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The Delta independent., 1913-07-18
M. w. Ramsay Suicides at T lis
Sheep Camp Near Sapinero

A telegraphic message came to this
city last Monday afternoon announc-
ing the death OF NJ. w. Ramsay, a
well known and highly respected res
ident OF this city. at his sheep camp
about six miles distant from Sapinero.
The message contained the statement
that he had suicided. but no details
were given. Requests were made that
the county coroner be sent to that
point at once. but as the camp is
situated in Gunison county. instruc-
tions were wired back that the officer
OF that county should act in the mat
ter.
The Gunnison officer was thereupon
at about o'clock Tuesday morning.
when he made a personal inquiry into
the killing and decided that no jury
investigation was needed. The evil
dences Of self destruction were clear.
ly apparent.
The story of the affair as told by
persons who were there is as follows;
Mr.. Rameay had killed and dressed
three or four sheep that morning
which he had taken TO the sapinero
station for shipment by express on
the morning passenger train. He re-
turned home at about the noon hour
and Mrs. Ramsay. who always joined
him at the camp during the summer
months, was preparing dinner. Mr.
Ramsay stepped into the cabin, passed
a few words with his wife and little
eight-year-old son. Edgar, then turned
and went to a tent used by employees
on the place as sleeping quarters.
Here he picked up a .30-.3o Win
chester rife and stepping out few
yards from the tent deliberately plac-
ed the muzzie to his left eye and
succeeded In some manner In firing.
The ball carried with 1t the eye and
entire top OF his head. Ramsey fell
forward on his face dead and remain
ed where he fell until the cononer's
examination at ! o'clock Tuesday
morning and the body was taken TO
Sapinero for temporary care and at
tention.
Edgar, the little son. was the only
eyewitness TO this rash act. but he
did not fully realize his fathers pur'
pose when he came from the tent
armed with a rifle and does not know
how the gun was fired. but It is pre-
sumed that the hammer action was
brought about by pressure OF the
foot.
When Edgar heard the shot and saw
his father fall TO the ground he
rushed to the house with the words,
Papa has killed himself" The grief
stricken wife and mother hastened. to
the scene OF the shooting and made
hurried Investigations which clearly
proved that death had been nstan'
taneous. There was no one but her
self and little son at the camp at that
time and they started out on loot Tor
The Delta independent., 1913-07-18
Special Service. a. sap.i.. Church

Special services AZ bapttst Church.
At the Sunday morning worship
President ]. p. Treat OF the Woman
college of Denver will preach.
At this service Mr.. johnson. the
lyric tenor OF the Villains jubilee
singers. will sing a solo.
In the evening the Williams jubilee
singers will give sacred concert
A silver offering will be taken at the
conclusion of the entertainment.
The Delta independent., 1913-07-18

DELTA MAN MAKES RACE TO I
FATHERS BEDSIDE IN WEST ,

. a telegram was received by
= Guy NJ. Blair, grain and feed mer- 4
. chant of this city. last Tuesday
. evening announcing the serious
= Illness of his father at Spokane. 4
= Wash. and also that the attend
= ing physicians had but little hope
. for his recovery.
= This message was received an
= hour or more after the westbound 4
. train had pulled away from the 4
= Delta depot and in order 10 catch 4
. the first train out of Grand juno
. tion for Spokane Guy was COM 4
. PEELED TO make a lively auto run 4
. from this city to the Mesa coun- 4
= ty metropolis. 4
. 1t has since been reported that 4
. the drive to Grand Junction was Z
. completed in ample time 20 meet Z
. the westbound train and that
. Guy arrived at his old home in Z
. the West az about the hour cal Z
. culated. Z
The Delta independent., 1913-07-18
Watts and Son Angling.

E E. Watts and his son. Nance,
drove over to Cimarron the latter part
of last week for a days fishing in the
Gunnison. They returned home Mon
day evening and report good luck in
landing trout.
The Delta independent., 1913-07-18

A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Bert Clark at the home of Mrs.
Clark's parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Bower
man, in this city, on Friday, July IL.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark are recidents Of
Butte, Mont.
The Delta independent., 1913-07-18

The nations corn and wheat crops
for this year are at present estimat-
ed as record breakers. This will off
set many other unfavorable conditions
and may servo as heretofore to avert
financial panic.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-18

The classy Auditorium rink will have
its grand opening Friday evening. Ad-
mission TO ladies' free-AdVe rtisement
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-18

was larger than for the latter half Of
the morning hours.
Therefore the scientists argue that
short rest spell in the middle Of the
afternoon would tend TO decrease the
number OF accidents.
Take an occasional rest yourself
whenever you feel worn out and nerv-
Gus. See to it that your employees are
enabled to do so. Let them relax for five
minutes even after a strain of hard
hours of labor, and YOU will find they
turn out better work and show more
interest in your affairs for this privi-
lege
Let your horse relax and rest at in
tervals during the day. When it is q
possible thing to do. even at the cost
of a little money. hire a fresh animal
for half q day and let your own toiling
beast rest
Instead Of the continual cry OF SECT
a hustle on your say to your helpers
occasionally, HAlI relax and rest five
minutes" Set the example yourself
and then rouse to work with your old
American battle cry if you like.-Copy-
right, 1913, by Star company.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-18
ANTHONY BOY IS
KICKED BY A HORSE

Anthony, y NJ, Sept. 1S.-George, the
little son of Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Crock
EFT, was seriously injured as the result
of getting kicked by a horse. DR.. c. V.
McPharlin dressed the wound and
found it necessary to take several
Mrs. W. Gerald. of Las Cruces. is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. John Priest
Rev. Mr.. Walker, of SocOrrO, was
in Anthony Wednesday,
Miss L Wells, of TOyah. Texas, Is
visiting W. Z. Tinnen and family.
Royal Jackman, of FL PaSo, was in
Anthony Wednesday
W. Baker. of Berino. was in An
thOny on business
ton went to Ell Paso by wagon or team
with hay, fruit, wood, poultry or what
ever they can find to sell, and will see
the circus.
James A. Graham. the American
wounded during an engagement near
Pearson three months ago, was in An
thony soliciting aid TO return to his
home in Milwaukee. He appealed to
American consul Thomas d. Edwards
for assistance, but was not successful.
NJ D. Wingate has returned from a
two months visit with relatives in
Georgia. Mrs. Wingate and son, Don
aid, will remain there until the first
Mrs. c. A. Coates, who has recently
undergone a surgical operation in Ell
PasO. has returned for visit with her
turning to her home in Styles, Texas.
Mrs G. W. Beard spent a day in Ell
Paso.
Mrs. J Wright and daughter. and
Miss Georgia Willis, of the Bosque Bell
ranch at Berino, were in Anthony.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-18

with his RENDERS. and the old woman
of the shoe was also there Also there
was a girl playing a calliope, which
was really in tune, a man playing an
other, and u dromedaries, p elephants,
two real polar bears in open cages and
many other things. The toy balloon
peddler and the clown and negro bands
did not disappoint by not appearing.
Many Ont of Town Visitors.
Circus day had its attraction for the
out of town people
Among those here from out of the
city for the circus are: 7. H. r. Smith,
r. P. Porter, T. J. Campbell, T. H Red
dington, T. J. Ginfoil and family, Mr..
and Mrs Mark B. Thompson. Mrs. J. S.
Mcclure and daughters. of Las Cruces,
at the Sheldon; Z. c. Haynor and wife,
T. r. ROuault, jr.. and family, of Las
Cruces, at the Paso del Norte; A. W.
Mccormack, of the PalOmas Land and
Cattle company. at Columbus, n. NJ /;
Mrs. W. E Warren, of Alamogordo. Mrs.
J. S. Brooks and daughters, of An
thony; J. Ehle and wife, of Las Cruces,
and J. r. Hill, Of Hachita-
Loses Child in Crowd.
A Mexican woman caused much ex-
element on Overland street Thursday
morning, after the circus parade. Her
little boy became separated from her
in the crowd and was lost for almost
an hour. He was finally located and
returned to the frantic mother.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-18
FORMER SLAVE IS
BUSINESS GENIUS
DELEGATES to Negro Baptist Convention
Are Told of Great Publishing
House Founded by Boyd.


Nashville, Tenn, Sept 1&-Out Of the
quagmire of superstition and ignorance
among the negroes there has sprung
up in this city an institution valued at
S4OO,O 900, employing more than 200 ne
groes. doing a business OF over 100000
annually and operating the largest
plant Of its kind in the world These
startling facts were brought out in the
18th annual report of HIchard Henry
BOYD. D. u. Ii D., the secretary, treas
urer. manager and founder of the Ma
Uional Baptist Publishing house TO the
National Negro Baptist convention now
in session in this city.
Boyd was born slave on Z. planta-
ton in Mississippi and was afterwards
taken to Texas. He served as q wait
ing boy to the Confederate army Off
Ger during the Civil war and was pres
ent at the battle of Lookout Mountain
and Missionary ridge, at which time
his owner was killed he has the dis
tinctiOn of being the first negro or
dained a preacher in the state OF Texas,
but came to Tennessee in 1896, after
being elected by the same convention
that is now in session in this city,
as secretary OF the publishing house
The conventions instructions to him
We're to publish a literature for their
people
Without money, without machinery,
without training, without any help eX-
cept from his own store house OF am
bition and knowledge, his report shows
he has built a plant in the south foI
his people that is regarded as the door
of hope" in the skilled printing ART
school Religious tracts and pamphlets
numbering over y millions have been
distributed during the past fiscal year,
says the report, while more than S4S,-
geo have been turned over to mission
airy operations on home fields.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-18
ROOSEVELT MAY BE ENVOY
TO GET EXPOSITION EAHIBII

Washington. d c.. Sept lS--CoI
Theodore Roosevelt may be the special
envoy of the United State to England
and Germany to secure the parucipa-
ton of England and Germany IN the
San Francisco exposition.
It is become known that while no
formal tender has been made 10 COI.
Roosevelt, prominent CallIornlahs
Identified with the exposition nave
suggested to the administration that
the former president might be pre-
vailed upon to go to London and Ger
many before he sails for South Amerl-
ca next month
It was SAID on good authority that
president Wilson and secretary Bryan
approve of the idea.,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-18
The Price of HustIing
Hard Work Is Necessary to Success;
but OVerwOrk Leads to Care
lessness and Disaster.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox

IF you are an American you prob
ably have great respect for that
= American word. hustle" II you
employ help. no doubt you use that
expression, Get a hustle on"
Getting a hustle on" is supposed
to be the first long stride toward any
success in life. 1t is an excellent thing,
indeed, to feel impelled to put all your
powers into immediate action
Every human being is a reservoir
of the energy which is back of all
creation. The more fully he realizes
that fact and the more earnestly he
puts that energy into action the more
positive and immediate are the results.
There is such a thing, however, as
over-hustling. The continual hustler"
who never rests and never allows any
one about him to rest at times defeats
his own ends. He breaks down with
the nervous strain Of his own hurry
and causes others to braek down
This is the scientific argument for
shorter hours for man and beast.
The investigators found that in each
succeeding hour of the first half Of
the days work, accidents become more
numerous, while after the midday rest
during the first hours 70 the afternoon
they were fewer Then later in the
afternoon the number of accidents in
creased until toward the end of the
second half of the day the proportion
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-18
AMENDS SENTENCE OF
DIGGS AND CAMINETTI
Court Designates Federal Instead OF
State PrisOn-JudGe Scores Infiu-
euce of Saloon and ROadhcuse-

san Francisco, Cal, Sept. 1S.-After
sentencing MaUry l. Digs and r Drew
Caminetti, convicted OF violating the
Mann white slave act, to san quentin
penitentiary yesterday, judge Van tleeI
amended the sentence to read Mcneil
Island. WashingtOn,a federal prison
While both men stood under con con
viction Of violating the Mann act, judge
Van Fleet, in prOnOuncing sentence,
agreed with counsel for the defence
that the statute was not intended by Its
author to cover such Or1ences as those
admitted by the defendants
The act makes il a felony for man
10 TRANSPORT a woman from one state
10 another for immoral purposes and
its popular designation as the White
slave traffic act had injected into the
general understanding, the court eN-
blamed it a feeling that the element or
gain must be the contributing motive
to the act forbidden, and made GRIM
inaL
Digs and Caminetti made this gen
eraI Understanding their defence, dis
claiming any intent of selling the girls
As to this intent, judge Van Fleet
Court Scores Road Houses
This was a crime of opportunity said
ju--e Van Fleet, in passing sentence
Il mean that the laXity Of social con-
dftfons and the lack of parental con-
troll made 1t possible, and L wish Iur-
ther to say that all through TINS case
there Is the evidence IhaL oflIlh Hdu ~
uaralvzing influence upon the morals
and the minds Of these two men and
these two young girls with whom they
went on that trip to Reno The ter
rfbIe. debasing influence Of the saloon
and the road house is too dlSguslngly
apparent in this pitifuI situation and l
make the observation that society must
nav the price for permitting the eX-
istence Of these highly Objectionable
Change Intent Of Act.
This does not help me to exculpate
these defendants. 1 agree with counse!
that the degree of offence committed
mftted TO refer TO degrees of this crime,
where the Mann act fails to, Is not as
crave as in cases where men transport
women from one state to another Tor
the purpose Of DrOstitutiOn-for gain
The act originally did not contemplate
cases of this character nor was II the
intention Of congressman Mann, as eA-
pressed to the congressional committee
in explaining the original bill. that Il
should But congress. in passing the
bill added that any transportation Tor
anv immoral act where the woman
TRANSPORTED was openly exposed to de-
baucher-v. should be unlawful and that
brought these cases within the pur-
view Of the state.
CONGRESS failed to alter the last
norton of the act which gave the stat
ME its common name. the white slave
traffic act and in so falling left the
means by which the general misunder-
standing ard neutrality-suspicious., have
come about"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-18
ANOTHER WELL TO
BE SUNK NEAR BOWIE

Bowie, Ariz-. Sept 1S--F- A. Boehm,
Of Los Angeles, has arrived and is max
ing preparations to sink a deep well
for Lester Brenizer, for which the firm
that he represents, Layne < Bowler,
has taken a contract
F c. Johnson, fireman on one Of the
Bowie helpers. has been transferred to
Tucson
The Garden of Allah" the country
home of Lester c. Brenizer, is also the
home Of two valuable Scotch collie pup
pies that arrived BY express from
Pennsylvania as a gift to Mr.. Brenizer.
". E Schott and vile of Pantano,
Ariz., have arrived and are occupying
one Of the S P. houses. Mr. SchOtt has
the position Of section foreman for the
company at Bowie.
In honor of the birthday anniversaries
Of her husband and or ed Reese, which
occurred on the same day, Mrs. G. Kill
Tough entertained a large number of
their friends at her home, three miles
east Of town At the conclusion the
greater number of guests danced the
Virginia reel out in the moonlight
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-18
THINKS FOREST ALONG CANAL
WOULD PREVENT LANDSLIDES

Birmingham, Eng, Sept 1S.-The
Panama canal figured prominently In
the proceedings OF the British associa-
ton which closed yesterday In the
economic section professor A W. Kirk
aIdy described the economic effects OF
the canal, while in the engineering
section DR.. Vaughn Cornish, distin-
guished for geographical research, dis
cussed the landslides in the canal, es-
pecially at Culebra Cut.
DR.. Cornish declared these slips were
due to Seams of coal underneath rot
ting, which resulted in the thrusting up
OF the granite and the melting away
of the bank. This evil was unforeseen
by biologists and could be attributed
to the cutting away of the forests along
the canal that formerly absorbed the
moisture, which now is pentrating the
stratum underlying the canal.
He said that nature would continue
to take this revenge unless the fOres IS
were regrown, when the underground
flow would cease.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-18

Continued from Page One-D
proceedings were brought, may be
granted, viii rest entirely, it is SAID,
with judge Aldrich, himself
Supreme Court Meets Oct. IA.
An immediate appeal could not be
acted upon by the supreme court be-
fore October Il at the very earliest, as
the court will not convene under law,
until that date. There are now more
than zoo cases awaiting disposition
there and t will take the court more
than two years to pass upon them
Upon the request of either the state of
New Hampshire or New York, the court
might advance the case for considera-
ton about the first Monday in Deem
Der. In the ordinary course of events,
a decision would be handed down in
the following January, or at least early
next year
Much doubt is expressed as to wheth-
er the New York authorities could find
a way to have the higher courts to
review judge Aldrich's action should he
release Thaw from custody
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-18
HARRY THAW CHAFES
AT ANY DELAY

Continued from Page One.J
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-18
MRS. o. II. p. BELMONT WILL
ENTERTAIN MILITANT LEADER

New York, Sept. 1S.-''Mrs. Emmelfne
Pankhurst viii be my guest during her
stay in New York city" Mrs. o. H. P
Belmont said upon her arrival from
Europe on the Imperator. And OF
course, Mrs. Pankhurst is going to be
admitted to this country. Why, we
should be the laughing stock of con-
tinental Europe if We excluded her.
Mrs Pankhurst is not coming here to
advocate militant methods" she added,
she will talk about suffrage, GER
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-18

The manager of the Auditorium rink
wishes to inform the public he has the
hest floor best music and best order
n anv ring ever run in FL Paso. NJ
NeIvin--Advetrisem ent.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-18
WEATHER BULLETIN
U. s. DEPARTMENT OF AGBICUL-
TURE. WEATHER BUREAU.

Observations taken at S a. m, 18th
meridian time, Sept IS, 1913.
Forecasts.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-18

FL PasO and vi
cinity-F ir to-
night and Friday.
n e W Mexico
Fair tonight and
Friday, with ris-
ing temperature
W est Texas
Fair tonight and
Friday; warmer in
north portion
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-30
TURKEY Makes
TO DEMANDS !,
RAILROADS FIGHT
THE BURGESS BILL

The Titanic disaster is being used as
an argument by the railroad compan-
les against the Burgess bill to require
stock trains to make an average speed
of fourteen miles an hour instead of
twelve as at present. Officials of the
company point to the wreck of the
big ocean liner as an evidence of what
happens when safety in travel is sac
rificed to speed.
A number of the O.-W. r. & n. of
ficials have just returned from Sa-
lem where they appeared before the
railroad commission and the senate
and house transportation committees
relative to the bill introduced by the
Umatilla county senator. Among
these officials. were Chief Dispatcher
j. F. Corbett and NJ. ]. Buckley, as
sistant general manager. They are
quoted as having the following tc
say regarding the bill:
Ever since the Titanic disaster
there has been a tendency on the part
of railroads of the country to reduce
high speed from a standpoint of safe
ty.
For two years, the average OF all
stock trains has been 12.11 miles pei
hour. We consider that remarkably
good record At times to keep up
even this average, stock have been
obliged to run As miles an hour on
the level. which l submit to you is
very unsafe speed for freight train.
IN places over the mountains in
eastern oregon, these trains can only
make nine miles an hour climbing up
ard are limited to ) miles an hour
coming down"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-30
CAPT. BLAkELY, AGED
100, PASSES AWAY

Living barely two months beyond
his one hundredth anniversary, Cap
tain James Blakely, father of w. NJ.
and Deputy Sheriff Joe Blakely of
this city, passed away at his home in
Brownsville last evening at 6:10 ac-
cording to kilograms received this
morning by relatives He had been
i'll for several months but the desire
to celebrate his centennial kept up
his strength until that memorable oc-
casion. Since then he has been grad
ually sinking and death has been ex
pected for some time.
Local relatives have not yet been
apprised of the funeral arrangements.
w. NJ Blakely, eldest son of the de-
ceased, and his wife. have been at
Brownsville for several days Joe
Blakely, who is the youngest son, was
en- route to Weston when the message
arrived this morning. but he will
probably leave tonight for Browns
Vile Besides these two sons, he has
three others, Henry Blakely Of
Brownsville, George Blakely of The
Dalles, and James Blakely. Jr of
Wallowa. His four living daughters
are Mrs. Kate Lewis of Portland, Mrs.
Harriet Cooley of Brownsville, Mrs.
Margaret Smith of Blackfoot, Idaho,
and Mrs. Sarah Mcfarland of Browns
Vile.
Captain Blakely's other descend
ants are legion, he having d large
number OF grand children and great
grand children and four great-great-
grand children. In this city, besides
his two sons, he has four grandchil-
dren. Mrs. Sam r. Thompson, Nadine
and Archibald Blakely and Mrs. VIII
liam Stillwell and five great-grand-
children, Carl Cooley, Mrs. Merle r.
Chessman, Miss Thelma Thompson,
Berry and Paul Stillwell.
Captain Blakely was born near
Knoxville. Tenn, on November 26'
1872. the year in which his country
was involved in the second war with
Great Britain. In 1888 with an un-
Gle Hugh l.. Brown, he built flat-
boat and transported his belongings
up the Mississippi river to Missouri
where he lived until 1916 when he
and the same uncle and the three chill
dren which he then had, crossed the
plains to Oregon. He took up do
nation claim at Brownsville and until
his death, &c years from the date he
took it. lived upon the same place
though part of it has since been ta-
ken for the townsite of Brownsville.
In 1856 he participated in the Rogue
River Indian war, being the captain
of a company raised near his home
His wife, who was Miss Sarah Dick,
and whom he married when he was
% years old, died % years ago.
Captain Blakely has visited in Pen
dleton several times. In his sSth
year he made trip overland by au-
to from Pendleton to Wallowa and
shortly before his 99th year attended
the Roundup on each of the three
days. Last winter he became i'll and
for the first time in his life, was un-
able to take care of himself. The
| thought that he was a burden to 9TH
! ers had weighed upon him and was
probably responsible for his rapid de-
| cline.