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The chronicle=news., 1913-07-07
LOCAL MEN BUY :
TWO Big ALFALFA
MILLS; INCORPORATE

Articles Of incorporation Of the
Wood Alfalfa Products Company
were filed In the office OF the county
clerk yesterday. The deal that pro.
ceded the filing OF incorporation was
the purchase by former Senator r. II.
Wood Of the two alfalfa mills OF the
Colorado Alfalfa Products Co.. cI
Lamar. Colo. which owned and Op-
Grated two large mIlis. one In Prov
'rs county and one In Bent county.
The new concern will operate the
mills for the manufacture OF alfalfa
products and do u general Jobbins
business, Alfalfa raised by the farm
crs OF Prowers. Bent and Las AMI
mas counties Will be purchased foI
the mills. Associated with Mr..
Wood In the new enterprise are N.
J. Shepard Of this city. James II.
Roberts. who il secretary aud treas
urer OF the company. and Joe Nor.
'asky. former manager Of the com.
Pany sior. at Forbes. who has re-.
moved to Lamar to take charge OF the
mills. The company IN organized
with = capital Of S5O.O0O.
The Wood Alfalfa Products COM
pany In only one OF the several bust.
ness enterprises In which the former
senator IL Interested In addition "a
the Temple Fuel and the Wood
Brokerage company. The Colorado
Alfalfa Products Company. which
was purchased outright. Is one Of the
largest concerns Of Its kind In Colo
rado.
The chronicle=news., 1913-07-07
Brewer's Drug Store
Formal Opening

An event Of some little import
ance In business circles Of the city II
the formal opening Of IN. Brcwei
Drug Store tomorrow. July s. at IL
new location on North Commercial.
street. This concern ~aa formerly
located In the Castle Hall building ou
the North side. Every patron Of the
up-'o-daic Brewer Druk Stor" tomor.
row viii receive n souvenir kin In
the shape Of - growing plant--rome-
thing that viii brighten aud decor.
ate home. The drug store Is also
- rns'offir- snb-sia'ion con n,-hicntiy
iorsi"'i In the heart ~ the business
diniri,' which viii sa," many = walk
tn tn" Id,tofficr. Th" store In stockru
and furnished In u mart up-to.datc
manner aud u chief attraction IL iia
large pp'ia fountain,
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cArosieis-Nsvs Soc . sos.A.
The chronicle=news., 1913-07-07
the COMMERCIAL AWRes
Mk

Fred Fisher ief, this afternoon foy
Salt Lake City where ne will visi:
friends for two weeks.
J. r. Duckworth. freight agent Of
tho Union Pacific railroad, arrIycI
this morning from his home in Pu.
ebio for = business visit Of a few
asys.
A1shony Cush left this afternoon
for his home In Pueblo where b.
will play baseball. lie played for y
few weeks on the Power compan,
team In this city.
J. n. Keut returned this n,orninv
10 his home In Colorado SPRINGS sf.
ter visiting In this city with his son
z. b. Kent os the Dcrn-Kent res
and Coffee company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oeorx. W. Baker sr.
rived this morning from ,hcir hoa,s
In Folsom. y. ~. for l. piyoasur.
visit In this city OF = few days. Mr.
Baker Is well known and wealthy
sheep owner Of Folsom.
r. y. Psttison. district manage,
Of the Mountain siAtcs. Telephone
and telegraph company. left this AZ.
ssrnoon for vermcJo Park. Now Mex.
leu. where he vii spend = few dx,,
N, y business aud pleasure visit.
Mtsa Go'dic Haley who for Ions
time WAS srrIousiy III In San tran.
cisco. II reported much Improved and
on the road To recovery. Her friend,
In this city are Glad To hear of III,
favorable change In her health.
J. Hugh Cooley. son of Mr. and
Mn }. II. Cooley oi this city. 10 herr
sisiiins bis parents for = few adys
Mr.. Cooley has charge of III. Shcr.
msn-Clay Music company Of san
trsncisco. Mr.. Cooley h.sdquar.
ters are In Spokane. waslIagton.
Robert McGra~. who for = short
time piicrhd for the Power COMPANY
baseball team. left this afternoon for
Monte Vista where he Will finish the
baseball srzssOn. lie intends enter.
InE the University Of Colorado de-.
partmeai of Liberal Arts In the fall.
He resides Ia Pueblo.
The chronicle=news., 1913-07-07

The suggestion Of starting off III.
fair this year with .rand Indus
trial parade met with favor amOn:
tho directors. This parade Is to u,
In the nature OF Pageant of Pro
Erc.s.' and will be Of interest To To-
cal merchants who Will be asked I,
enter floats. Now that the time Is
growing short before the fair. all
manner Of thinxs are bcinx consid'
cred to make the fourth anauai fsi,
q glorious succsAs
The chronicle=news., 1913-07-07

cArou,e,.-N.vs sec . month.
The chronicle=news., 1913-07-07
Draaeaset Sure
That Oil and Gas
are n District

That there Is oil aud gas In isrs,
quantities ON the property Of III.
chicoss Valley Oil and Gas ,ompan,
10 the declaration Of william u.
Dtumme,. engineer. who on SatIrda, 4,
conducted = public demonstration on
the company land northeast Of Trini.
dad. Nr. Drummct I. an expert min.
cralolosist. Of Houston. Texas. VIII,
has drilled and ioraicd the best pro.
ducink oil wells in Texas and Okla.
homa and other places In the south
west. The ground was gone over aud
locations selected Tor two wells. Til.
first plAt. selected was near Hochn,
snd the sccond Just east Of the rail.
road At Chico.s Junction.
The directors of the Chicosa Val.
Icy OH aud Gas compsny. recent,
Organized. Will decide upon which %.
the two proposed wells will be
drilled first. M they have bccn con.
WINGED that there is oil by the dem
orstration tests. Tho machincr,
necessary for the wells has been
ordered and will be shipped from an
eastern factory In . few days. II Ia
anticipated that the work will b.
started within two weeks
A party Of well known citizens
went from Trinidad In automobile.
Saturday to witnsss tho tests. som. Of
them being Henry Iongncckcr.
Thomas Atkins. W. r. Moore. q. T.
Clark. r. l.. Price. Eugene Garcia. I.
b. Miller. \. 4. Mc0iashsn. J. C
Bell. DIR. A. T.. Abrahsms. Dr. T. u.
Burkhard, u. ". Snodsrsss. 4. W
Brown. W. 4. Van Auken. p. h. Gi'.
bert. X. l.. Dccson. W. l.. Tulcy.
John Turner. Elmer Quick. Peter
Smell. V. NJ. Friar and II. b. Wood.
ward. an oil expert from Pcnnsyi.
vania.
The chronicle=news., 1913-07-07
FORMER TRINIDAD VETERAN
DIES III CALIFORNIA

Charles Fritz. formerly . rcsidcn,
of Trinidad. died at the Soldiers
Home. Santciic. Cal. on June 10
1919. s'--
lie was y member of INV. i30. u
al l.. r.. and alan Of lodge ~. \. r.
aud A. NJ. toih nj Trinidad.
Mr.. Fritz vas an engineer on the
&. aud :. road from ISxN until he
moved to California In 1905. Death
WAS the result of y psralytic stroke.
lie leaves a widow rcsidink In san.
i-iic. and two daughters. Mrs. y. r.
Gascn of Santa Monica. and Mrs. a.
u. Hcimcr Of Los Angeles.
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WAIT, KDDIEs. WAIT.

. Wait. kiddi"s. walt. I
. iiav" you ever heard of the
. 'GocyrirT"
. It's c,ond u doubt III. sr~a-
. test thing yci for the young
. sirrs. II " something that rN-
. cry hiddic. hoy ar Eiri between I
. the ages al four and sixteen or
. older would like io isrSsrss. !,
. h the safest and most popular Z
. rhiid's toy oa wheels. q
. The Chronicle News har or
. derrd = bik supply al the Geo.
>ryric~'' sud they will h~ here In
. about three weeks. When they I
. arrive Ne viii tell ,ou sni W. Z
. are sninv 4" distribute them on Z
. i-rms tina, viii inicr->t you. Z
. . . . . . . . . . . . Q . .
ChFon lrlN- Eova 6S,r n soouth
The chronicle=news., 1913-07-07
NOTICE

Al me- time since tho rio.~ of the
spanish American war haa the stock
h".n M complete nj tho Manhattan
Iaf.. G"ssi hot si~akr. sprinS
chickens. belgian hare-and sra
food that tn. market affords. Try
the Manhattan out and they will
make Hnu.i. Vt
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HELD FOR DISTURBANCE.

Max Valdez. jrnitor of the Is,e,-
office. was srrc~t~,i last evening and
lodgrd In the city jail. charged with
disturbance. vsidca II alleged Ia
have started some trouble with his
wife. sad eosnplaint wss made ami
the police aotiticd. His case will bc
heard In poicir court ihis sftcrnoou.
The chronicle=news., 1913-07-07
l776

IT IL good and patriotic
that you celebrate the In
dependence won for you by
the brave fighters of 1915.
But are you really independent
or are you still In financial bondage? :?
Some day you are sure to need the
money that soes up In smoke on days
other than the Glorious Fourth.
Declare your Financial Independ.
ence today. DO II by taking one dol
lar and starting an account with our
bank. Resolve 10 have one thousand
dollars At your beck and call a. soon
~ possible.
Our I por cent interest will help
you.
The chronicle=news., 1913-07-07
CORRECTION.

In tho list or parade prizes an.
nouuccd Saturday the srcond prize
Of Ss for the hest delivery turnout
was awarded ttdci Gonzales aud not
Felix Martinez. ~ publiShcti.
The chronicle=news., 1913-07-07

The optimist never worries hhout
the uncertainties Of lite. Neither
does the pcsstmists He expects tn"
worst, anyhow. N'H
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-07-17

and pointed it at her. 1T would be
better that the bullet in this gun
should pierce your heart than that
you should sell your soul to the devil
l told her.
81 did not threaten to shoot. Muir
der was not in my heart and the gun
was not loaded, but I was trying to
impress the value of her life and soul
upon her.
Every night since her body was
found l pray for the soul Of my little
girl" he finished. 81 believe God has
taken her to His side where the wick
ed cease from troubling and the
weary are at rest"
The mystery will probably never
be solved. Every clue has been ex-
hausted and the police are utterly at
sea. That it was a murder they are
confident, but there is no concrete
evidence as to how Miss CrispeH got
into the lake where death was caused
by drowning.
Johns, released after nine days in
Jail, says he believes the girl was
murdered, but is at a loss to say by
whom or why.
He says he is going to give up
the white lights and join a church."
and seemed much more concerned
over his own future than about the
death of his sweetheart.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-07-17
to do with it! The Day Book had
better be careful! I won't talk to -"
And Chicago's indictment attorney,
the gentleman who handles" the
grand jUries, reached his private Of
flee, shot inside, and slammed the
door ViCiOusly.

-O-O
CRISPELL MURDER TO REMAIN
MYSTERY-JOHNS RELEASED
Wilkesbarre, Pa, July 17.-Her-
bert Johns, who was charged with
the murder of Alice Crispell, found
drowned in Harveys Lake, July Z,
was released by Judge H. A. Fuller
because of insufficient evidence to
connect him with the case.
Johns was the acknowledged lover
of the girl and was the last person
seen with her on the night of the
Fourth of July. Three days Later her
body was found in the lake.
Johns denied all knowledge of how
the girl lost her life and was exon
Grated by the cOroner's jury. The
following night, however, he was
given a hearing by a justice of the
peace, who held Johns without bail
to await the action Of the grand jury.
The girls father pitifuIly told of
her taste of cafe life which had seem
ed to change the girl.
"She was not bad" he said, brok-
emily, "just wilfUl and weak. She had
never been in a city larger than Viii
kesbaTre, and New York was to her
like a dream. notice the change
that came over her after she remark
ed one night last spring that she
would love to see Broadway and the
lights.
"She had visited the cafes in Viii
kesbarre and it had opened her eyes
to world apart from that in which
she was born and reared. The call
of the white lights had reached her.
Eyes, she became different. She
used to stay out late at night and
sometimes she didn't come home at
ALL
Zone night, when she had been
away twenty-fOur hours, l tried to
talk to her, but she listened indiffer-
emily. took my gun from the shelf
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-07-17

"What kind of a career have you
mapped out for your boy, Josh?"
I'm going to make a lawyer of him, "
answered Farmer Wheatley. Hes
got an unconqUerable fancy for
'tendin' to other folks business, an
he might as well git paid for it"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-07-17
pIssEcToRs GET BODY

Medical dissectOrs today won a
four-day fight for the body of Mrs.
Mary Schultz, who drank, carbolic
acid two hours after the body of her
daughter, Mary, was dragged from
the lake.
Neighbors of the two women, who
lived at 81 S. Halsted street, raised
money to pay for the burial of the
girl, but refused to interest them
selves in the mother.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-04
CLUB TO TAKE UP
ESTHET T|C DANCING
New Section of Papyrus
Organized to Study the
Most Classic Steps

Esthetic dancing in its most mod
ern manifestations is to be taught the
members of the Papyrus club in the
new section of the organization,
which will hold its first meeting next
Wednesday.
Mrs. Clarence Grange will be the
leader of the section, and the In
structor in dancing Will be Miss
Helen Durnin of Washington, d. c..
who Is here as Mrs. Oranges guest.
Miss Durnin is~prominent In the So
ciety world of the east. She has
studied dancing In its most elabor-
ate phases since her childhood. For
the diversion OF 1t and through her
desire to bring the members OF the
Papyrus club quite up to date IN the
matter of the dance. she has offered
to conduct the class
Assisting Mrs. Grange in the work
of forming the section will be Mrs.
Lyman Dickerson Foster and Mrs.
Daniel j. Patterson.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-04
BLOODY TRUNK IS
THRUST BEFORE
CHARLT TON
American Who Confessed
to Staying Wife Gazes
Stolidly at Evidence
TRIAL DATE TO BE
FIXED NEXT WEEK
Capt. II. H. Scott, Brother
of Dead Bride, Retains
Milan Lawyer

COMO. Italy. Sept. Interrogation
Of Porter Charlton, the "a year old
American. by Examining Judge Ro-
gnoni and Signor Meuini was COM
pleted today.
Charlton was confronted with the
in Lake Como. He gazed at it In
-tentIy for few moments. looking at
Fthe brown bloodstains. but did not
finch
The young prisoner was questioned
about his wife, the former Mary Castles
Scott of San Francisco. He said she
was 40 years old when he fell in love
with her in February, 1910. She~had
been previously married. but was d.
vorced when she was 81 years old.
She had been an actress and had once
tried to shoot man in New York
hotel for deserting her after they had
become friendly.
The date of the trial will be fixed
next week.
Captain H. H. Scott, q. S. A., a
brother of the slain bride. has re-
tained a prominent lawyer OF Milan
to represent his family. This lawyer
has In his possession number of let
ters written by Charlton just after
his marriage. which will be used to
combat any claim that the young
prisoner is or then was mentally de-
fective.
Crowds of tourists. daily visit the
grave of Mrs. Charlton in the little
cemetery near by. Others visit the
cottage in which the murder took
place.
Native folk In the neighborhood
say that no one will live in the cot
tage because at times the screams and
pleading voice of woman can be dis
tinctly heard. For this reason the
building has been allowed to fall into
semidecay.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-04
KEEPS NAME CONCEALED
ARCHBISHOP WILL
LAY CORNERSTONE

Archbishop P. W. Riordan will lay
the cornerstone of the new Mission
Dolores church next Sunday after
noon at 4 o'clock, and Bishop Edward
J. Hanna viii preach the dedicatory
sermon. Societies of the parish will
assist in the ceremonies.
The cornerstone to be used is the
one that belonged in the brick church
on the same site destroyed in the
fire of 1906
The mission effect will be carried
out in detail in the construction OF
the edifice, which is to be Of steel
frame and concrete.
1t is expected the church will be
completed by the first of next year.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-04
McAdie About to Abandon
Our Kindly Fogs and Breeze
to Another's Care

Prof Alexander McAdie is about 10
leave San Francisco.
The fogs and winds and air cur
rents no longer will whisper to him
their secrets that he may tell US
whether to take our umbrellas or
leave them at home.
The former chief of the San Fran
cisco weather bureau will depart Sat
urday for Harvard university to take
the chair of professor of meteorology
and to become director Of Blue Hill
observatory, which is a part of the
university.
For Is years Professor McAdie has
occupied the weather bureau turret on
the roof Of the Mills building, and
during that time not a single obser-
vation has been missed.
I'm sorry to leave San Francisco,
he said this morning, but I feel that
I ought to go During my service on
this coast the men in the various sta
tions have proved their worth and
loyalty and have made possible many
important discoveries. My greatest
regret is parting with them.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-04
sTRETCHER TAKES
WOMAN TO COURT
Plaintiff in Damage Suit
Against United Railroads
Claims Lasting Injury

Prepared to give testimony in her
suit for $21.17S.S0 damages against
the United Railroads. Mrs Theresa
Mcdonald was carried into Judge
Hunts court today on a stretcher.
Mrs. Mcdonald asserts she was In
1ured on June IT. last year, while a
passenger on a Folsom street car.
She declares that she signaled to
aiight at Folsom street near Army
and that the car started before she
stepped to the ground. throwing her
to the ground. and that she sustained
injuries that have confined her to
her bed since the accident.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-04

weather conditions here have made
possible the study of air drainage,
which has materially helped the
orange growers Of the south. This is,
of course. due principally to the fogs.
The greatest asset of the citizens OF
San Francisco is the fog
"Of course, / shall have fog where
! am going. but not to the extent af-
forded here. Thunder storms, how
ever, are things we rarely have out
here. l think the total would num-
Der about 20 in the last 30 years. In
the east 1t IS quite common to have
that many during the course of IL
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-04
Geary Line Makes
a Clear Profit for
August OF $l4,827.50
Total Receipts of City Railroad for
Month Are $50, ,57o.5o; Daily
Expense $1,153

A clear profit of sI4,S27.50 was paid
into the city treasury for the month
of August by the Geary street mu-
nicipal railway. this sum being real
ized above all operating expenses, in
terest on the bonds. final redemption.
depreciation and the sinking fund.
The daily expense of the road was
s1,153, making a total expense of
s35.743. Subtracting this from the
total receipts. s50,570.5o, leaves an
actual net profit of $14,S27.50.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-04
NEW HEAD FOR.
MERCHANTS BANK

Robert Oxnard. director of the
Merchants National bank, was elected
to the presidency of that institution
yesterday, while w. Z. Johnson was
promoted to the first vice presidency.
They take the places of Alfred L.
Meyerstein, former, president. who
resigned because of Ill health. and
John H. Spring, who desired to de-
vote more time to other interests.
Messrs. Meyerstein and Spring will
retain their heavy interests in the
bank and continue to serve. as di-
rectors. During their administration
the deposits of the bank quadrupled,
now tota1ling $5.300.000.
Mr.. Oxnard Is a director Of the
American Beet Sugar company, Pat
terson Ranch company and San Fran
cisco Securities company.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-04
T FREEMAN WIRES
CONGRATULATIONS
Engineer Declares Hetch
Hetchy Bill Is Bound to
Pass Senate

Congratulations are pouring in upon
Mayor Rolph today as the result OF
the Hetch Hetchy victory in Wash
ington.
John r. Freeman, the city's con-
sulting engineer and water expert.
wired from Washington to the mayor
as follows:
'Heartiest congratulations to your
self. City Attorney Long and City En-
gineer Osshaughnessy. Thrice is he
armed who hath his quarrel just
The citys case has been so fully and
ably prepared in the house of repre-
sentatives through Chief Clerk Dun
nigan's skill and Congressman Kent's
loyal devotion that 1 believe it will
pass the senate swift and sure. The
printed records and reports in the
house are a magnificent basis for the
information of the senate and dem
onstrate the truth about misrepre-
sentations that have been made"
Dunnigan telegraphed Mayor Rolph
that most of the victory was due to
the able floor management of Scott
Ferris. chairman of the public lands
committee of the house, and to the
work of Congressman Raker. Repub-
lican Leader Mann and Democrats
Leader Underwood
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-04
Board to Award Big
City Hall Contract

The board of works Is expected to
award the contract for the terra Gotta
and masonry work for the new city
hall tomorrow morning, seven bids
having been taken under advisement
at the last meeting. The lowest offer
is $119.Soo. from Hogberg & Ludweg.
Bids have also been received for the
paving of the citys portion of Fulton
street from Arguel1o boulevard to
Fourteenth avenue, the City Street
Improvement company making the
lowest offer, $14,S82. This is one of
the special improvements provided for
in the budget.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-04
ENTERTAINMENT IN
SCHOOLS FAVORED

Plans for evening amusements IN
the schoolhouses of San Francisco
have received the hearty Endorsement
of the San Francisco Congress of
Mothers. who will cooperate with the
social center section of the Recreation
league.
In the individual mothers clubs OF
the city the matter is to be taken up
and members will be urged to attend
the benefit to be given at the Alcazar
theater on September 80.
The proceeds of this benefit, which
is to be the regular performance or
the theater, will go toward the main
tenance Of the work at the Monroe
center and the establishment of CEN
ters in other schools of the city.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-04
WOULD CAPTURE
INSTITUTE FOR 1915

San Francisco will be boosted for
the 1915 convention of the American
Institute of Banking by local dele
gates to the 1913 convention In Rich
mond. aV., this month.
The convention opens September II.
The San Francisco chapter of bank
men will be represented by r. A.
Newell, First National bank of San
Francisco; j. w. McDermott, Wells
Fargo Nevada National bank; Edward
F. Moffatt. Mercantile National bank
William A. Marcus, Savings Union
Bank and Trust company; Frank c.
Mortimer. cashier of the First Ma
tional bank of Berkeley.
Mrs. Newell, Mrs. Moffatt and Mrs.
Mortimer will accompany their hus-
bands. leaving Monday, September s.
at o. m.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-04
TO ENTERTAIN VISITORS

arrangements have been made in
Oakland for the entertainment In that
city tomorrow, under the auspices of
the Merchants exchange of the
Women's auxiliary, to the Letter Car
riers association, now in session In
San Francisco. Special cars will be
in waiting to take the visitors to in
teresting points in Oakland and Ber-
kelley