the third annual gathering
and banquet to be held In Denver. Jan
uary 90.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03
1911. The Increase over 1911 was Ell
per cent.
Find starving children HsrdIno Goats.

FInd STARVING ChIidren HerdIno Goats.
Misunderstanding goats on the
mountain side and living principally
on nuts berries and bark, nearly froz-
en- and almost starved, three small
Mexican children of Fredrico Mar
quez were found by the humane So
ciety near Troy. sixty miles southeas.
OF Trinidad The oldest is scarcely
twelve years old. The mother died
last summer and the father. 1t is said.
deserted the little ones when cold
weather set in. The children were
brought to this city and sent to the Sa-
cred Heart orphanage in Denver
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03
Butter.
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Chicago Options.

Chicago Options.
Chicago-Rye-No. 2. 63@63kc.
Barley-Feed or mixing, 47@50c;
fair to choice mailing, 55@72c.
Timothy Seed-$3.00@3.9
Clover Seed-$1000@ 1850.
Mess Pork-$17.00@1725.
Lard-dn tierces)-$1O.2O@10
Short Rigs Qoose) - $9.12K0
9.S7k.
Butter-Firm; creameries, 31@34c.
Eggs-Fresh receipts. 21@24c; re-
frigerator firsts. 19@25c.
Cheese-Daisies. 16%@17c; Twins.
16M@16hc; Young Americas, 1870
lie; Long Horns, 16A @17c.
Potatoes-Michigan. 45@4Sc; Min
Poultry = Turkeys, alive. 15c;
dressed. zoe; chickens, alive, 11Hc;
springs. alive. 12c; dressed, lac.
Veal-Steady, s@14c.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03
SPORT.

Edward Petre. well-known English
aviator. was killed near Redcar while
undertaking flight from the Brook.
land aerodrome to Edinburgh.
''Gunboat" Smith of San Francisco
was given the decision over Frank Mo.
ran of Pittsburg at the end of twenty
rounds of slow fighting at San Fran.
cisco.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03
Marsuders operatina In Vera CRUZ.

Washington.--Repo to the state
department indicate that Mexican re-
bel activities. lately confined to states
along the American border. have bro
lien out afresh In the south. Bands
OF marauders are carrying on their
depredations in the state of Vera Cruz
and have robbed several ranches.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03
Pioneer Mining Man Dead.

Cripple Creek.-John Gregory. sew
enty-nine. a pioneer of Colorado and
the Cripple Creek district. died here
after brief Illness. He came to the
state during the first gold excitement
of 1853.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03
Beat Man Who InsuIted vine.

Fort Collins.-Resenting an insult
he declares was offered his wife while
he was serving term in the state
penitentiary, Jacob Gesick, husband,
enlisted the aid of Henry Kaufman
and they thrashed George Jrich of
Fort Morgan nearly to death,
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03
Accidental Shot Fatal.

victor.-George Bolton. aged forty
who was accidentally shot by Joe Gal
lagher while the two were in cigar
store. died at local hospital Gal
lagher has been arrested.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03

Wagon Runs Over and Kills Child.
Ordway.ACecil Mills. the threo and
one-haifyear-old child OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Mills. was run over and in
stantly killed by heavily loaded hay
wagon driven by vigel Lewis.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03
Boulder Gains IS Families.

Boulder. - Boulder gained thirty.
five new families last month by resi-
dents from this and other states com
ing here to put their children in the
State university.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03
Grain in Minneapolis.

Minneapolis, Minn.-Bran-In 100.
pound sacks. $19.0O@1s.50.
Flour-First patents, $4.0504.35;
second patents. s3.90@4I5; first
clears. s2:sO@S.20; clears, s2.10@2.4O.
Flax. .22A@1.22%.
Bariey-42GG0c.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03
Bean Trust DissoIves.

Oxnard. Cal. The Lima Bean
Growers Association. sometimes
called the bean trust" has gone out
Of existence.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03
Grain in Kansas citv

.. Kansas City, Mo.-wheat-May.
s6ssc; July. S3Ac.
Conway, 46%c; July. 4zM047Ao
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03
Poultry in New York

New York.-Poultry- killed
western chickens, 14h G19c; fowls,
l2ql6Hc; turkeys, 1S@23c.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03
Price of Flax

Duluth, Minn.-Linseed-O track
and to arrive. $1.23; December.
si.22A; January, s1.22Z; May,
Sl.25%.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03

Eggs.
Eggs, graded No. / net F.
o. B. Denver ..........23 @24
Eggs, graded No. 2 net, +.
o. B. Denver ........... 10 @2O
Eggs. case count, are bring
ing from ..............s .s6.5o@7o0
Butter.
Elgin "a
Creameries, ex. Colo, lb. :. 35
Creameries. ex. East, lb. :. 36
Creameries. End grade. lb. 28 @29
Process .2S m29
Packing stock ........... 20
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03

prices Paid by Denver Jobbers F. o.
B. Track Denver.)
Colorado upland. per ton. .12.50 @13.0o
Nebraska upland, per ton. 11.50 @12.o0
Second bottom, Colorado
and Nebraska, per ton.. 9.50Q10.00
Timothy, per ton 1880 1850
Alfalfa, per ton .......... 9.50Q1OO0
South Park, choice, ton. .12.50@13.00
San Luis Valley. per ton. .11.00@12.0o
Gunnison Valley. per ton. .11.00@12.00
Straw, per ton ........ 1000 4.2o
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-01-03

Good hogs ..........s7-25@7.4o